Past El Presidente

In 1926 the “Old Spanish Days” committee was formed and under the leadership of Dwight Murphy they established a non-profit corporation “Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Inc.” Murphy was elected president and thus became the first “El Presidente.” Each year since a new El Presidente is elected.

1924 Charles Pressley (unofficial)
1925-1926 Dwight Murphy
1927-1947 Samuel Stanwood
1948-1949 John Rickard
1950-1951 Francis Price
1952 Duncan MacDougal
1953 Charles Storke
1954 Thomas McDermott
1955 Harris Montgomery
1956 Grover Drake
1957 Lloyd Monk
1958 James Von Etta
1959 Leonard Kummer
1960 George Castagnola
1961 Elmer Awl
1962 Paul Sweetser
1963 Michael Lemus
1964 George Adams
1965 Thomas Fair
1966 Terrence Daly
1967 Dom Aldecoa
1968 Robert Kallman
1969 William Russell
1970 William Luton Sr.
1971 Art Locker
1972 Alton Derrick & Walter Hatfield
1973-1974 Robert Rowe
1975 Mike Pahos
1976 Rudy Castillo
1977 George Obern
1978 Ed Chelini
1979 Richard Hidalgo
1980 Orval Bond
1981 Ralph McNall
1982 James Westwick
1983 George Kallusky
1984 Alfred Trembly
1985 Meta Duell
1986 William Redding
1987 Alberto Pizano
1988 William F. Luton, Jr.
1989 Ray Fraker
1990 Peter Georgi
1991 Herbert Barthels, D.D.S.
1992 J. James Hollister, III
1993 James McCoy
1994 Kris Kallman
1995 Ellen Harte
1996 Michael Harling
1997 Michael Danley
1998 Michael Mendoza
1999 Scott Burns
2000 Wendy Ayala
2001 Roger Aceves
2002 Nick Katzenstein
2003 Christine Gallagher
2004 Clay Dickens
2005 Chip Wullbrandt
2006 Roger Perry
2007 Kelly Magne
2008 Tim Taylor
2009 Anthony Borgatello
2010 Michael Dominguez