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PARK BOARD COMMISSIONERS

The Minnesota Legislature approved an Act allowing the creation of a Board of Park Commissioners in Minneapolis, on Feb. 27, 1883. The Board met for the 1st time on March 14, and at the city election in April 1883, the voters approved the creation of the Park Board.

Until 1916, all commissioners were elected at large. Since then, the majority have represented districts. From 1916 to 1969 state senate districts were used; since then, special park districts. The number next to a commissioner's name indicates the district he or she represented.

Elected and Appointed

Charles M. Loring March 14, 1883-Jan. 1891
John C. Oswald March 14, 1883-Sept. 1, 1889
Dorilus Morrison March 14, 1883-April 1887
George A. Brackett March 14, 1883-April 1887
John S. Pillsbury March 14, 1883-April 1886
Adin C. Austin March 14, 1883-April 1886
Michael W. Glenn March 14, 1883-April 1884
Judson N. Cross March 14, 1883-April 1884
William W. Eastman March 14, 1883-April 1884
Andrew C. Haugan March 14-Oct. 20, 1883
Daniel Bassett April 18, 1883-Jan. 1889
Eugene M. Wilson April 20, 1883-Jan. 1889
Samuel H. Chute April 20, 1883-April 6, 1885
Benjamin F. Nelson Oct. 20, 1883-April 1884
John R. Everand April-April 19, 1884
Matthew Bredemus April 1884-April 1885
Charles A. Nimocks April 1884-May 15, 1886
Byron Sutherland April 1884-Jan. 1889
Charles Johnson April 1885-Jan. 1889
William S. King April 25, 1885-April 1887
Albert J. Boardman April 1886-Jan. 1893
Baldwin Brown April 1886-Aug. 3, 1895*
Samuel A. March April 1887-Jan. 1891
Joseph Ingenhutt April 1887-Jan. 1891
Abiel H. Mitchell April 1887-Jan. 1891
P.J.E. Clementson April 30, 1887-Jan. 1889
Albert E. Allen Jan. 1889-Jan. 1893
Zepherien Demeules Jan. 1889-Jan. 1893
Jesse E. Northrup Jan. 1889-Jan. 1895
Andrew C. Haugan Jan. 1889-Jan. 1895
J. Arthur Ridgway Jan. 1889-Jan. 1895
William Watts Folwell Jan. 1889-Jan. 1907
Eugene M. Wilson Sept. 7, 1889-April 10, 1890*
Herman J. Dahn Jan. 1891-Jan. 1897
Patrick Ryan Jan. 1891-Jan. 1897
Jacob Stoft Jan. 1891-Jan. 1899
James W. Lawrence April 25, 1891-Jan. 1893
Charles M. Loring Jan. 1893-Jan. 20, 1894
Chelsea J. Rockwood Jan. 1893-Jan. 19, 1895
Abram S. Adams Jan. 1893-Jan. 1905
Harry W. Jones Jan. 1893-Jan. 1905
Wallace G. Nye Feb. 5, 1894-Jan. 1899
Samuel Hunter Jan. 1895-Jan. 1901
Portius C. Deming Jan. 1895-Jan. 2, 1899
Charles H. Woods Jan. 1895-April 16, 1899*
J. Arthur Ridgway Feb. 4, 1895-Jan. 16, 1897
Frank G. McMillan Dec. 2, 1895-Jan. 1907
