VSOA History
This anecdotal history, with photos, was written by Eric Evans in celebration of VSOA's 50th birthday in 2013. Thanks Eric.....great job!
Past VSOA Presidents
1962 - Fred Streeter 1963 - Don Soderberg
1964 - Harold Boyden 1965 - Charles Jasman
1966 - Harry Loyzelle 1967 - Howard O'Neil
1968 - Stewart Schmidt 1969 - Bob Abrahamson
1970 - Norman Messier 1971 - Richard Lumbra
1972 - Richard Brown 1973 - Wade Mitchell
1974 - Richard Stewart 1975 - Gerald Gingras
1976 - John Witalec 1977 - Burns Page
1978 - Bob Parro 1979 - Bill Duval
1980 - Fran Jaquith 1981 - Mike Baker
1982 - Charles Memoe 1983 - Don Culver
1984 - Conrad Waite 1985 - Frank Martel
1986 - Dan Adams 1987 - Bob Stevens
1988 - Jon Ratti 1989 - Joe O'Brien
1990 - Jim Kiehle 1991 - Phil Acebo
1992 - Don Finck 1993 - Art Thompson
1994 - John Stetzel 1995 - Steve Skilton
1996 - Tim Stewart 1997 - Dennis Filion
1998 - Joe Menoff 1999 - Spencer Noble
2000 - Gunther Sihler 2001 - Dave Zehnacker
2002 - George Cook 2003 - Rick Desorda
2004 - Randy Dewey 2005 - Dave Rousselle
2006 - Dennis Miles 2007 - Mike Kinsler
2008 - Joe Kamuda 2009 - John Woodruff
2010 - Buster Kathan 2011 - Andy Gingras
2012 - Kirk Abrahamson 2013 - B. Scott West
2014 - Eric Evans 2015 - Jessica Christian
2016 - Tom Cook 2017 - Dave Barra
2018 - Bruce Schmidt 2019 - Sonja Duncan
2020 - Jamie Falco 2021 - Bob Richardson
2022 - Pat Whalen 2023 - Carol Weston
Secretary/Treasurers
1962-1963 Stew Schmidt
1963-64 to 1977-78 Fred Streeter
1978-79 to 1985-86 Jim McWilliam
1986-87 to 1994-95 Bill Duval
1995-96 to 2012-13 Pete Roach
2013-14 to 2014-15 Miles Etter
2015-16 Terry Harlow
2016-17 to present Joe Gonillo
VSOA Founders
Harold Boyden
Hal Grieg
Charlie Jasman
Howie O'Neil
Dean Rippon
Stew Schmidt
Don Soderberg
Fred Streeter