Kenneth Bender (Oxford)  District Governor 2003 -2004 

100 Clubview Road, Oxford, MS 38655 R-662-234-6744  Fax-662-234-6744 (Call first)             cibender@olemiss.edu 

    Kenneth Bender has been a member of the R otary Club of Oxford for more than a quarter of a century. He served as Assistant District Governor in 1999-2001. He has served as district webmaster for the past five years and editor for the District Governor's newsletter for three years, and served as a member or chair of several district committees. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and a Benefactor of the Rotary Foundation.   He is a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana. After teaching in public schools and colleges in Indiana and Illinois, Ken joined the faculty of the University of Mississippi in 1964 and retired in 1997 as Assistant Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of the School of Education Department of Curriculum and Instruction. He was president of his local teacher's association for four of the six years he taught in secondary schools. While at Ole Miss he served as president of two state-wide education organizations and served as either president and/or faculty advisor, intermittently, of two education honoraries at Ole Miss, one for eight years and the other for sixteen years.
    Ken has been active in a number of civic groups dealing with the growth of Oxford, and was president of his congregation for four two-year terms. He is married to Doris Lucille "Lucy" Bender, a retired Registered Nurse and homemaker. They have two children, Donald and Ann Marie. Lucy, Ann Marie, Donald and his wife, Martha, and grandson Joseph are Paul Harris Fellows.

Richard (Dick) Wieland (Memphis Central)  District Governor Elect 2004–2005
4367 Starlanding Road, Nesbit, MS 38851 O- 901-544-3907 X135, R- 663-429-8417, F- 662-429-6379 rwieland@midsouth.rr.com

    Dick Wieland was born and raised in Washington County, Kansas and attended Kansas State University for two years before entering the Air Force Aviation Cadet program where he learned to fly and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He completed his BA degree at Middle Tennessee State. He was awarded the Soldiers Medal for rescuing an individual drowning in the Japan Sea. As a Combat Airlift Pilot during the Vietnam War he received  the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters. On retiring from the Air Force he managed an automotive parts operation in Nashville and later employed by B. F. Goodrich in Murfreesboro.
    In 1976 he became a Captain for Britt Airlines. After 15 he accepted a position with the Federal Aviation Administration. He lives with his wife, Joann, in the Nesbit community where he serves as President of the Bridgetown Community Association Council. He serves on the Church Council of Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Germantown, TN. In 1963 he was instrumental in founding the Armed Services Mutual Benefit Association and serves on this organizaton's Board of Directors. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and a Rotary Foundation Benefactor.

District Secretary and District Trustee Donald Baker (Amory)
P. O. Box 186, Amory MS 38821, O- 662-256-3991,  F-662-256-3991, rotary68@bellsouth.net

Don is  the retired executive vice president and operations/finance officer of American Funeral Assurance Company. He retired from the U.S. Army Reserve with 38 years of service as a personnel/finance officer. He is a past chairman of Itawamba Community College board of directors and member of First Baptist Church of Amory where he is a deacon, Sunday School outreach leader, and member of the TV ministry committee. He and his wife Martha Eliza beth have a  son, daughter, and three  grandsons.



District Treasurer George Rosentreter (Oxford)
309 Dogwood Drive, Oxford, MS 38655, R-662-234-8063, F-662-236-5463  grose@watervalley.net   
 
George Rosentreter served as District Governor in 1999-2000. For thirteen years, he and his wife June owned and operated their own business, retiring in 1996. A native of New Orleans,  he  hold degrees from LSU and Yale. He was an officer in the U. S. Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserve. He moved from Delaware to Oxford as regional sales manager for Oxford Chemicals. He and his wife have three grown children and nine grandchildren. George has been active in his church. He is currently the treasurer for the Pantry (local food bank) and a volunteer for Hospice.


District Conference Co-Chairs John (Oxford) and Ruth (Holly Springs)
135 W. Elder, Holly Springs, MS 35635, R- 662-252-3368

John is  a native of Michigan and Ruth of Pensacola. John was with Procter and Gamble; on moving to Mississippi he spent 23 years with the Wurlitzer Company and retired five years ago from Oxford Wire & Cable Services as Vice President-Operations. Ruth, served as Executive Director of the Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce until her recent retirement. In 2000 she was Grand Marshal of the Holly Springs Christmas Parade. The Klohas have  four children  and are members of Zion Lutheran Church where Ruth is organist.