Fred L. Smith Jan. 1897-Jan. 1909
George T.D. Baxter Jan. 1897-Jan. 1903
Joseph C. Young Jan. 1897-Jan. 1903
Nels P. Peterson Jan.-March 28, 1897*
Charles J. Johnson May 10, 1897-Jan. 1903
John S. Dodge Jan. 1899-Jan. 1905
Edward M. Bartlett Jan.-Feb. 14, 1899*
Wyman Elliot Jan. 21, 1899-Jan. 1901
Howard M. DeLaittre March 20, 1899-Jan. 1905
Jesse E. Northrup April 2, 1900-Jan. 1901
James W. Raymond Jan. 1901-July 1903
John S. Bradstreet Jan. 1901-Jan. 1907
Eder H. Moulton Jan. 1901-Jan. 1907
Daniel W. Jones Jan. 1903-Jan. 1909
Jesse E. Northrup Jan. 1903-April 1, 1913
Paul D. Boutell Jan. 1903-May 26, 1914*
Charles M. Loring Jan. 1904-Jan. 1907
Charles O. Johnson Jan. 1905-May 27, 1910
John W. Allan Jan. 1905-Jan. 1917
Wilbur F. Decker Jan. 1905-Jan. 1917
Edmund J. Phelps 31st Jan. 1905-Oct. 12, 1923*
Milton O. Nelson Jan. 1907-Oct. 4, 1909
Charles A. Nimocks Jan. 1907-Jan. 1913
William McMillan Jan. 1907-Jan. 1913
Carl F.E. Peterson Jan. 1907-Jan. 1913
Fred W. Nye Jan. 1909-Dec. 2, 1912
Thomas Voegeli Jan. 1909-Jan. 1, 1915
Portius C. Deming Nov. 1, 1909-Jan. 1919
Francis A. Gross May 27, 1910-Jan. 1911
Harry B. Cramer Jan. 1911-Jan. 1917
Francis A. Gross Dec. 2, 1912-July 1921
Joseph Allen Jan. 1913-Jan. 1919
William H. Bovey Jan. 1913-Jan. 1919
David P. Jones Jan. 1913-Jan. 1919
Alexander A. McRae April 1, 1913-July 1921
Leo B. Harris Jan. 1915-June 19, 1918
Robert E. Fisher Jan. 1915-Aug. 6, 1919
Burton L. Kingsley 29th Jan. 1917-Jan. 21, 1931
William A. Anderson 35th Jan. 1917-Dec. 29, 1919
Phelps Wyman 33rd Jan. 1917-Sept. 17, 1924
Harry B. Cramer June 19, 1918-March 4, 1926*
Robert F. Bertsch 28th Jan. 1919-July 1925
Arthur C. Andrews 30th Jan. 1919-July 6, 1933
James R. Hartzell 32nd Jan. 1919-July 1925
Washington Yale 34th Jan. 1919-Aug. 28, 1944*
William Lohff 35th Dec. 29, 1919-July 1923
William H. Bovey Jan. 7, 1920-July 1933
Thomas G. Winter July 1921-Sept. 25, 1925
Maude D. Armatage July 1921-July 1951
Emil S. Youngdahl 35th July 1923-March 11, 1927
Jacob Stoft 31st April 29, 1924-Oct. 10, 1925*
Horace A. Gray 33rd Nov. 28, 1924-Nov. 5, 1930*
Thomas Beauchaine 28th July 1925-July 1931
Alfred T. Oberg 32nd July 1925-Jan. 11, 1926*
William Lohff Sept. 30, 1925-July 1927
Alfred F. Pillsbury 31st Oct. 21, 1925-July 1935
Lucian C. Miller 32nd Jan. 20, 1926-July 26, 1941*
Francis A. Gross March 17, 1926-July 1933
Goodman B. Sigurdson 35th June 15, 1927-July 1929
John H. Jepson July 1927-Aug. 25, 1935*
Joseph J. Oys 35th July 1929-March 8, 1935
Joseph A. Wojciak 28th July 1931-July 1949
