1st President and Founding member of Paterson Rotary was William Plumb. The following is a list of Past Presidents, which are on record.  Those Past Presidents still active are in blue.

1950-51   Foster Freeman
1952-53   Ralph E. Bentley
1953-54   George Shields
1954-55   Charles Van Auken
1955-56   Edwin Bramhall
1956-57   John K. Lewis
1957-58   William W. Evans, Jr.
1958-59   Paul Van Duren
1959-60   Albert M. Reilly
1960-61   Earl L. Warren, M.D.
1961-62   Ralf M. Fava
1962-63   John F. Di Lorenzo
1963-64   Martin Newstreet
1964-65   George W. Barrowclough
1965-66   James A. Dykes, Sr.
1966-67   G. Robert Spaulding
1967-68   William C. Fenners
1968-69   Herbert M. Karl
1969-70   Daniel J. Ward
1970-71   Robert H. Joachim
1971-72   Vincent J. Saco
1972-73   Robert Dalzell, Jr.
1973-74   William F. Johnson
1974-75   William De Ritter
1975-76   Jerome J. Gelman
1976-77   Vincent J. Cortese

1977-78   Arthur M. Scialla


1978-79   Donald Anderson
1979-80   Richard Butyn
1980-81   Nicholas Verduin, Jr.

1981-82   Carnie P. Bragg, Jr.


1982-83   William C. Gates
1983-84   Kenneth Angelo

1984-85   Richard G. Dabagian


1985-86   David T. Scadden
1986-87   William B. Stern, Sr.
1987-88   John B. Tiger
1988-89   William Van Benthuysen
1989-90   Gordon Geiger

1990-91   James H. Jesraly - Currently an Honorary Member


1991-92   Robert Dalzell, III
1992-93   Albert Manzo - Currently an Honorary Member
1993-94*  Cynthia Reilly*

1994-95   Joseph Hessler


1995-96   Thomas Horsburgh


1996-97   Bonnie Sirower



1997-98   Joseph Dino, Jr.
1998-99   Anthony Pecci
1999-00   Gloria Counsellor - Currently an Honorary Member
2000-01   Olufemi Ayodeji
2001-02   Joseph Sterba
2002-03   Elizabeth Ackerman
2003-04   James Castellanos
2004-05   Barbara Jean Schell
2005-06   James A. M. Dykes II
2006-07   Irma Gorham

2007-08 Sheri Ferreira