Club Leadership

charter members

W. I. Addison*

Dr. S. T. Bailey*

Dr. R. W. Barnes*

A. G. Cain*

J. H. Cameron*

R. H. Cox*

Dr. John F. Crabb*

Dr. B. F. Crabtree*

Jack Dillon*

S. G. Duffel*

R. H. Ellis*

Ray Goodnight*

J. T. Groves*

J. W. Harmon*

J. W. Henderson*

Hugh January*

Dr. W. C. Jones*

Fred Kelly*

C. B. Lamar*

J. R. Lawson*

Ed. B. Lewis*

Roy Lewis*

W. J. Powell*

Ralph J. Powers*

Dr. Harry S. Price*

Ike P. Rainbolt*

Sam C. Rainbolt*

W. C. Rea*

Dr. Richard A. Self*

Dr. Frank Schultz*

Vernon D. Singleton*

Dr. E. B. Strother*

R. I. Scarborough*

George A. Ripley*

J. R. Wheeler*

Dr. richard a. "dick" self*

was a Charter Member of the Oak Cliff Lions Club in 1929. He served as President of the Club in 1942-43 and as District Governor in 1951-52. Lion Self was held in high esteem throughout Lions Clubs International and in 1954 was elected to a two year term on the Lions Clubs International Board of Directors, serving until 1956. Dr. Self was selected by his peers to the Texas Lions Hall of Fame in 1972. PID Self was named one of the 18 'Cornerstone Lions 1929-2004", in recognition of the Club's 75th Anniversary Celebration.

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Marion B. Snider*

Dr. richard a. "dick" self*

served as President of the Oak Cliff Lions Club in 1958-59 and was District Governor in 1960-61. He was Director of the Club's Minstrel Show for 22 years before becoming a member of the Park Cities Lions Club. He served as Lions International Pianist for 16 years and received the Ambassador of Goodwill Award, the highest Award of Lions International, in 1969. He holds the Melvin Jones Award, "Life Membership", five International President's Awards and is a member of the Texas Lions Hall of Fame. PDG Snider* was selected one of the 18 "Cornerstone Lions 1929-2004" in honor of the Club's 75th Anniversary Celebration.

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Sylvan Moritz*

Dr. richard a. "dick" self*

Sylvan Moritz*

served as District 2-X1 Governor 1974-75. He was named a Life Member in 1988 and received the International President's Award in 1975, 1978, and 1985. He became a Melvin Jones Fellow in 1992 and was named to the Texas Lions Hall of Fame in 1998. He served as State Chairman for the 1985 Lions Clubs International Convention held in Dallas and had the Oak Cliff Lions 'Extravaganza' Dedicated to him in 1994, and was recognized as one of the 18 'Cornerstone Lions 1929-2004", symbolic of the Club's 75th Anniversary Celebration.

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Bill Melton

Wayne Meachum

served as President of the Oak Cliff Lions Club in 1977-78 and District Governor of 2-X1 in 1980-81. He received the 100% Club President, 100% District Governor and Lions Extension Awards; Lions International President's Award; International President's Leadership Medal; and International President's Commendation Award. In 1983, he was honored with the Ambassador of Good Will Award - highest Award bestowed by Lions Clubs International. He is a Melvin Jones Fellow; Dr. William S. Harris Fellow; Jack Wiech Fellow; Jimmy Thompson Fellow; received the "Key of State" for Sponsoring more than 75 New Members into Lionism; Chair, 75th Anniversary Celebration, "Life Member", Lions Clubs International and Board of the Oak Cliff Lions Club; Oak Cliff "Lion of the Year"; received Club's Annual "Extravaganza" Dedication in 2002; was named one of the 18 "Cornerstone Lions 1929-2004", symbolic of the Club's 75th Anniversary Celebration; and was honored as a "Grass Roots Lion". The Club's Bill Melton Humanitarian Award is named in his Honor. Melton served as Multiple District Vice Chairman and Announced the Lions International Parade in 1985. He was selected to the Texas Lions "Hall of Fame" in 2007, and received the Oak Cliff Lions Humanitarian Award in 2018.