Clinton L. Stacy 33rd Dec. 16, 1931-July 1947
Anthony W. Ingenhutt 29th Jan. 20, 1932-July 1935
Harold R. Ward July 1933-July 1939
Benjamin Belcher Sheffield July 1933-Sept. 8, 1934*
Francis A. Gross 30th July 6, 1933-July 1949
Alexander A. McRae Sept. 14, 1934-May 2, 1944*
Walter P. Quist 35th March 8, 1935-July 1959
Edward Chalgren 29th July 1935-Dec. 19, 1954*
Edwin A. Hendricks 31st July 1935-July 1941
Paul Johnson July 19, 1937-July 1957
Alfred F. Pillsbury 31st July 19, 1937-Aug. 12, 1946
Henry G. Knight July 1939-July 1945
Thomas F. McCarthy 32nd Aug. 20, 1941-July 1949
Harold H. Tearse July 5, 1944-July 1951
Paul C. LaBlant 34th Dec. 6, 1944-Feb. 29, 1948*
Clifford C. Peterson July 1945-Dec. 20, 1950
Edwin F. Kelly 31st Aug. 21, 1946-July 1947
Leonard A. Johnson 31st July 1947-Dec. 31, 1948
Dr. Roy E. Peterson 33rd July 1947-July 1965
Claude E. Petersen 34th Dec. 15, 1948-Feb. 16, 1955
Edwin F. Kelley 31st Jan. 1, 1949-March 24, 1957*
Henry G. Knight 30th July 1949-Nov. 27, 1952*
Theodore A. Tomaszewski 28th July 1949-July 1955
Daniel B. Paulsen 32nd July -Dec. 21, 1949
Thomas F. McCarthy 32nd Jan. 4, 1950-Feb. 4, 1953
Edward J. Grimes July 1951-Sept. 16, 1952*
Edwin L. Haislett July 1951-July 1957
Henry Rosacker July 1951-July 8, 1973*
Viggo Rasmussen 30th Jan. 21, 1953-July 1955
Clifford C. Sommers Jan. 21, 1953-Dec. 31, 1954
Peter Skurdalsvold 32nd Feb. 4, 1953-July 1955
J. Richard Johansen 29th Feb. 16, 1955-April 1959
W. James Johnston, Jr. 34th Feb. 16-July 1955
Claude E. Petersen Feb. 23, 1955- Jan. 8, 1958
Richard Kantorowicz 28th July 1955-July 1961
Daniel B. Paulsen July 1955-July 1961
Glenn K. Morrill, Jr. 30th July 1955-July 1967
P. Kenneth Peterson July 1955-July 1957 (elected Mayor)
Earl A. Arneson July 1957-Nov. 1, 1961
George Todd July 1957-July 1963
Arnold E. Hagland 31st Dec. 18, 1957-July 1967
Lorna L. Phillips 34th Dec.. 18, 1957-July 1967
Inez C. Crimmins April 16, 1958-July 1963
Alexander Gallus 29th July 1959-July 1965 41st July 1965-July 1969 1st July 1969-Jan. 1974
Edward J. Gearty 35th July 1959-Jan. 1, 1963
Stefan Romanowski 28th July 1961-July 1967 40th July 1967-July 1969
Earl J. McGovern 32nd July 1961-Aug. 15, 1962* (just before a Board meeting)
Arthur B. Johnson 35th June 19, 1963-Feb. 16, 1965*
Robert G. Malmquist 34th June 19, 1963-July 1967
Edwin Rapacz 39th June 19, 1963-July 1969
Benjamin Berger July 1963-Jan. 1976
Richard M. Erdall July 1963-Jan. 18, 1967 (to 13th Ward)
Mrs. Louis R. Smerling July 1963-July 1969
