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Once upon a time...

1936 - Jay N. Emerson Proposed that the Pullman Washington Kiwanis club sponsor the "Circle K House," a house available to young college men.

1947 - Circle K changed from a fraternity to the club we know today! The first Circle K club was charetered at Carthage College in Illinois.

1953 - First "International" Convention held in New York City.

1955 - Circle K International granted official recognition by the Board of Trustees of Kiwanis International.

1959 - the mighty New England District comes into the picture on June 1st with six clubs!

1964 - Circle K becomes the largest collegiate service organization in North America with over 12,000 members in 600 clubs.

1971 - Circle K allows women into the organization.

1992 - The New England Circle K Alumni Association is born.


Results from the 1997 District Convention.


A list of past Governors of the New England District:

1997-98 Peter Brown - USM
1996-97 April Kelley - Boston University
1995-96 Frank Benham - MIT and Bentley College
1994-95 Sara Van Keuren - UMaine
1993-94 Heidi Turner - UMaine
1992-93 Matthew O'Keefe - Boston College
1991-92 Kim Clement - Bentley College
1990-91 Shari Rapoza - UMaine
1989-90 Steve Elder - UMaine
1988-89 Donna Rauch
1987-88 Mary Ellen Roy
1983-84 Janet Lewis - Babson College
1982-83 Paul Natalizio - Babson College
1980-81 Sandra Brown
1979-80 Cathy Crisman
1978-79 Beth Levine
1977-78 Earl Fournier
1975-77 Ronald Colley
1974-75 Terry Mower
1973-74 Carol Emmerson
1972-73 David Sullivan
1971-72 Paul Lazdowski
1970-71 Paul Colpitts
1969-70 Gordon Thatcher
1968-69 Peter Rioux
1967-68 Jim Turi
1966-67 Ken Vezina
1965-66 Seldon Brown
1964-65 Fred DeCaro
1963-64 Leo Carignan
1962-63 Gerald Hall
1961-62 Martin Lobel
1959-60 John Haynes



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