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Wayne Meachum

served as President of the Oak Cliff Lions Club in 2000-01 and District Governor of District 2-X1 in 2003-04. Since 2001, he has been Producer/Host of the award-winning television program Today in Lions International. He Chaired the Melvin Jones Commemorative Stamp Project and was a Sector Coordinator for Campaign SightFirst II. An original member of LCI's New Club Development Task Force, he organized over 50 new Clubs and was presented the International President’s Special Global Extension Award. He has received the Grass Roots Lion Award; Life Member, Camp New Horizons; two Dr. William S. Harris Awards; Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow; Jack Wiech Fellow; Life Member, Oak Cliff Lions Board of Directors; two International President’s Awards; International Leadership Medal; and International President's Certificate of Appreciation. PDG Meachum was instrumental in getting former President (and PDG) Jimmy Carter to nominate Lions Clubs International for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2008, he was presented the Ambassador of Goodwill, the highest award bestowed by Lions Clubs International. He was selected a "Life Member" of the Oak Cliff Lions Board of Directors in 2007 and a "Life Member" of Lions International in 2018.

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Darla Wisdom

Wayne Meachum

Darla Wisdom

served as President of the Oak Cliff Lions Club in 2008-09 and District Governor of 2-X1 in 2013-14. She received the 100% Club President Award, 100% District Governor Award and Club President Team Excellence Award in 2009 and Governor’s Team Excellence Award in both 2012 and 2013. She was honored with the Lions Clubs International President’s Leadership Medal in 2013. She is a Melvin Jones Fellow, Progressive Jack Wiech Fellow, Jimmy Thompson Fellow, Dr. William S. Harris Fellow. Pete Anderson Awardee, Life Member and Century Club Member of the Texas Lions Camp, Oak Cliff Lions “Lion of the Year” Award, twice, received Club’s Annual “Extravaganza” Dedication in 2003, holds the Membership Key, served as Vice President of the Texas Lions Museum and received the Museum’s Ebb Grindstaff Fellowship. She has served as President, District 2-X1 Charities. Lions Sight & Tissue Foundation Board and Member of the Executive Committee of the Texas Lions Camp. She was named a "Life Member" of the Oak Cliff Lions Board of Directors in 2014, and is also a Life Member of the Texas Lions Camp and Lions Sight & Tissue Foundation. Wisdom was named a "Life Member" of Lions Clubs International in 2018.

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past club officers

presidents

secretaries

Rene Cox*

Dr. W. C. Jones*

Vervon Singleton*

Fred A. Kelly*

Dr. H. K. Crutcher*

W. P. Mathews*

James R. Temple*

L. B. Randolph*

Dr. S. T. Bailey*

Dr. F. M. Shultz*

Gus Cook*

W. J. Bryan*

J. W. T. Major*

Dr. R. A. Self *

H. L. Jennings*

H. M. Craig, Jr.*

Teddy Harris*

H. E. Wolfram*

Harley Hightower*

Dr. W. B. Wilkinson*

S. W. Taylor*

Fred "Red" Harris*

S. V. McCarley*

A. E. Harris*

Roger E. Parks*

Charles E. Watson*

O. N. Moffett*

G. C. Harrell, Jr.*

Abe Meyer*

Marion B. Snider*

J. E. Willis, Jr.*

Edward P. Thompson*

N. W. Alexander*

George W. Puckett*

Charles H. Storey*

Paul B. Craig*

Dr. Dennis L. Lindsey*

Allison Snyder*

David R. Braden*

Henry M. Lively*

Kenneth W. Ritchel*

Bill Sullivan*

Tom Young*

Gordon Rea*

Dr. Parmer Richardson*

Fred Ferguson*

Sam Monzingo*

Bill Lewis

Bill Melton

Dennis Jeter

Jack Henigan

Dr. Marvin Grantham*

Bennie Brigham*

Jerry Gilmore*

Jack Frampton

Gene Willard*

Dr. Wm. J. Lawhorn*

Jerry Vincent*

Kenneth Beard*

Mark G. Snyder*

Dr. Burt Bryan

Dan Cunningham

Steve Levine

John McCalib

Jerry Adkins

Steve McGregor*

Carolyn Dunnigan*

Steve Elwell

Bonnie Breazeale*

John Dodd

John McCall, Sr.*

H. Wayne Meachum

Robert Hirsh*

Michelle Metzger

Stoney Greene*

Bill Harper

Amy Alburtis

Rich Buickerood

Tom Timmons

Darla Wisdom

Charlie Tupper

Danny Boyce

Mike Lott*

Iris Smith

Durhl Caussey

Steve Bayless

Carol Donovan

Layne Vincent

John McCall, Jr.

Anastasia Semos-Shelton

Diana Ezzell

Paul Nielsen

Nia MacKay, Ph.D.

