The Great Lakes District Rose Society

04/16/08

Welcome to The Great Lakes District Website. We are back online, please send me your information, I can't put up what I don't know about. Show dates, meeting times and program for the evening. Anything that might be of interest to the rose growing crowd.

HOT OFF THE PRESS!!! District Convention News....

Here is the list of Officers and American Rose Society Committee members!

American Rose Society National Officers

Region 4 Director

George Hartley
2207 Lloyd St.
Royal Oak, MI 48073-3848
248.548.2966

District Director

Frank vonKoss
1355 E. Melton Rd
Birmingham, MI 48009-7707
248.646.0249

Great Lakes District Elected Officers

President

Mrs. Marilyn Whittaker
373 W. Anderson Rd.
Linwood, MI 49684
989.697.5377

Vice President

Mr. Tom Kressbach

657 University

Grosse Pointe, MI 48230

313.886.5698

Secretary

Duane DeDene

20519 Elizabeth

St. Clair Shores, MI 48080

586.788.4332

Treasurer

Ms. Diane Bennett

3625 Observatory Lane

Holt, MI 48842-9418

517-694-0609

Prizes & Awards Representative

Barry Crassweller

630 Magnolia

Lansing, MI 48912

517.374.0194

ARS Committee Members

Diane Schrift,
Parliamentarian, Program Services Committee, Ethics Committee, Photo Contest
Tom Schrift, Photo Contest

Paul J. Colombo,
Chairman of the Photo/Slide Contest
Dr. Andrea Maceri, Photo Contest

Paul Bannish, Photo Contest

George Hartley,
Long Range and Strategic Planning Committee

Jon Wier, Nancy Lindley
Old Garden Rose Committee

Tom Kressbach,
( Region 4 rep.)   Prizes and Awards Committee

District Committee Members.
Ch. Arrangement Judges, Lois Wier

Ch. Hort. Judges, Tom Kressbach

Ch. CRs, Rose Enders

Ch. Membership, Betty Waters

Ch. Program Development, Henry Rankin

Ch. OGRs and Shrubs, Jon Wier

Editor of GLD Review, OPEN

Publisher of GLD Review, Bill Blok

Editor of GLD Directory, Sarah Hanifi

Webmaster, Paul Colombo

RIR, Diane Bennett
3625 Observatory Lane
Holt, MI   48842-9418
(517) 694-0609

Chairman of Online Membership, Charles B. Leibrand

5320 Brookway Drive.

Bay City, MI 48706

989-686-7663

989-780-2990 cell

Historian, Jackie Steinert

The Great Lakes District Rose Society of the American Rose Society was organized in 1954.

        Past District Directors

1954 - 1957        Mr. Thomas Johnson

1957 - 1961        Mr. Frank Howell

1961 - 1967        Mr. James May

1967 - 1970        Dr. A. A. Christman

1970 - 1976        Mr. Bruce Romant

1976 - 1979        Mr. Forest Geary

1979 - 1982        Mr. Don Davis

1982 -1988         Mrs. Bunny Skran

1988 - 1994        Mr. Richard Robertson

1994 - 2000        Mr. Thomas Taylor

2000 - 2003        Mr. George Hartley

2003 - 2006        Mrs. Diane Schrift

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