|  Past Department Commanders
The American Legion
Department of California
Convention Year - Name - Home City Residence
(click underlined highlighted name to e-mail a Past Commander)
1919 H. G. Mathewson (deceased) San Francisco
1920 David P Barrows (deceased) Berkeley
1921 Buron Fitts (deceased) Three Rivers
1922 John R. Quinn (deceased) Delano
1923 Seth Millington (deceased) Gridley
1924 James F. Collins (deceased) Yreka
1925 Nathan F Coombs (deceased) Napa
1926 Alien B. Bixby (deceased) Pasadena
1927 Dr. John F. Slavich (deceased) Oakland
1928 Phil Dodson (deceased) Washington D.C.
1929 F. N. Belgrano Jr. (deceased) San Francisco
1930 Clarence L Kincaid (deceased) Los Angeles
1931 B. W Gearhart (deceased) Fresno
1932 Van D. Hogan (deceased) Los Angeles
1933 Warren H. Atherton (deceased) Stockton
1934 Homer L. Chaillaux (deceased) Inglewood
1935 Archie M. Closson (deceased) Lodi
1936 Dan W. Emmett (deceased) Ventura
1937 Thomas J. Riordan (deceased) San Francisco
1938 Joseph S. Long (deceased) Riverside
1939 Dr. H. G. Waters (deceased) Watsonville
1940 William S. Dunn (deceased) Red Wing, MN
1941 William J. Farrell (deeeased) Petaluma
1942 Robert F. Ganier.Jr. (deceased) San Bernardino
1943 Leon Happell (deceased) Stockton
1944 William P. Haughton (deceased) Costa Mesa
1945 Edward W. Bolt (deceased) Costa Mesa
1946 Irvin R. "Bob" Snyder (deceased) Tujunga
1947 Richard H. Chamberlain (deceased) Oakland
1948 Harry L. Foster (deceased) San Diego
1949 Rex F. Whittemore (deceased) Bakersfield
1950 Lewis K. Gough (deceased) Pasadena
1951 Stanley F. Dunmire (deceased) Honolulu, HI
1952 John D Home (deceased) Hollywood
1953 William A. White (deceased) San Francisco
1954 William R. Burke (deceased) Palos Verdes Estates
1955 Malcolm M. Champlin (deceased) Oakland
1956 Joseph M. Farber (deceased) Sacramento
1957 Leo W. Crawford (deceased) Redwood City
1958 Alfred P. Chamie (deceased) Malibu
1959 John J. Flynn - Vallejo
1960 Sidney L. Gelber (deceased) Las Vegas, NV
1960 Charles Foote (deceased) Grand Junction, CO
1961 John R. Hann (deceased) Merced
1962 Roscoe T. Morse (deceased) Henderson, NV
1963 A. Lee Oder (deceased) Berkeley
1964 William K. Kreitz (deceased)
1965 Harry C. Dennis (deceased) Palos Verdes, PA
1966 Sam Gray (deceased) San Pedro
1967 Edward J. Sharkev (deceased) San Francisco
1968 Harold E. Heinly (deceased) Green Valley Lake
1969 Bradley J Stephens, Jr. - Los Altos
1970 James A. Gilbert (deceased) Pasadena
1971 Andrew P. Salontai (deceased) Sacramento
1972 Cecil L Bandy (deceased) Odessa, MO
1973 Milton L. Randolph (deceased) Fresno
1974 Marvin E. Jones - Lenoir, TN
1975 Bernard L. Weddel (deceased) San Jose
1976 Lloyd Higginson - Cloverdale
1977 George G. Sinopoli (deceased) Fresno
1978 John B. Coman (deceased) Beverly Hills
1979 Leo P. Burke - Stockton
1980 Robert L. Schwartz - Cerritos
1981 Bruce Thiesen - Elk Grove
1982 John Homan (deceased) Running Springs
1983 Donald A. Drumheller - North Highlands
1984 Hal Goldman - North Hills
1985 Richard H. Mibach (deceased) San Rafael
1986 James D. Welch (deceased) Los Angeles
1987 Frank H. Machado - Modesto
1988 Miguel B. Canales (deceased) Anaheim
1989 Andrew J. Steffanic (deceased) Portota.
1990 Wallace W. Riddle - La Habra
1991 Harold F. Arnold (deceased) Marysville
1992 Alvin M. Krank (deceased) Los Angeles
1993 John J. Bettencourt - Monterey
1994 Michael A Gombar - La Crescenta
1995 Stan Standard (deceased) Foresthill
1996 Joseph 0. Early - Pahrump, NV
1997 Thomas D. Hetherington - Porterville
1998 Frank C Larson (deceased) Covina
1999 David L. Eby - Upper Lake
2000 William E. Wilkin - San Bernardino
2001 Floyd Martin - Pioneer
2002 Ronald J. Hanson (deceased) Escondido
2003 Charles L. Pamell - Clovis
2004 James W. Hackney - Los Angeles
2005 Fred J. Walton - Santa Rosa
2006 S. Wayne Parrish - Santa Monica
2007 Charlie Eskridge - Marina
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