ROCKY MOUNTAIN
DISTRICT
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Member States
Vice President General Rocky Mountain District
Col. Robert E. Welch (U.S. Army Ret.)
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."
col. Robert E. welch (u.s. army ret.) – Vice President General Rocky Mountain District:
NSSAR member since 20 August 2020, AZ SAR Barry M. Goldwater Chapter
Dual Membership: Germany, San Diego Chapter (CA), Jockey Hollow Chapter (NJ)
National Trustee (AZ) 2024-2025
President, Barry M. Goldwater Chapter 2025-2026
Past Chapter Vice President (San Diego & BMG)
SAR (AZ & CA) Color Guard 2022-present (Silver Level)
National Flag Committee 2024-present
George Washington Fellow
1776 Society
Americanism Chair, Barry M. Goldwater 2024-present
Past Veteran Chair (San Diego & BMG)
Personal: Widower
Daughter: Annamarie K. Welch
Residence: Scottsdale, AZ
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
CURRENT AND FORMER ARIZONA STATE SAR PRESIDENTS
- 2024- Richard R. (Rick) Spargo (100th)
- 2022-24: Robert S. Hoover (99th)
- 2021-22: William L. Baran, Ph.D (98th)
- 2020-21: Dennis Kavanaugh, Esq. (97th)
- 2019-20: George A. Stickney (96th)
- 2018-19: James Skaggs (95th)
- 2017-18: Steven C. Monez (94th)
- 2016-17: Stephen J. Miller (93rd)
- 2015-16: George Lipphardt (92nd)
- 2013-15: Arthur Cantrall (91st)
- 2011-13: A. Ruddell Byrd III, MD (90th)
- 2010-11: Walter G. Seaton (89th)
- 2009-10: Albert I. Niemeyer (88th)
- 2008-09: Louis M. Newton MD (87th)
- 2007-08: William R. Aurand (86th)
- 2006-07: Richard Zeilman (85th)
- 2005-06: Warren M. Alter (84th)
- 2004-05: Daniel H. Heller MD (83rd)
- 2003-04: Charles H. Aurand Jr. (82nd)
- 2001-03: J. Michael Jones (81st)
- 2000-01: Clifford K. Platt II (80th)
- 1999-00: LCDR Lawrence D. Nelson (79th)
- 1998-99: Ronald Arthur McCreery (78th)
- 1997-98: LCDR Paul E. Brownell, USN-RET (77th)
- 1996-97: LTC Frank Clinton O’Bannon Jr. (76th)
- 1995-96: George Robert Reece (75th)
- 1994-95: Dr. Donald Karl Smith Dale (74th)
- 1993-94: Ronald Arthur McCreery (73rd)
- 1992-93: Kenneth Glyn Hales (72nd)
- 1991-92: Robert Critchfield Bohannan Jr. (71st)
- 1990-91: Wilbur DeLancey Lockwood Jr. (70th)
- 1989-90: Charles Jackson Meek (69th)
- 1988-89: Ralph Jackson (68th)
- 1987-88: Elwess Foster Dyer (67th)
- 1986-87: John Milton Durham (66th)
- 1986-87: John Milton Durham (66th)
- 1984-85: John A. Williams (64th)
- 1983-84: Charles Norman Flanders JD (63rd)
- 1982-83: Lynn Deahofe Wilson Ph.D (62nd)
- 1981-82: COL Robert Thomas Cunningham (61st)
- 1980-81: Edgar Charles Frankenfield (60th)
- 1979-80: COL Hugh C. Belden (59th)
- 1978-79: Louis Bernard Schmidt (58th)
- 1977-78: Samuel G. Conner (57th)
- 1976-77: Munford Kenneth Peyton (56th)
- 1975-76: George Barton Peck (55th)
- 1974-75: Laurence Russell Gardner (54th)
- 1973-74: Herbert Hiland Stiffler (53rd)
- 1972-73: William Barkley Lyon, DD (52nd)
- 1971-72: James Edsall Serven (51st)
- 1970-71: Frederick W. Heineman (50th)
- 1969-70: John Henley Eversole (49th)
- 1968-69: Warren Arthur Donaldson (48th)
