Frank Newman was the President of the Rotary Club of Melbourne 1973-74 and District Governor 1975-76 (District 280). The study visit he led to Papua New Guinea was the forerunner to Rotary International's Group Study Exchange Program.
1973-74 RI President William Carter of the Rotary Club of Battersea, London, England
Thomas Lothian dedicated a tree at the Club's Golden Jubilee in 1971 as the sole surviving charter member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne.
1969-70 RI President James Conway of the Rotary Club of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
Barton Hack was the President of Rotary Club of Melbourne in 1962-63 and District Governor 1967-68 (District 280).
1966-67 RI President Richard Evans of the Rotary Club of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
1965-66 RI President Cornelis P H Teenstra of the Rotary Club of Hilversum, The Netherlands
1961-62 RI President Joseph Abey of the Rotary Club of Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Horace Bedggood CBE was the President of the Rotary Club of Melbourne 1952-53 and District Governor 1959-60 (District 250).
1958-59 RI President Clifford Randall of the Rotary Club of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
The Governor of Victoria Sir Dallas Brooks planted a tree to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Rotary in 1955.
Frank Ayre was the President of the Rotary Club of Melbourne 1951-52 and District Governor 1955-56 (District 28).
1955-56 RI President Albert Z Baker of the Rotary Club of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1952-53 RI President Henry Brunnier of the Rotary Club of San Francisco, California, USA
Ernest Bate was the President of the Rotary Club of Melbourne 1947-48 and District Governor 1949-50 (District 28).
1948-49 RI President Sir Angus Mitchell of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. President of Rotary Club of Melbourne 1931-32. District Governor, District 65, 1934-35 & 1937-38. With Charter President William Osborne and the founder of Rotary Paul Harris and wife Jean, Angus Mitchell planted the first trees in the park, and later had a marble bench dedicated to him.
1947-48 RI President S. Kendrick Guernsey of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Dr Leonard Mitchell was the President of the Rotary Club of Melbourne 1929-30 and District Governor 1930-31 (District 65).
A C C Holtz was President of the Rotary Club of Melbourne in 1925-26 and the first District Governor of the whole of Australia in 1929-30.
1921-22 RI President Crawford McCullough of the Rotary Club of Fort William, Ontario, Canada
Founder of Rotary in 1905, Paul Harris of the Rotary Club of Chicago, planted the first tree at the Park in 1935.
William Osborne was the Foundation Charter President of the Rotary Club of Melbourne in 1921-22. With Paul & Jean Harris and Angus Mitchell, he planted the first trees in the park in 1935
