History Committee


Purpose: To document valuable dates, celebrate accomplishments, past award winners, milestones, pictures and any other important information.

The Texas Recreation Association was established on November 6, 1937. Though our organization has changed our name three more times over the years we will be 75 years old in 2012. This milestone in our history gives us the opportunity to reflex on the past and document important facts.

Take some time and remember the past and submit any photographs, memories, milestones and celebrations that will document our History!


Members: Chair, Vice-Chair, one member from each Region.

Past Presidents


Governed by a Board of Directors, which is comprised of the President, Past-President, President Elect, along with a director elected from each of the nine regions, the president of each of the eight branches of the organization, an Academis Director, two at-large directors, and ex -officio appointments from two of our strongest affiliate partnerships, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation. The Board meets quarterly at pre-determined locations around the state, and meetings are open to anyone interested in attending.

Please help us collect information on all those that have served TRAPS as President. Photograph of them at the time they were serving, Job Title and City represented, and current status, (address, e-mail, deceased, etc.)

Below is a list of the Past President - please submit additional information to Mendy Marshall at mendy.marshall@ci.austin.tx.us



Past Award Winners

Please help us locate all those that have served TRAPS as President.

Picture Name Years served City Represented and Job Title, when they were President Current status (address, e-mail address, deceased, etc.)
president photo E.R. Bowman 1938-1939 - -
president photo Corinne Fonde 1939-1940 - -
president photo Corinne Fonde 1940-1941 - -
president photo R. D. Evans 1941-1942 - -
president photo V.A. Kormeier 1942-1943 - -
president photo Alvin Eggeling 1943-1944 - -
president photo L.B. Houston 1944-1945 - -
president photo L.B. Houston 1945-1946 - -
president photo Foster Blaidsdell 1946-1947 - -
president photo W.P. Witt 1947-1948 - -
president photo Beverly Sheffield 1948-1949 Director Austin PARD Deceased
president photo Beverly Sheffield 1949-1950 Director,Austin PARD Deceased
president photo R.L. Dixon 1950-1951 - -
president photo Robert W. Mooreman 1951-1952 - -
president photo A.C. Hamilton 1952-1953 San Antonio -
president photo Lou Hamilton 1953-1954 - -
president photo W. H. Keeling 1954-1955 - -
president photo Joe Prowse 1955-1956 - -
president photo Lillian Schwertz 1956-1957 - -
president photo Robert L. Shelton 1957-1958 - -
president photo Spencer P. Ellis 1958-1959 - -
president photo Alva Stem 1959-1960 - -
president photo Alva Stem 1960-1961 - -
president photo Dr. George Lowrey Jr. 1961-1962 - -
president photo Richard Walker 1962-1963 - -
president photo William P. Witt 1963-1964 - -
president photo Jack O. Ashworth 1964-1965 - -
president photo Marvin Austin 1965-1966 - -
president photo Roy Guerrero 1966-1967 Austin -
president photo June Finck 1967-1968 - -
president photo Don Maddox 1968-1969 - -
president photo Warren Leddick 1969-1970 - -
president photo Leonard Ehrler 1970-1971 Director Austin PARD -
- Dick Castleberry 1971-1972 - -
president photo Bill Enlow 1972-1973 - -
president photo Jack O. Ashworth 1973-1974 - -
president photo Terry Dopson 1974-1975 Corpus Christi -
president photo Johnny Carmichael 1975-1976 - -
president photo Jack Robinson 1976-1977 Austin PARD, Director -
president photo John Hughes 1977-1978 Austin Recreation Superintendent
president photo Dr. James Kitchen 1978-1979 - -
president photo Ronald Darner 1979-1980 San Antonio PARD -
president photo Susan Eaves 1980-1981 - -
president photo Bobby Rountree 1981-1982 - -
president photo Dr. B. Dan Kemp 1982-1983 - -
president photo Jack O. Ashworth 1983-1984 - -
president photo Dr. John Crompton 1984-1986 - -
president photo Ty Probasco 1986-1987 - -
president photo Dr. Carson Watt 1987-1988 - -
president photo Donna Brasher 1988-1989 Arlington, Director Retired living in Wimberly
president photo W.E. "Gene" Spearman 1989-1990 - -
president photo Fred Blumberg 1990-1991 - -
president photo Jody R. Hamilton 1991-1992 Austin PARD Deceased
president photo John Blackburn 1992-1993 - -
president photo David Loughridge 1993-1994 Dallas -
president photo Eddie Hueston 1994-1995 Dallas -
president photo David Ondrias 1995-1996 - -
president photo Dianne Darnell 1996-1997 - -
president photo Alton Johnson 1997-1998 Richardson -
president photo Marco A. "Tony" Cisneros 1998-1999 Bryan/Corpus Christi -
president photo Malcolm Matthews 1999-2000 Corpus Christi/San Antonio -
president photo Tim O'Connor 2000-2001 - -
president photo Stacey Laird 2001-2002 - -
president photo Jane Dembski 2002-2003 Bellaire, Director -
president photo Dennis J. Harris 2003-2004 - -
president photo Dale Bransford 2004-2005 San Antonio River Authority, Park Services Department Manager dbransford@sara-tx.org
president photo Dona Roth Kinney 2005-2006 Keller -
president photo John K. Powers 2006-2007 The Woodlands -
president photo Sally Gavlik 2007-2008 Corpus Christi PARD, Director -
president photo Doug Evans 2008-2009 Grapevine, Director devans@grapevinetexas.gov
president photo Robert E. Armistead 2009-2010 Travis County robert.armistead@co.travis.tx.us
president photo Monica Sue Walsh 2010-2011 Colleyville, Director walshm@ci.colleyville.tx.us

Please submit any additional milestone to our history to Mendy Marshall at mendy.marshall@ci.austin.tx.us