Warren A. "Bo" Finberg 35th July 1965-July 1969
Walter S. Carpenter 37th July 1965-July 1969 6th July 1969-July 1971
Richard D. Hall Jan. 19, 1966-July 1969 (stand-in for the mayor)
David N. Kienitz 42nd July 1967-July 1969
Leonard H. Neiman 36th July 1967-July 1969 4th July 1969-Jan. 1978
John F. Bergford, Jr. 38th July 1967-July 1969
George W. Bauman 34th July 1967-July 1969
William I. Holbrook July 1967-Jan. 1990
James "Red" Nelson 3rd July 1969-Jan. 1974
Louis G. DeMars 2nd July 1969-July 1971
Dale "Skip" Gilbert 5th July 1969-Aug. 2, 1996*
Alden C. Smith 6th July 1971-Jan. 1982
Walter Bednarczyk 2nd District July 1971-Jan. 2, 1974 (elected Treasurer)
Dan Peterson Nov. 21, 1973-Jan. 1976
Orvin Olson 2nd District Jan. 16, 1974-Jan. 1978
Jeff Spartz 3rd Jan. 1974-Jan. 3, 1977
Patricia Hillmeyer 1st Jan. 1974-Jan. 1998
Nancy Lee Anderson Jan. 1976-Jan. 1990
G. Rolf Svendsen Jan. 1976-Jan. 1978
Walter Bratt 3rd July 20, 1977-Jan. 1994
Thomas W. Baker 2nd Jan. 1978-Jan. 1998
Sherman Malkerson 4th Jan. 1978-Jan. 1982
Naomi Loper Jan. 1978-Jan. 1994
Patty Baker 4th Jan. 1982-Jan. 1, 1997*
Scott Neiman 6th Jan. 1982-Jan. 2002
Annie Young Jan. 1990-Jan. 2018
Kathy Thurber Jan. 1990-Jan. 1994 (to 9th Ward)
Dean Zimmerman 3rd Jan. 1994-Jan. 2002 (to 6th Ward)
Rochelle Berry Graves Jan. 1994-Jan. 2006
George Puzak Jan. 1994-Jan. 1998
Edward C. Solomon 5th Nov. 6, 1996-Dec. 12, 2002*
Vivian Mason 4th March 5, 1997-Jan. 2006
Robert Fine Jan. 1998-Jan. 2002, Jan. 2010-Jan. 2014 ; 6th Jan. 2002-Jan. 2010
Walt Dziedzic 1st Jan. 1998-Jan. 2010 (from 1st Ward)
Ernie Belton 2nd Jan. 1998-June 13, 2001
Thomas W. Baker 2nd June 13, 2001-Jan. 2002
Marie Hauser 3rd Jan. 2002-Jan. 2006
John Erwin Jan. 2002-Jan. 2006; Jan. 2010-Jan. 2018
Jon Olson 2nd Jan. 2002-Jan. 2018
Carol Kummer 5th March 5, 2003-Jan. 2014
Tracy Nordstrom 4th Jan. 2006-Jan. 2010
Mary Merrill Anderson Jan. 2006-Jan. 2010
Tom Nordyke Jan. 2006-Jan. 2010
Scott Vreeland 3rd Jan. 2006-Jan. 2018
Liz Wielinski 1st Jan. 2010-Jan. 2018
Anita Tabb 4th Jan. 2010-Jan. 2018
Brad Bourn 6th Jan. 2010-Jan. 2022
Meg Forney Jan. 2014-
Steffanie Musich 5th Jan. 2014-
Latrisha Vetaw Jan. 2018-Jan. 2022 (to Ward 4)
Londel French Jan. 2018-Jan. 2022
Chris Myer 1st Jan. 2018-Jan. 2022
Kale Severson 2nd Jan. 2018-Jan. 2022
AK Hassan 3rd Jan. 2018-Jan. 2022
Jono Cowgill 4th Jan. 2018-Jan. 2022
Tom Olsen Jan. 2022-
Alicia D. Smith Jan. 2022-
Billy Menz 1st Jan. 2022-
Becka Thompson 2nd Jan. 2022-
Becky Alper 3rd Jan. 2022-
Elizabeth Shaffer 4th Jan. 2022-
Cathy Abene 6th Jan. 2022-

