The History of the Palo Alto Camera Club

Founded in 1935, and co-sponsored by the City of Palo Alto, Division of Arts and Sciences, we are a group of serious amateur and some professional photographers interested in working together to enhance and broaden our photographic skills and artistic vision by:

• Showing our work at print and digital projection evenings for critique by an outside judge

• Learning from other members with similar interests

• Participating in special programs and field trips

• Participating in other opportunities or activities requested by members, such as group exhibits at local galleries/museums

Read about our Club history in three parts. The first document has been saved in its original form and describes our history from the beginning of the Club in 1935.

PACC History - 1935-1977

PACC History - 1990-2018

PACC History - 2019 Year in Review

PACC History - 2020 Year in Review

PACC History - 2021 Year in Review

PACC History - 2022 Year in Review

PACC History - 2023 Year in Review

PACC History - 2024 Year in Review

Co-Presidents serve a two year overlapping term.
 
2024 - Bob Fisher and Sue Borg
2023 - Mary Robins and Bob Fisher
2022 - Peche Turner and Mary Robins
2021 - Ken Fowkes and Peche Turner
2020 - Hilari Hardin and Ken Fowkes
2019 - Michael Goldstein and Hilari Hardin
2018 - Rich Mirabella and Michael Goldstein
2017 - Jim Colton and Richard Mirabella
2016 - Stan Chism and Jim Colton
2015 - Phillip Caillioux and Stan Chism

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2014-1984 A gap in our historical records.

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1983 - Jack North
1982 - Allen Edwards
1981 - Allen Edwards, Rose Hand, AN4C
          Glenn Herreman, Sally Walker, APSA
1980 - Elizabeth Swyryd, AN4C, Sally Walker, APSA
          Richard Simpson, Donald L. Douglas, FN4C
1979 - Elizabeth Swyryd
1978 - Richard Simpson
1977 - Richard Simpson
1975 - Richard Simpson
1975 - Donald L. Douglas
1974 - Sally Walker
1973 - Carlos Merrick
1972 - Frank Sawyer
1971 - Lloyd L. Reise
1970 - Lloyd L. Reise
1969 - Lloyd L. Reise
1968 - Kenneth W. Gardiner
1967 - Mildred Neumann
1966 - Dr. William A. Bonner
1965 - Emerson E. Bolz
1964 - Berton Crandall
1963 - Gordon A. Pool
1962 - George D. Coolidge
1961 - George D. Coolidge
1960 - Lee Neumann
1959 - Ivan Shoemaker
1958 - Dr. Burton Edmiston
1957 - Paul Engelcke
1956 - Donald A. Fry, Jr.
1955 - Donald A. Fry, Jr.
1954 - Russell Meredith
1953 - Russell Meredith
1952 - Richard Muffley
1951 - Forster R. Smith
1950 - Frederic D. Baldinger
1949 - Frederic D. Baldinger
1948 - Paul Engelcke
1947 - Paul Engelcke
1946 - Burton Stuart
1945-40 WORLD WAR II – Dormant
1941 - Milum W. Tackitt
1940 - Milum W. Tackitt
1939 - Burton Stuart
1938 - Dr. Don Carlos Hines
1937 - J. S. Garnett
1936 - Charles T. Vandercort
1935 - John G. Shortridge