Blake Lindsay*

PDG Wayne Meachum

secretaries

Ralph Powers*

Ed. B. Lewis, Jr.*

Dr. John F. Crabb*

Ralph Powers*

Dr. Sam Bailey*

Guy Dean*

B. A. Ward*

Emmitt Norwood*

W. J. Bryan*

Dr. R. A. Self*

H. L. Jennings*

R. B. Carpenter, Jr.*

Foreman Bennett*

R. F. Ford, Jr.*

Harley Hightower*

I. W. Guthrie*

T. Roy Hodson*

E. G. Gunnells

Abe Meyer*

Aaron Smith*

R. D. Morgan*

Thomas M. Schrock*

C. Harold Bridges*

George W. Puckett*

John A. Callahan*

Carie E. Welch*

Lewis A. Barr*

J. Ed Coleman*

S. O. Brimberry*

Leo K. Barber*

Raike Hyde*

J. Allison Snyder*

Henry M. Lively*

Kenneth Ritchel*

A.B. Low *

Karl E. Hoeffner*

Bill R. Sullivan*

Gordon Rea*

Edgar J. White*

Gaby Bjerke*

Wade Stepp

Ted Dempsey*

Bennie Brigham*

Harold Murray*

Lee Johnson*

Hubert Burden*

Charles Quinn*

Gene Willard*

Elvin L. Sharp*

Jack Frampton

Don Rowe*

Hal Morris*

Mark Snyder*

Dan Cunningham

Steve Levine

G.O. Slaughter*

Bill Leavell* & Dan Cunningham

Spotswood Hollis*

John McCalib

Byron Forster

Mike Satarino

Steve Elwell

Bonnie Breazeale*

Bill Tucker*

Judy Vincent & Bill Tucker*

Robert Hirsh*

John McCall, Sr.*

Stoney Greene*

Michelle Metzger

Robert Allen*

Bill Harper

Amy Alburtis

Don Herring Jr.

Tom Timmons

Ann Washburn

Joe Jessing

Lisa Hembry

Silvia Flores

Iris Smith

Stan Altschuler

Steve Bayless

Layne Vincent

Nora Mercado

Fawn Walker

Paula Maroney

Senada Rustic

Darla Wisdom

Nia MacKay

Kathy Frazier

Teri Bailey

treasurers

secretaries

treasurers

Sam M. Batchelor*

W. M. Kurth*

George A. Scott, Jr.*

J. Ed Coleman*

Kenneth H. Polson*

S. O. Brimberry*

Leo K. Barber*

Raike Hyde*

J. Allison Snyder*

Henry M. Lively*

Kenneth Ritchel*

A. B. Low *

Karl E. Hoeffner*

Bill R. Sullivan*

Gordon Rea*

Edgar J. White*

Gaby Bjerke*

Wade Stepp

Ted Dempsey*

Bennie Brigham *

Harold Murray*

Bill Melton

Hubert Burden*

Charles Quinn*

Gene Willard*

Elvin Sharp*

Jack Frampton

Burton Eubanks*

John Schwensen*

Mark Snyder*

Dan Cunningham

Anson Van Slyke*

Bill Stone*

Larry Frazier*

Marshall Hughes*

John McCalib

Byron Forster

Carl Neal

Ed Curtis

Steve McGregor*

Steve Elwell

Bonnie Breazeale*

Joe Jessing

David Lichtenwalter

Frank Moore

Mike Lott*

Kathie Magers

Bill Harper

Dan Young

Don Herring, Jr.

Tom Timmons

Charlie Tupper

Darla Wisdom

Lisa Hembry

Chris King

Wendy Fox

Stan Altschuler

Alice Zaccarello

Carol Donovan

Don Herring, Jr.

Layne Vincent

Jim Paine

John McCall, Jr.

