Illinek Lodge Chiefs

The Lodge Chief, is the senior youth leader of the local Order of the Arrow lodge. He must be under age 21 for the entire length of his term. He is elected by his peers under the age of 21 at the Illinek Annual Meeting, typically in August. Together with a team of elected subordinate offices (Vice Chief, Secretary and Treasurer), he runs the lodge program. He serves as the head of the Lodge Executive Committee (LEC) composed of youth committee chairmen and associated adult advisors. Together with the Lodge Advisor and Staff Advisor, the three form an executive leadership team referred to as the KEY-3. The term of office for the Illinek Lodge Chief is from September 1st through August 31st of the following year.

The following Arrowmen have served as the Lodge Chief of Illinek Lodge after having been elected by their peers.


From To Chief
1938 1939 Robert C. Rusby
1939 1940 unknown
1940 1941 Robert H Caldwell
1941 1942 Alden Canhum
1942 1943 Doanld Caldwell
1943 1944 unknown
1944 1945 Carl Bontemps
1945 1946 Ed Pyatt
1946 1947 Albert Schmid
1947 1948 Stuart Brown
1948 1949 Logan Schlipf
1949 1950 Floyd Siebert
1950 1951 Wendell W. Hann
1951 1952 Preston Dilts
1952 1953 Don Dickerson
1953 1954 Bruce Voorhees
1954 1955 Larry Purves
1955 1956 Rob Smith
1956 1957 Paul Masick
1957 1958 Larry Stowers
1958 1959 Richard Lanzerotti
1959 1960 Dean Perkins
1960 1961 George Brown
1961 1962 Alan Brickey
1962 1963 Fred Backstrom
1963 1965 Mike Horstman
1965 1966 James Nation
1966 1967 Ken Barton
1967 1968 John Kirchgesner
1968 1969 Vaughn Henery
1969 1970 Lloyd Day
1970 1971 James Jannesse
1971 1972 Homer Pryor
1972 1973 Rudy Kerar
1973 1975 Frank Minch
1975 1976 Greg Surbeck
1976 1977 Allen Brim
1977 1979 Jon Pasko
1979 1981 Mike Gonzalez
1981 1982 Cliff Althoff
1982 1983 Allan Stare
1983 1985 Steve Althoff
1985 1986 Tom Wahlsmith
1986 1987 Matt Poole
1987 1988 John Langley
1989 1990 Kevin Dolbeare
1990 1991 Ray Bledsoe III
1991 1993 Bryan Schroeder
1993 1994 Zechariah Vincent
1994 1996 David Cocagne
1996 1997 Scott Kording
1997 1998 Kenneth Requa
1998 1999 Chris Smith
1999 2000 Jody Koplo
2000 2001 Paul Miles
2001 2002 Brian Hatley
2002 2004 Billy Roseberry
2004 2005 Mike Brown
2005 2006 Robert Schmidt
2006   Alex Usherwood
  2007 Robert Schmidt
2007 2008 Paul Schmidt
2008 Present Colin Langenfeld