- 1967-68: William Brooks Steen (47th)
- 1966-67: John V. Fels (46th)
- 1964-66: Ralph Malcolm Pabst (45th)
- 1963-64: George Hern Wood (44th)
- 1962-63: John Henry Eversole (43rd)
- 1959-62: Weldon Perry Shofstall (42nd)
- 1957-59: Malcom Wesley Bayley (41st)
- 1956-57: Louis J. Taylor (40th)
- 1954-56: Joseph Bennett Love (39th)
- 1953-54: Francis J. Ryley (38th)
- 1951-53: Avery Fincher Olney (37th)
- 1947-51: William George Read Mullan (36th)
- 1946-47: Lloyd Creighton (L. C.) Elliott (35th)
- 1943-46: Wyatt Wagoner Jones (34th)
- 1941-43: Corydon Robert Dusenberry (33rd)
- 1934-41: Dr. Gurdon Montage Butler (32nd)
- 1933-34: None
- 1932-33: None
- 1931-32: None
- 1930-31: Arthur Gibbons Hulett (31st)
- 1929-30: Charles Averett Carson Jr. (30th)
- 1928-29: Gurdon Montague Butler (29th)
- 1927-28: Wirt Beecher Twitchell (28th)
- 1926-27: Howard Sawyer Reed (27th)
- 1925-26: Everett E. Ellinwood (26th)
- 1924-25: James Rockwood Jenkins (25th)
- 1923-24: Harold Baxter (24th)
- 1922-23: Lloyd Bennett Christy (23rd)
- 1921-22: H. B. Wilkinson (22nd)
- 1920-21: Frederick Wellington Perkins (21st)
- 1919-20: Clay Finson Leonard (20th)
- 1917-19: Dwight B. Heard (19th)
- 1916-17: John Dennett (18th)
- 1915-16: Roy Eccles Thomas (17th)
- 1914-15: Rt. Rev. J. W. Atwood (16th)
- 1913-14: Joseph L. B. Alexander (15th)
- 1912-13: Mark Alfred Rodgers (14th)
- 1911-12: Howard Sawyer Reed (13th)
- 1910-11: Francis Eppes Shine (12th)
- 1909-10: Isaac Taft Stoddard (11th)
- 1908-09: Everett E. Ellinwood (10th)
- 1907-08: George Dorr Christy (9th)
- 1906-07: Richard E. Sloan (8th)
- 1905-06: Ricardo Edsall Miner (7th)
- 1904-05: William Henry Robinson (6th)
- 1903-04: John Wix Thomas (5th)
- 1902-03: Prosper Powell Parker (4th)
- 1901-02: Lewis Wilfred Coggins (3rd)
- 1899-01: Lewis H. Halsey (2nd)
- 1896-99: Herbert Fulwiler Robinson (1st)
Vice President General Reports
Colorado State Presidents updates:
- 2025-Present: Hilton G. Martin
- 2023-2025: Robert Hampton
- 2021-2023: Robert Stephens
- 2019-2021: Richard Neely
Vice President General Reports
New Mexico State Presidents Updates
- Ken Nicholson 2022.
- Kevin Carr 2018-2021
- Andrew Lyngar 2017
Vice President General Reports
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL’S OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
- 2024-2025—Hilton G. Martin, CO
- 2023-2024—William L. Baran, Ph.D, AZ
- 2022-2023—Kevin Carr, NM
- 2021-2022—D. Wayne Snodgrass, CO
- 2019-2021—Stephen J. Miller, AZ
- 2018-2019—Andrew S. Lyngar, Jr., NM
- 2017-2018—D. Wayne Snodgrass, CO
- 2016-2017—Walter Guy Seaton, AZ
- 2015-2016—Michael E. Barger, NM
- 2014-2015—David T. Mann, Co
- 2013-2014—Warren M. Alter, AZ
- 2012-2013—Jim P. Thornton, NM
- 2011-2012—LTC Edmund P. Karr, Jr., CO
- 2010-2011—Daniel H. Heller, MD, AZ
- 2009-2010—Rev. Perkins L. Patton, NM
- 2008-2009—Norman H. Kronvall, CO
- 2007-2008—J. Michael Jones, AZ
- 2006-2007—Capt. Walter F. Baker, NM
- 2005-2006—COL Joseph L. Thomas, CO
- 2004-2005—LTC Frank C. O’Bannon, Jr., AZ
- 2003-2004—James E. Hesse, NM