Members Ex Officio (March 1883-July 1969)

The Mayor
The Chairman of the City Council's Committee on Public Grounds and Buildings
The Chairman of the City Council's Committee on Roads and Bridges

Membership ex officio on the Park Board ended in July 1969, when Charter Amendment #21 took effect.

Chairmen, Committee on Public Grounds and Buildings, City Council

Benjamin F. Nelson April 18-Oct. 5, 1883
Nathan H. Roberts Nov. 17, 1883-April 1885
Sumner C. Cutter April 1885-April 1886
Edward M. Johnson April 1886-April 1887
John A. Gilman April 1887-Jan. 1889
Thomas Downs Jan. 1889-Jan. 1891
Samuel B. Loye Jan. 1891-Jan. 1893
Lars M. Rand Jan. 1893-Jan. 1895
Wyman Elliott Jan. 1895-Jan. 1899
Albert Currier Jan. 1899-Jan. 1901
Claus O. Peterson Jan. 1901-Jan. 1903
Harry G. McLaskey Jan. 1903-Jan. 1905
Platt B. Walker, Jr. Jan. 1905-Jan. 1909
Edward W. Hawley Jan. 1909-Jan. 1915
Claus Mumm Jan. 1915-Jan. 1919
John Ryan Jan. 1919-July 1921
Charles H. Rudsdil July 1921-July 1923
I.G. Scott July 1923-July 1925
Frank Giebenhain July 1925-July 1927
David Blomberg July 1927-July 1929
Frank A. Gustafson July 1929-July 1933
Frank W. Cook July 1933-July 1935
W. Glenn Wallace July 1935-July 1939
William Murphy July 1939-July 1944
Jens Christensen July 1944-July 1945
William Murphy July 1945-July 1947
Frank B. Moulton July 1947-July 1948
Robert E. Lundquist July 1948-July 1951
Dale Stanchfield July 1951-July 1952
Guy Alexander July 1952-July 1953
Frank W. Wolinski July 1953-July 1957
Vernon K. McCrady July 1957-July 1959
Frank W. Wolinski July 1959-July 1961
Elsa Johnson July 1961-July 1963
Joe Greenstein July 1963-July 1965
Elsa Johnson July 1965-July 1967
Richard Erdall July 1967-July 1969

Chairmen, Committee on Roads and Bridges, City Council

Henry C. Morse March 14, 1883-April 1884
Edgar F. Comstock April 1884-April 1886
Robert Platt April 1886-April 1887
William H. Mills April 1887-Jan. 1889
Emerson Cole Jan. 1889-Jan. 1891
James H. Bradish Jan. 1891-Jan. 1893
Samuel B. Loye Jan. 1893-Jan. 1897
Seth M. Hewitt Jan. 1897-Jan. 1899
James S. Lane Jan. 1899-Jan. 1901
Ozora P. Sutherland Jan. 1901-Jan. 1903
John H. Van. Nest Jan. 1903-Jan. 1909
Dennis C. Bow Jan. 1909-Jan. 1911
Morris R. McInerney Jan. 1911-Jan. 1915
John T. Kean Jan. 1915-Jan. 1919
William A. Currie Jan. 1919-July 1923
John Peterson July 1923-July 1925
William A. Currie July 1925-July 1929
Arthur B. Fruen July 1929-July 1933
William Currie July 1933-July 1935
Henry H. Bank July 1935-July 8, 1938
Mike J. Sullivan July 8 -Dec. 9, 1938
Henry H. Bank Dec. 9, 1938-July 1939
Horatio P. "Ray" Van Cleve July 1939-July 1942
Henry H. Bank July 1942-July 1945
Albert J. Bastis July 1945-July 1947
Edgar Buckley July 7-25, 1947
Henry H. Bank July 25-Oct. 10, 1947
Dale Stanchfield Oct. 10, 1947-July 1948
John O'Keefe July 1948-July 1951
Frank W. Wolinski July 1951-July 1953
Edward Egan July 1953-July 1955
Robert Short July 1955-July 1957
Allan Anderson July 1957-July 1961
Arnett Leslie July 1961-July 1963
Richard J. Kantorowicz July 1963-July 1965
Arne H. Carlson July 1965-Dec. 30, 1966
Richard Erdall Feb. 1-July 1967
Jens Christensen July 1967-July 1969

