Founders and Honorees
Charter Members
In 1964, when it was know that the RKO Palace Theatre was going to close and be demolished, a core of those involved with the instrument chartered the Rochester Theatre Organ Society. The “story” of RTOS and its evolution can be found here.
As part of the birth of the Society, a number of fundraising efforts were undertaken to purchase the Wurlitzer as well as relocate it to the Auditorium Theatre. The first 50 members of the Society were identified as Charter Members. The list of those individuals is presented below.
- 1. James D. Agnello
- 2. Franklin L. Alderman*
- 3. Rita Becker*
- 4. Edwin A. Boise*
- 5. Irving E. Chase, Jr.
- 6. Rollo V. Clark, Jr.*
- 7. George Codd*
- 8. Joseph P. Courneen
- 9. William J. Courneen
- 10. Earl R. Cripps
- 11. Frederick H. Dise*
- 12. Paul L. Field*
- 13. Bernard J. Flanagan*
- 14. Paul Fleming*
- 15. Charles E. Gaenzler*
- 16. James L. Gossman
- 17. Robert F. Holroyd*
- 18. Frank E. Johnsten
- 19. Martin E. Klafehn
- 20. Ernest C. Klumpp*
- 21. Mrs. Richard B. Langkamp*
- 22. Jess G. Littlefield*
- 23. Hedwig MacRae*
- 24. Edward McCarthy*
- 25. Milton T. Meier*
- 26. Alfred K. Miller*
- 27. Eugene A. Miller
- 28. Stuart P. Moffatt*
- 29. Richard G. Neidich
- 30. Clifford J. O’Kane*
- 31. Warren H. Peterson*
- 32. Frank Plante
- 33. George Power
- 34. Bernard Root*
- 35. Alan P. Ross*
- 36. Matthew J. Russel*
- 37. Daniel O. Schultz
- 38. Oline B. Schultz*
- 39. H. J. Schwallenstocker
- 40. Gerald R. Scrivens
- 41. John E. Sislo*
- 42. Dr. Gale E. Smith*
- 43. Nicholas Snow
- 44. Henry W. Stoll*
- 45. Herman Stoll*
- 46. Daniel E. Suter*
- 47. Elizabeth Treadway
- 48. Hollis R. Upson*
- 49. James C. Webster*
- 50. Luella K. Wickham*
* Deceased, Revised 2021/01/15
Honorary Members
| Name of Honoree | Year Elected |
|---|---|
| Jay Golden* | 1965 |
| Donald M. Scott* | 1966 |
| David E. Cordy* | 1967 |
| Daniel O. Schultz | 1968 |
| Oline B. Schultz* | 1971 |
| George Wright* | 1972 |
| Gale E. Smith* | 1975 |
| Daniel E. Suter* | 1976 |
| Stuart Moffatt* & Phyllis Moffatt* | 1977 |
| Jess G. Littlefield* | 1978 |
| Roger Wood | 1979 |
| Douglas C. Crocker* | 1980 |
| Donald S. Hall | 1981 |
| Harry Lamoureaux* | 1982 |
| Kenneth Veneron | Dec. 1983 |
| Kenneth Evans & Elinor Evans* | 1985 |
| Frederick W. Parker | 1987 |
| Harry Malcolm* & Dorothy Malcolm* | 1988 |
| Lloyd E. Klos* | 1989 |
| Jerome Shaughnessy* | 1990 |
| Richard R. Harold* | 1991 |
| Richard Gejac* | 1992 |
| Harold Hyland* & Eleanor Hyland* | 1994 |
| Rollo Clark* & Alyce Clark* | 1995 |
| Jack Grierson* | 1998 |
| Mark Smith | Sept. 1999 |
| Winnie Turcott | May 2001 |
| R. Marie West* | Oct. 2001 |
| Russ Shaner | March 2009 |
| Jonathan Ortloff | May 2009 |
| Richard Neidich | May 2012 |
| Lauren Peckham* | April 2013 |
| David Peckham | April 2013 |
| James Stetts* & Lorraine Stetts* | Aug. 2013 |
| Kevin Scott | June 2015 |
| Prof. William Porter | Feb. 2020 |
| Gary Zaccaria | Dec. 2022 |
| * Deceased, Revised 2022/12/15 |