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THE JCI SENATE
The
Pennsylvania JCI Senate is an organization of Jaycees and former
Jaycees who have been awarded membership in the Senate of Junior Chamber International.
A Senatorship is the highest award that can
be presented to a Jaycee at the local, state, national or international level and less than 1% of all members of
our organization ever receive this recognition.
The idea which resulted in honoring
a Jaycee with a Senatorship was conceived in 1951. JCI president Phil Pugsley from Canada
(1951-52) discussed the need for better communications among “aged-out”
Jaycees with John Armbruster, Charter member of the first Jaycee organization in the United States.
In 1952, Sid Boxer, Jaycee representative to the United States, met with President Phil Pugsley in New York
to further discuss the idea that instead of allowing these “honored Jaycees”
to drift completely away from the Jaycee movement, to provide a lifelong link with the
Jaycees and a way for them to continue to work for a cause in which they believe. The idea
was presented at the VII World Congress in Melbourne, Australia in 1952 where it was approved and placed in the JCI
By-laws as a category of membership.
Honored Jaycee Senators receive a number
which is never assigned to anyone else. Senator #1 in the world is Joaquin V. Gonzales,
Phillippines’NOM President, 1951-52. Phil Pugsley is Senator #2 and John Armbruster
became Senator #3.
The founding
of the Pennsylvania JCI Senate was on October 18, 1965, at the Host Motel in
Lancaster. The Senate group formed in 1965 aimed to foster the fellowship and friendship
of Senators rather than to promote programming.
While Pennsylvania and many other states had formed Senate organizations,
there was no National JCI Senate group until June 1972. At a special meeting held at
the U.S. Jaycees Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, Senators from 26 states voted to organize
under the umbrella of a National Senate. The expressed purpose of the newly founded organization was “to provide
a line of communication” between Senate groups presently formed or about to be formed.
Pennsylvania was represented at this meeting by Norm Garrett #6154 and Ray Reber #7802.
Now we officially formed a Pennsylvania JCI Senate
and a United States JCI Senate but official
affiliation did not occur until October 19, 1974. A motion was made by Ed VanGorder
#13395 and seconded by Norm Garrett #6154 to affiliate with the national group. There was to be a $25 Charter
fee and a cost of $1 per Senator (50 cents fro the first year). Much discussion was
held as to maintaining the informality and structure of the Pennsylvania organization.
Assured that no major disruptions were to occur with affiliation, the motion was passsed,
Official affiliation had occurred during the term of Rodger Rapp #6571.
Ray Reber #7702 succeeded Rodger as president
of the PAJCI Senate and in the first IMAGE of his term in August 1975, he led
off his Presidential Message with a written purpose of the Pennsylvania JCI Senate:
The purpose of the JCI Senators of Pennsylvania is to promote fellowship among the Senators
in Pennsylvania, to engage in any program or activity which will foster the aims and objectives of JCI, and upon
request, lend support to the Pennsylvania Jaycees in the capacity of a Speakers Bureau, or in
any other capacity that cannot be construed as active participation
in the Jaycees.
PENNSYLVANIA JCI SENATE PAST PRESIDENTS 1965/67
Grover C. Gouker, Jr 1967/69 Robert “Buck” O’Neal 1969/71 Charles York 1971/73 Phillip “Pete” Lang 1973/75 Rodger J. Rapp 1975/77 Ray Reber 1977/79 David M. Frees, Jr. 1979/81 William H.
Manuel 1981/83 Louis Petry 1983/85 Andrew
U. Amway 1985/87 Joseph Sabella 1987/89
Karl R. Lengle 1989/91 Mark Bursic 1991/93
Kent Rynier 1993/95 Jim Brooks 1995/96
Bill Dietrich 1996/97 Jerry Good 1997/98
Mark Grim 1998/99 Tom Newill 5/99-12/00
Jim Fawcett 2001 Dave Burdette 2002
Joe Foley 2003 Allen Dissinger 2004
George Fields 2005 Ron Drum 2006 Ken Martin2007/08 John Robinson2008/09 Jackie Cornelius2009/10 Lloyd Lingle2010/11 Brad Cox2011/12 Gary Duell2012/13 Bob McDonald2013/14
Beth Newill2014/15 Nancy Salopek 2015/16 Sally Traczuk2016/17
George Fields2017/18 George Fields2018/19 Jean Loose 2019/20 Bob
McDonald 2020/21 Jeff Kozak2021/22 Amy Newton2022/23 Katy Lemmer2023/24 Katy Lemmer
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Senate
Info that
may be useful- Hospitality
Suite – Where all good Senators end up after they have received their Senatorship. Good food – Good drink –
from sometime Friday afternoon until Sunday morning. Many times the last place to close. A place to get to know great Jaycees
from many generations.
. - MAI – Mid Atlantic Institute – this
is the conglomeration of Regions II and II in the U.S. JCI Senate. Each year there is a MAI meeting in the spring which rotates
among the states from NY to Virginia. A good opportunity to meet other Senators. There is a great deal of talk about politics
and you will see all of the candidates for offices in the US JCI Senate. Usually has a golf tournament on Saturday morning.
. - Region II – This is the geographical region that the Pennsylvania
JCI Senate falls into. It is great fun to visit the other states in the region and see the differences between Senates. We
are always treated well when visiting. Each year a Vice President of the U.S. JCI Senate is elected from these states to represent
us. Region II consists of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and New York. Region III consists of Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland and the District of Columbia
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