Superintendents

William M. Berry April 1, 1884-Dec. 4, 1905
Theodore Wirth Jan. 1, 1906-Nov. 30, 1935
Christian A. Bossen Dec. 1, 1935-Aug. 28, 1945
Charles E. Doell Aug. 29, 1945-May 8, 1959
Howard I. Moore May 9, 1959-Dec. 31, 1965
Robert W. Ruhe Jan. 1, 1966-July 1978
Charles Spears Oct. 2, 1978-Aug. 15, 1981
David Fisher Sept.? 1981-March 1, 1999
Mary Merrill Anderson March 1, 1999-Dec. 2003
Jon Gurban (Interim) Jan. 2004-Dec. 17, 2004 (full) Dec. 17, 2004-June 30, 2010
Jayne Miller Nov. 1, 2010-Feb. 4, 2018
Mary Merrill Anderson (Interim) Feb. 5-January 20, 2019
Al Bangoura, January 20, 2019-

Presidents of the Board

Charles M. Loring March 14, 1883-Jan. 1891
Andrew C. Haugan Jan. 1891-Jan. 1892
Albert J. Boardman Jan. 1892-Jan. 1893
Charles M. Loring Jan. 1893-Jan. 1894
J. Arthur Ridgway Jan. 1894-Jan. 1895
William Watts Folwell Jan. 1895-Jan. 1903
Abram S. Adams Jan. 1903-Jan. 1905
Fred L. Smith Jan. 1905-Jan. 1907
Jesse E. Northrup Jan. 1907-Jan. 1909
Wilbur F. Decker Jan. 1909-Jan. 1912
Edmund J. Phelps Jan. 1912-Jan. 1914
Thomas Voegeli Jan. 1914-Jan. 1915
Portius C. Deming Jan. 1915-Jan. 1917
Francis A. Gross Jan. 1917-Jan. 1919
Alexander A. McRae Jan. 1919-July 1921
William H. Bovey July 1921-July 1925
Burton L. Kingsley July 1925-July 1927
Washington Yale July 1927-July 1929
Lucian C. Miller July 1929-July 1931
Alfred F. Pillsbury July 1931-July 1934
John H. Jepson July 1934-Aug. 25, 1935*
Harold R. Ward Sept. 4, 1935-July 1936
Francis A. Gross July 1936-July 1948
Paul C. Johnson July 1948-July 1950
Walter P. Quist July 1950-July 1952
Edward A. Chalgren July 1952-July 1953
Edwin L. Haislet July 1953-July 1954
Walter P. Quist July 1954-July 1955
Dr. Roy E. Peterson July 1955-July 1957
Richard Kantorowicz July 1957-July 1958
Richard Johansen July 1958-April 1, 1959
Richard Kantorowicz May 6-July 1959
Earl Arneson July 1959-July 1961
Edward J. Gearty July 1961-Jan. 1, 1963
Henry C. Rosacker Jan. 2, 1963-July 19, 1965
Richard Erdall July 19, 1965-Jan. 18, 1967
Henry C. Rosacker Jan. 18, 1967-July 1967
Walter S. Carpenter July 1967-July 1971
William I. Holbrook July 1971-July 1973
Alexander Gallus July-Dec. 27, 1973
Alden C. Smith Dec. 27, 1973-Jan. 1976
Dale "Skip" Gilbert Jan. 1976-Jan. 1979
Naomi Loper Jan. 1979-Jan. 1982
Patricia Hillmeyer Jan. 1982-Jan. 1985
Patty Baker Jan. 1985-Jan. 1987
Tom Baker Jan. 1987-Jan. 1990
Scott Neiman Jan. 1990-Jan. 1994
Tom Baker Jan. 1994-Jan. 1996
Patty Baker Jan. 1996-Jan. 1, 1997*
Scott Neiman Jan. 1997-Jan. 1999
Robert Fine Jan. 1999-Jan. 2000
Edward Solomon Jan. 2000-Jan. 2002
Robert Fine Jan. 2002-Jan. 2004
Jon Olson Jan. 2004-Jan. 2008
Tom Nordyke Jan. 2008-Jan. 2010
John Erwin Jan. 2010-Jan. 2014
Liz Wielinski Jan. 2014-July 15, 2016
Anita Tabb July 20, 2016-Jan. 2018
Brad Bourn Jan. 2018-

*Died in office

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