ROCKY MOUNTAIN
DISTRICT
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Member States
Vice President General Rocky Mountain District
Robert E. Vance
National Trustees (2025–2026)
- Arizona: Rick Spargo — rick@personnselsols.com
- Colorado: Rick Doty — rdotycpa@gmail.com
- New Mexico: Robert Vance
Alternate Trustees (2025–2026)
- Arizona: Jack Berry — jackxfbi@aol.com
- Colorado: Rob Hampton — Robert.Hampton@protonmail.com
- New Mexico: Kevin Carr — wa5j.sar@gmail.com
(Excerpts from NSSAR Handbook: Volume II – Vice President General)
Role of the Vice President General of the Rocky Mountain District:
“Vice Presidents General are established as General Officers of this Society. They
are nominated by the state societies within a district and elected by a majority vote of
delegates at the National Congress of the National Society, where they are installed
into office.”
“Protocol establishes the VPG as second in rank to the President General of the National Society (or the President eneral's duly named representative) in his respective district. The principal duties and responsibilities of the VPG are presented in NSSAR Handbook Volume II: Organization – Vice Presidents General as a guide to assist them in their performance."
Robert E. Vance Vice President General Rocky Mountain District:
NSSAR member since 15 October 2021, Gadsden Chapter, NMSSAR.
Dual membership: France; Dallas Chapter (TX); Laredo Chapter (TX)
NMSSAR Color Guard Commander: 01 June 2022-Present
Gadsden Chapter President: 2023-2024
NMSSAR Treasurer: 2023
NMSSAR Registrar: 01 March 2023-Present
NMSSAR Trustee: 18 July 2023-Present
NMSSAR President: 2024-Present
Rocky Mountain District VPG Elect: 2025
Have attended every National Congress (3) and Leadership (7) meetings since
spring Leadership 2022.
Personal:
Married to Cheryl Vance
Daughter: Jerami
Residence: Alto, New Mexico
Bylaws of the Rocky Mountain District
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Article I: Name
The official name is the Rocky Mountain District (RMD), consisting of the State Societies of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.
Article II: Objects
The RMD’s purpose is patriotic, historical, and educational, per the NSSAR Handbook.
Article III: Membership
All members in good standing in any of the three State Societies are members of the RMD, including dual members.
Article IV: Officers
- Governing Authority: Vice President General (VPG) + State Society Presidents
- Rotation of VPG: Arizona → Colorado → New Mexico
- Duties of VPG: Includes coordinating meetings (see Article V)
Article V: Meetings
- Annual National Congress: VPG arranges and presides over a meeting (e.g., dinner, breakfast, etc.)
- Other Meetings: State Recording Secretary of host state serves as RMD Recording Secretary
Article VI: Parliamentary Authority
Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern the RMD unless superseded by RMD bylaws.
Article VII: Amendments
Bylaws may be amended by 2/3 majority vote at the annual meeting with 30 days’ prior written notice to State Society Presidents and Secretaries.
Vice President General Reports
Former Vice Presidents General of the Rocky Mountain District
- 2018–2019 NM Andrew S. Lyngar, Jr.
- 2017–2018 CO David Wayne Snodgrass
- 2016–2017 AZ Walter Guy Seaton
- 2015–2016 NM Michael E. Barger
- 2014–2015 CO David T. Mann
- 2013–2014 AZ Warren M. Alter
- 2012–2013 NM Jim P. Thornton
- 2011–2012 CO LTC Edmund P. Karr, Jr.
- 2010–2011 AZ Daniel H. Heller, MD
- 2009–2010 NM Rev. Perkins L. Patton
- 2008–2009 CO Norman H. Kronvall
- 2007–2008 AZ J. Michael Jones
- 2006–2007 NM Capt. Walter F. Baker
- 2005–2006 CO COL Joseph L. Thomas
- 2004–2005 AZ LTC Frank Clinton O’Bannon, Jr.
- 2003–2004 NM James E. Hesse
- 2002–2003 CO Richard L. Riepe
- 2001–2002 AZ Ronald Arthur McCreery
- 2000–2001 NM James E. Hesse
- 1999–2000 CO CDR John D. Peebles
- 1998–1999 AZ Kenneth Glyn Hales
- 1997–1998 NM Unknown
- 1996–1997 CO COL Lucien E. Rising
- 1995–1996 AZ Robert Critchfield Bohannan, Jr.
- 1994–1995 NM George N. Sells
- 1993–1994 CO Arvin V. Lankenau
- 1992–1993 AZ John F. Newell
- 1991–1992 NM George N. Sells
- 1990–1991 CO Fredrick O. Jeffries, Jr.
