The Kiwanis Club of Patchogue was chartered May 5, 1938 and was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Freeport.

An early history prepared in 1963

The Saga of The Patchogue Kiwanis Bell

Hixson Fellow Award Winners

  • Rolf Roscott 1995
  • John Bennett 1996
  • George Hoag 1997
  • Kenneth Picard 1997
  • Thomas J. Keegan, Jr. 1997
  • Gus Paxson 1998
  • Walter Ladick, Jr. 1999
  • James McPeak 1999
  • JP Brown 2000
  • Charles Stephani 2000
  • Angelo Tarantino 2001
  • Robert L Hughes 2002
  • Paul Vaas 2003
  • Jeffrey Vollmuth 2004
  • Glen Charvat 2006
  • Edward Hughes 2007
  • George Brush 2009
  • Robert Borowski, PhD 2013
  • Robert Walch 2013

Our Sponsored Clubs

  • Smithtown Kiwanis Club, 1940
  • Bay Shore Kiwanis Club, 1946
  • Riverhead Kiwanis Club, 1957
  • Sayville Kiwanis Club, 1960
  • Port Jefferson Kiwanis Club, 1961
  • Mastic Kiwanis Club, 1965
  • Patchogue-Medford High School Key Club
  • Bellport High School Key Club
  • St. Joseph’s College Circle K Club
  • Medford Ave. School K-Kids
  • Oregon Avenue Jr. High School Builders Club
  • South Ocean Avenue Middle School Builder’s Club

Diamond Hixson Winners

  • Walter Ladick, Jr. 2008
  • J. Glen Charvat 2013
  • Kenneth Picard 2013
1971 Membership Portrait

In addition, we have a KPTC Fellow — Frank Virno, Jr., 2006, and five Anton Kaiser Fellows, Albert Norato, Jr., 2008, Robert Walch, 2010, Kenneth Picard 2011, Glen Charvat 2011, Walter Ladick, Jr. 2011, and Jeffery Vollmuth 2013. We also have two Brittany Fellows — Albert E Norato, Jr. & Edward Hughes 2007. We also have five Walter Zeller Fellowships — J. Glen Charvat 2012, Nicholas Harding 2012, Jr., Jeffery Vollmuth 2012, Robert Walch 2012, and Mark Charvat 2013.

We chartered the Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in 1954.

Past Presidents

* Past Lieutenant Governor

** Past NY District Governor

Past President's Night 2005
1938 — Douglas E. Brown
1939 — Edward Cornell
1940 — Edmund W. Tuton  * 1945 — John G. Ruehl
1941 — Herman E. Chamberlain 1946 — Kenneth F. Jost *
1942 — Edgar Mapes 1947 — Charles F. Payne
1943 — James Murphy 1948 — Henry F. Ostermann
1944 — Stephen G. Jordan 1949 — Henry Scherer
1950 — William Glatzel 1955 — William S. Hart
1951 — Anthony Palermo 1956 — Frank B. Zanazzi
1952 — Clifford N. Wade * 1957 — L. Donald Pfeifle
1953 — Charles T. Koop 1958 — Jack Ellsworth
1954 — Robert Brouwer 1959 — James Bianca

 

1960 — Rupert C. Parks 1965 — Vitro Rizzi
1961 — Rolff Roscott * 1966 — Thomas J. Keegan, Sr. *
1962 — Vincent D. Holland 1967 — Murray F. Rosenblatt
1963 — Alfred J. Chiuchiolo 1968 — John H. Barrie, Jr.
1964 — Robert L. Hughes 1969 — Charles Falkner
  1969-70 — James McPeak
1970-71 — John Chester 1975-76 — Hugh S. MacLeod
1971-72 — Frank Scavelli 1976-77 — Joseph F. Russo
1972-73 — Karl G. Erhardt, Jr. 1977-78 — Walter C. Hartford
1973-74 — Roy J. Watts 1978-79 — John J. McCann
1974-75 — John J. Augustine 1979-80 — August S. Paxson
1980-81 — Ernest A. Bonati * 1985-86 — Wallace F. Davidow
1981-82 — Walter F. Ladick, Jr 1986-87 — Kenneth P. Pfeifle
1982-83 — Richard D. Vail 1987-88 — Thomas Keegan, Jr. *
1983-84 — Reid C. Bielecki 1988-89 — George Hoag
1984-85 — Justus P. Brown * 1989-90 — John Bennett
1990-91 — Frank Eten 1995-96 — Charles Stephani *
1991-92 — James McPeak, Jr. 1996-97 — Lawrence Mandresh
1992-93 — Nicholas Miceli 1997-98 — Jeffrey Vollmuth
1993-94 — Angelo Tarantino 1998-99 — Paul Vaas
1994-95 — Kevin McGiff 1999-00 — J. Glen Charvat
2000-01 — George Brush 2005-06 — Robert Albinowski
2001-02 — Kenneth Picard 2006–07 — Albert Norato, Jr.*
2002-03 — Edward Hughes III 2007–08 — Joseph L. Barry
2003-04 — Frank Virno, Jr.* 2008–09 — Angelo Tarantino
2004-05 — Joe Graskemper 2009-10 — Chris Picini
2010-11 — Robert Walch 2015-16 — Mark Charvat
2011-12 — Mark Charvat 2016–18 — Michael D’Ambrosio
2012-14 — Robert Borowski, PhD 2018–19 — Ryan Vollmuth
2014-15 — Walter F. Ladick, Jr. 2019–20 — Joseph Ilg
2020-21 — Paul Herrmann  
2021-23 — Eric Budzinski  
2023-24 — Joseph Ilg  
2024-25 — Stephen King  

Two Pictures from 1945