Eric Bailey

Stan Altschuler

Sara Kitto

Stan Altshuler

Eric Bailey

chaplains

tail twisters

lion tamers

Bolton Boone*

Dr. Cecil E. Berry*

Rev. Dean Harrison*

Dr. Cecil E. Berry*

J. B. Christian, Jr.*

Dr. Dean Harrison*

Rev. Baxton Bryant*

Rev. Wayne Dunson*

Major Robert Short*

Dr. W. C. Jones*

Rev. Paul L. Morell

Rev. Russell Regan*

Dr. Dean Harrison*

Rev. Gordon Casad*

Wm. R. Wolfard

Dr. Thomas Currie, Jr.*

Rev. Robert Langley

Rev. Paul L. Morell

Rev. Robert Langley

Rev. W. C. Jones*

Dennis Jeter

Rev. Douglas Laird

Don Hicks *

Dr. John Schwensen*

Dr. Weldon Estes*

Dr. Robert Minshall

Dr. Weldon Estes*

Sam Monzingo*

Kevin Mannoia

Steve Levine

Dr. Syd Carnes

Kevin Mannoia

Don Hicks*

Sam Monzingo*

Ben Shinn

Bert Jarvis

Rick Alf

Dr. Syd Carnes

John Pritchett

Kenneth Beard*

Jerry Gilmore*

Dr. Weldon Estes*

Dr. Jim Bowden

Iris Smith

Stoney Greene*

Michelle Metzger

Amy Alburtis

Caroline Britton*

Lauren Endahl*

Roger Pickett

David Mills

Amy Alburtis

David Mills

Amy Alburtis

Carole Sprague

Amy Alburtis

David Mills

Pat Crenshaw

Mark Drennan

Bobbi Smith

Blake Lindsay

lion tamers

tail twisters

lion tamers

Dr. Wallace B. Wilkinson*

T. H. Galbraith*

Hugh Craig*

Teddy Harris*

Al Harris*

Dewey Pogue*

Abe Meyer*

unknown

Gilbert Bright*

O. N. Moffett*

Kenneth Polson*

Joe Rushing*

G. C. Harrell, Jr.*

Marion B. Snider*

Edward P. Thompson*

Warren G. Harding*

Raike Hyde*

Jim Thompson

Kenneth Ritchel*

Jim Stevens*

A. B. Low*

John A. Callahan*

Wilfred N. Looney*

Sam Monzingo*

Edward Harroz*

William H. Lott*

Edward Harroz*

Rev. Paul Morell

Sylvan Moritz*

Lee Johnson*

Dr. Dennis Lindsey*

Bill Melton

Don Hicks*

Jerry Capps

James Horrell

Jerry Vincent*

F.A. 'Buddy' Holley*

Gary Smith*

John Dodd

V.E. Hawes*

Dr. John Schwensen*

Dodson Hanes*

Dan Cunningham

Jerry Vincent*

Dr. Burt Bryan

Bill Melton

Bill Leavell*

Gerry Storey

Tull Rea

Warren Harding, Jr.

Steve McGregor*

Doyle Bagwell

Bob Hamlett

John Dodd

Dan Young

Clarance Nash

Pennie Shine*

Dan Young

Joe Jessing

Rich Buickerood

Ken Brand

Tom Timmons

Bobby Allen

Rich Buickerood

Stan Altschuler

Shelby Starr*

Layne Vincent

Ajay Torres

Carrie Smith

Durhl Caussey

Dick Geiger*

Nora Mercado

Paula Moroney

Frances Sinnett

Beverly Thomson

Layne Vincent

PDG Wayne Meachum

Brooks Morrow

Charlene Vezina

Layne Vincent

Larry Frazier*

tail twisters

J. Willis Gunn*

Judge Shelby Cox*

Joe Rushing*

Homer Scott*

Teddy Harris*

I. W. Guthrie*

Judge W. E. Richburg*

unknown

Jesse Bolin*

J. E. Willis, Jr.*

Seals Heard*

Herman Munster, Jr.

Jack Moncrief*

H. H. David, Jr.*

Jess S. Epps*

Jack K. Willis*

Henry Lively*

Clarence Rydell, Jr.*

Jack Dunlop*

Chester DuBose*

Harry H. Boucher*

Frank Cathey, Jr.*

David R. Braden*

Gordon Rea*

Fred Ferguson*

Gaby Bjerke*

Ted Ferguson

Dr. Parmer Richardson*

Jim Skinner

Marvin Grantham*

David R. Braden*

Harold Murray*

Dr. Bill Lawhorn*

C. F. 'Mitch' Mitchell*

Wayne Meachum

Jerry Gilmore*

Torance Vandygriff

Jerry Vincent*

J.C. Coalson*

Kenneth Beard*

Les Brumit

Dr. Burt Bryan

Gordon Rea*

Dr. Bill Lawhorn*

Gene DuBose

Jack Frampton

Tull Rea

Chris O'Conner

Michael Satarino

Glenn Harding

Gordon Rea*

Dr. Bill Lawhorn*

Paula Craig

Bill Smith*

David Lichtenwalter

Wayne Meachum

Mike Satarino

Chris Pommerening

Jerry Gilmore*

Corky Harris*

Don Herring, Jr.