- 2002-2003—Richard L. Riepe, CO
- 2001-2002—Ronald Arthur McCreery, AZ
- 2000-2001—James E. Hesse, NM
- 1999-2000—CDR John D. Peebles, CO
- 1998-1999—Kenneth Glyn Hales, AZ
- 1997-1998—Walter F. Baker, NM
- 1996-1997—COL Lucien E. Rising, Co
- 1995-1996—Robert C. Bohannan, Jr., AZ
- 1994-1995—George N. Sells—NM
- 1993-1994—Arvin V. Lankenau, CO
- 1992-1993—John F. Newell, AZ
- 1991-1992—George N. Sells, NM
- 1990-1991—Fredrick O. Jeffries, Jr., CO
- 1989-1990—COL George W. Orton, PhD, AZ
- 1888-1989—George N. Sells, NM
- 1987-1988—John A. Williams, AZ
- 1986-1987—John A. Williams, AZ
- 1985-1986—Col.James R. Calhoun, NM
- 1984-1985— Charles W. Starks, CO
- 1983-1984— J. Montgomery Smith, AZ
- 1982-1983— George F. Dickins, NM
- 1981-1982— Phillip H. Stevenson, CO
- 1980-1981—C. Norman Flanders, AZ
- 1979-1980—G. Wendell Hagood, NM
- 1978-1979—James C. McGrew, CO
- 1977-1978—Dr. Lawrence M. Jones, AZ
- 1976-1977—H. Clifton Wright, NM
- 1975-1976—Robert L. Johnson, CO
- 1974-1975—Dr. H. B. Willard, AZ
- 1973-1974—Robert G. Luckey, NM
- 1972-1973—Harold E. Rice, CO
- 1971-1972—Dr. Hosea B. Willard, AZ
- 1970-1971—James Caller, NM
- 1969-1970—Richard P. Vosburgh, CO
- 1968-1969—COL Albert D. Chipman, AZ
- 1967-1968—Robert G. Luckey, NM
- 1966-1967—John C. Mott, CO
- 1965-1966—Jeffrey D. Clark, AZ
- 1964-1965—Horace R. McDowell, NM
- 1963-1964—Hoarace T. Auburn, CO
- 1962-1963—John H. Eversole, AZ
- 1961-1962—Clinton M. Roth, NM
- 1960-1961—Edwin A. Williams, CO
(Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming Idaho and Montana)
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL’S OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
- 1959-1960—Dr. T. Earl Pardoe, UT
- 1958-1959—Dr. T. Earl Pardoe, UT
- 1957-1958—Wood Wormald Jackson, WY
- 1956-1957—William E. Springer, AZ
- 1955-1956—William E. Springer, AZ
- 1954-1955—John R. Gobble, ID
- 1947-1948—COL Franklin Riter, UT
- 1946-1947—George A. Smith, UT
- 1945-1946—George A. Smith, UT
- 1944-1945—George A. Smith, UT
- 1943-1944—George A. Smith, UT
- 1942-1943—Frank M. Keezer, CO
- 1941-1942—Frank M. Keezer, CO
- 1940-1941—Frederick H. Ward, NM
- 1939-1940—Frederick H. Ward, NM
- 1938-1939—Paul E. Newlon, CO
- 1953-1954—John R. Gobble, ID
- 1952-1953—Robert G. Norfleet, NM
- 1951-1952—Robert G. Norfleet, NM
- 1950-1951—George E. Tarbox, CO
- 1949-1950—George E. Tarbox, CO
- 1948-1949—Brig. General Franklin Riter, UT
- 1937-1938—G. Montague Butler, AZ
- 1936-1937—G. Montague Butler, AZ
- 1935-1936—Benjamin L. Rich, UT
- 1934-1935—Benjamin L. Rich, UT
- 1933-1934—Benjamin L. Rich, UT
- 1932-1933—Leslie Sulgrove, MT
- 1931-1932—Leslie Sulgrove, MT
- 1930-1931—J. Wilfred Corr, CO
- 1929-1930—J. Wilfred Corr, CO
Colorado State Presidents updates:
- 2019-2021: Richard Neely
- Colorado: Rick Doty — rdotycpa@gmail.com
- New Mexico: Robert Vance
National Trustees (2025–2026)
- Arizona: Rick Spargo — rick@personnselsols.com
- Colorado: Rick Doty — rdotycpa@gmail.com
- New Mexico: Robert Vance
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