Past Commodores
This page is a work in progress. We are currently attempting to locate pictures of all our Past Commodores for both display on this webpage and in the Clubhouse. Anyone with missing pictures is encouraged to contact CYC at [email protected]. Any photographs submitted will be handled with care and originals will be returned ASAP.
Capital Yacht Club honors our first Commodore circa 1890s
John Hocke
John A. Goldsborough
1900
Leonard H. Dyer
1901-02
Gorge H. Bright
1903-05
William W. Grier
1906-07
Lyman F. Hewins
1908
Ralph L. Gait
1909-10
Luean F. Hewins
1911
Otto W. Braitmayer
1912
Alvin O. Portner
1913
Adrian Sizer
1914-18
Daniel H. Fowler
1919
R. Clyne Cruit
1920-21
G. W. Fosberg
1923-25
Melville D. Church
1926
Richard S. Doyle
1927-30
Daniel H. Fowler
1931
E. H. Tennet
1932-33
Richard S. Doyle
1934
T. T. Keane
1935-36
Richard S. Doyle
1937
T. F. Schnieder
1938
E. Hillman Willis
1939-42
Walter H. Smith
1943
Jack Stone
1944-45
Earl D. Baker
1946-47
John S. Fickling
1948
Alan A. Carney
1949-50
Myron Davy
1951-52
Norman A. Quasebarth
1953-54
Herbert E. Hurley
1955
Richard F. Jones
1956
Kenneth C. Johnson
1957-58
Wilbur M. Sherwood
1959-60
J. Lester Ayres
1961
John K. Jones
1962
Charles W. Frick, Jr.
1963-64
James B. Lockwood
1965
James T. Duke
1966
J. Howard Hicks
1967
Anthony J. Caliendo
1968
Edward E. Linsky, Jr
1969
Dr. Leon Cayton
1970
William C. Frogale
1971-74
James R. Dooley
1975
William C. Frogale
1976
Wilbert R. Perry 1977
1977
James P. Alexander
1978
Donald J. Fosdick
1979
Villain C. Frogale
1980
Donald J. Fosdick
1981
Earl F. Keaton
1982
F. Jacob Pinol
1983
Marsha D. Crossley
1984
Alan S. Tonelson
1985
William R. Trimpin
1986-87
James Hamill
1988
Tom W. Whitford
1988-89
Arthur W. Donahue
1990
Christopher Reed
1991
Tom W. Whitford
1992
Manfred von Ehrenfried
1993-94
Sandra Hense
1994
Witcher N. Beverley, Jr.
1995-96
James F. Forrest
1997-98
Norman W. Cherry
1999
Paul Malloy
2000
Gaert Sime
2001
James F. Forrest
2002
Guy Nolan
2003-04
Robert McKeon
2005
Guy Nolan
2006
Marian Raup
2007
Paul Lain
2008
Tim Ricker
2009-10
Dan Waldrop
2011-12
Tim Ricker
2013-14
Freddi Lipstein
2015-16
Guy Shields
2017-18
Tim Fontana
2019-20
Matt Colip
2021
Laurence Kent Jones
2021-23
Melanie Locke
2024-