John Dodd

Charlie Tupper

Josh Holt

Chris King

Carrie Carney

Josh Holt

Gerry Hurst

Pat Crenshaw

Durhl Caussey

Michelle Metzger

Josh Holt

Wayne Meachum

Chris King

Mike Satarino

Judy Porter / Wayne Meachum

Michelle Metzger

Perry Flowers

Carol Donovan

Brent McDougal

Patrick Tester*

PP Paul Nielsen

CUB editors

EXECTUIVE SECRETARIES

unknown

Foreman Bennett*

Worth Leuthstrom*

I.W. Guthrie*

T.L. Curtis*

Roy T. Hodson*

unknown

Abe Meyer* & Otto Kriss*

Fred Patterson*

Worth Leuthstrom*

W.E. Richburg*

E.R. McCauley*

Albert Knopf*

Frank Cathey, Jr.*

Charles H. Storey*

John N. Patton, Jr.*

Chester D. DuBose*

Jack Dunlop*

George R. Farrow*

Henry Lively*

T. Roy Hodson*

W. H. Stone*

unknown

Tom Young*

Dr. Parmer Richardson*

Harold R. Murray*

Kenneth Pennington

Wade W. Stepp

David R. Braden*

Eugene Smith*

Earl W. Webb

Oscar Bradley*

Larry Frazier*

Jack Henigan

Donald Gunn

Burton Eubanks*

David 'Chief' Dozier*

Loren Williams

Dr. Burt Bryan

Joe Moreno

Bill Mugleston

Stuart Glass

John McCall, Jr.

Steve Gleason

Steve Burnett

Carolyn Dunnigan*

Dolores Shavers

Bonnie Breazeale*

Henry "Bud" Stallworth

Bill Smith*

Dr. Parmer Richardson*

Tony Vigil

Kathie Magers

Robert Allen*

Jo Ann Holt

Ann Washburn

Richard Justiss*

Jo Ann Holt & PP Carolyn Dunnigan*

Michelle Metzger, Larry Frazier* & Fawn Walker

Susi Vincent

Sydney Allen & Larry Frazier*

Kathie Magers & Larry Frazier*

Michelle Metzger & Larry Frazier*

Alison Beazley

Larry Frazier*

Sara Kitto

Michelle Metzger

EXECTUIVE SECRETARIES

Jean Alford*

Jan Clevenger

Eula Derczo*

Marie Howell*

Janet Nelson*

Sara Kitto

Judy Porter

Sara Kitto

Colleen Martin

Meeting Locations

EXECTUIVE SECRETARIES

Meeting Locations

First Meeting place in 1929

Forrest Inn

324 East Jefferson

Oak Cliff YMCA

106 Tenth Street

Cliff Towers

329 E Colorado Boulevard

Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce Auditorium

322 West Jefferson Blvd

Oak Cliff United Methodist Church

Youth Memorial Building

Jefferson at Marsalis

Methodist Hospital of Dallas

Weiss Auditorium & Hitt Auditorium

Colorado at Beckley

Tyler Street United Methodist Church

Anderson Hall

HISTORY > club leadership (historical)

charter members

Dr. richard a. "dick" self*

Dr. richard a. "dick" self*

Dr. richard a. "dick" self*

Marion B. Snider*

Dr. richard a. "dick" self*

Dr. richard a. "dick" self*

Sylvan Moritz*

Dr. richard a. "dick" self*

Sylvan Moritz*

Bill Melton

Wayne Meachum

Wayne Meachum

Wayne Meachum

Wayne Meachum

Wayne Meachum

Darla Wisdom

Wayne Meachum

Darla Wisdom

DENNIS JETER

"WE serve": Oak cliff lions - a legacy of service

Lions International director

Lions International director

Lions International director

district 2-x governor

Lions International director

Lions International director

district 2-x1 governors

Lions International director

district 2-x1 governors

We are trusted friends & neighbors who have a 100-year history of putting others first.

past club officers

presidents

secretaries

secretaries

secretaries

secretaries

secretaries

treasurers

secretaries

treasurers

chaplains

tail twisters

lion tamers

lion tamers

tail twisters

lion tamers

tail twisters

tail twisters

tail twisters

CUB editors

EXECTUIVE SECRETARIES

EXECTUIVE SECRETARIES

EXECTUIVE SECRETARIES

EXECTUIVE SECRETARIES

EXECTUIVE SECRETARIES

Meeting Locations

EXECTUIVE SECRETARIES

Meeting Locations

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