- 1989–1990 AZ COL George W. Orton, PhD
Vice President General Reports
State Presidents of the Rocky Mountain District Since 1980
| Year | Arizona | Colorado | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2018–2019 |
Jim H. Skaggs |
L. E. “Gene” Cheney |
Kevin R. Carr |
|
2017–2018 |
Steven C. Monez |
L. E. “Gene” Cheney |
Kevin R. Carr |
|
2016–2017 |
Stephen J. Miller |
Steven M. DeBoer |
Kevin R. Carr |
|
2015–2016 |
George A. Lipphardt, Sr. |
Dick P. Marsh |
Andrew S. Lyngar, Jr. |
|
2014–2015 |
Arthur D. Cantrall |
D. Wayne Snodgrass |
Michael E. Barger |
|
2013–2014 |
Arthur D. Cantrall |
Garry W. Brewer |
Michael E. Barger |
|
2012–2013 |
A. Ruddell Byrd, III, MD |
William E. Buvinger |
George E. Biles |
|
2011–2012 |
A. Ruddell Byrd, III, MD |
Thomas A. Wellborn |
Teddy A. Adams |
|
2010–2011 |
Walter G. Seaton |
John C. Luedecke |
Eugene M. Tomlinson |
|
2009–2010 |
Albert I. Niemeyer |
LTC Edmund P. Karr, Jr. |
Jim P. Thornton |
|
2008–2009 |
Louis M. Newton, MD |
George A. Smith |
Jim P. Thornton |
|
2007–2008 |
William R. Aurand |
David T. Mann |
Rev. Perkins L. Patton |
|
2006–2007 |
Richard Zeilman |
David T. Mann |
Rev. Perkins L. Patton |
|
2005–2006 |
Warren M. Alter |
MSG Howard B. Weiler |
Charles D. Martinez y Vigil |
|
2004–2005 |
Daniel H. Heller, MD |
Norman H. Kronvall |
Charles D. Martinez y Vigil |
|
2003–2004 |
Charles H. Aurand, Jr. |
James W. Bane |
Charles D. Martinez y Vigil |
|
2002–2003 |
J. Michael Jones |
COL Joseph L. Thomas |
Capt. Walter F. Baker |
|
2001–2002 |
J. Michael Jones |
David L. Van Wormer |
Capt. Walter F. Baker |
|
2000–2001 |
Clifford K. Platt, II |
Richard L. Riepe |
Ray L. Alexander |
|
1999–2000 |
CDR Lawrence D. Nelson |
Lawrence R. Shriner |
James E. Hesse |
|
1998–1999 |
Ronald Arthur McCreery |
Fredrick T. Robertson |
James E. Hesse |
|
1997–1998 |
LCDR Paul E. Brownell |
Michael W. Igoe |
R. Dale Gafford |
|
1996–1997 |
LTC Frank C. O’Bannon, Jr. |
COL Frank D. Pryor, Jr. |
Michael A. Maxon |
|
1995–1996 |
George Robert Reece |
CDR John D. Peebles |
Ralph L. Stevenson, Jr. |
|
1994–1995 |
Dr. Donald Karl Smith |
Dale Barlow M. Westcott, II |
Max Holroyd |
|
1993–1994 |
Ronald Arthur McCreery |
R. Harry Spalding |
Capt. Walter F. Baker |
|
1992–1993 |
Kenneth Glyn Hales |
Lucien E. Rising |
Murray G. Bacon |
|
1991–1992 |
Robert C. Bohannan, Jr. |
Robert M. Gordon, Jr. |
Frank D. Baty |
|
1990–1991 |
Wilbur D. Lockwood, Jr. |
G. Spencer Beasley |
COL Edwin J. Jolly |
|
1989–1990 |
Charles Jackson Meek |
Earle K. Fuller |
Dr. Thomas S. Edrington |
|
1988–1989 |
Ralph Jackson |
William A. Edwards |
LCDR William E. Morgan |
|
1987–1988 |
Elwess Foster Dyer |
Earl F. Dodge |
COL L. T. Boatwright |
|
1986–1987 |
John Milton Durham |
Fredrick O. Jeffries, Jr. |
Unknown |
|
1985–1986 |
James Wallace Polk |
Harold E. Yale |
George N. Sells |
|
1984–1985 |
John Arthur Williams |
Ross B. Johnson |
Weller F. Franklin |
|
1983–1984 |
Charles Norman Flanders JD |
Ross B. Johnson |
CDR H. Lee Homer |
|
1982–1983 |
Lynn Deahofe Wilson, PhD |
John Hubert Doty |
James R. Calhoun |
|
1981–1982 |
COL Robert T. Cunningham |
Charles W. Starks |
William E. Blackwell |
|
1980–1981 |
Edgar Charles Frankenfield |
Arvin V. Lankenau |
Unknown |
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