Pittsburgh Sportsmen's Luncheon Club

In 1936 Pennsylvanians had become increasingly concerned about what was happening to our waterways. Steel mills, pulp mills and other heavy industry had been polluting our streams and rivers for years. In that same year, the Pittsburgh Press named Johnny Mock as its Outdoors Editor. Mr. Mock, a conservationist, was deeply concerned about the state of our waterways. He began thinking of ways to educate people about the need to bring a halt to pollution and ways to clean up Pennsylvania’s streams and rivers.

In addition to his talents as a writer, Johnny was an excellent organizer. He had a notion to share his ideas about clean waterways with other like-minded men; hence he formed the Pittsburgh Sportsmen’s Luncheon Club. The Club grew and Johnny began writing stories about members who traveled the region’s various waterways. As Johnny’s articles became popular, the publicity attracted more sportsmen to the Club. By 1938, Clean Streams Legislation was enacted in Pennsylvania and our Club was officially organized with the election of officers. Conservation has always been the keystone to our Club. We continue this tradition by interacting with conservation organizations such as Trout Unlimited, The Pennsylvania Audubon Society and The Ruffed Grouse Society.

Luncheon meetings were originally held at the old Hotel Henry, moving to several other venues before finding a home at the Harvard-Yale-Princeton/Pittsburgh Club.

March 1963 Issue of PA Angler.pdf

Written by Roger Latham in the PA Angler, March 1963 issue. Page 16 of the magazine. This article references the PSLC and their participation in working with disadvantage youth in the old “Youth Development Home” AKA Thorn Hill in Warrendale

Paul G. Hunt 1938
Frank A. Wilson 1939-41
Kermi McFarland 1941-44
I. Hope Alexander 1949-50
Ross M. Blair 1951
Paul L. Geer 1952
Frank Northart 1953
Sandels Morrow 1954
W. Park Tranter 1955
Carl Mulert 1956
Robert N. Snyder 1957
W. Stanley Dodworth 1958
Robert C. Dixon 1959
Glenn A. Bickerstaff 1960
David A. Stuart 1961
J. Carleton Adams 1962
Paul C. Riffle 1963
Fred E. Nelson 1964

Roger Latham 1965
George S. Ewing 1966
Charles E. Young 1967
W. J. Sarver 1968
C. Dana Chalfant 1969
Thomas P. Geer 1970
W. F. Reed 1971
James W. Ward, Jr. 1972
Richard B. Homic 1973
Robert J. Latshaw 1974
Hugh C. Boyle 1975
George M. Walker 1976
Robert M. Creel 1977
W. H. Colbert 1978
Mike Boyle 1979
Grant Friday 1980
James Robinson 1981

Robert A. Riffle 1982
G. Roger Smith 1983
Jack Szolis 1984
Thomas A. Pavlik 1985
Raymond R. Goehring, Jr. 1986
Richard F. Gaier 1987
George Bantley 1988
John Russell 1989
W. M. MacKay 1990
A. H. Schwartz 1991
Keith V. McGough 1992
Bob Gall 1993
Bob Beck 1994
Tony Breslin, Jr. 1995
Mike Sherman 1996
Bob Wells 1997
Jack Sherry 1998

Buzz Hutchison 1999

Lee Brown 2000

John Hamilton 2001

Don Anderson 2002

Rob Van Kirk 2003

Walt Sapp, Jr. 2004

Rob Unkovic 2005-06

Dave Auel 2007

Randy Grossman 2008

Frank Sparrow 2009

Joseph Switala, Jr. 2010-11

Robb Rusiewicz 2012 - 2013

Ralph Minto 2014

Brian Kahle 2015

Bob Ross 2016

Ken Boben 2017

John Armour 2018-2019

Covid 19 2020

David Auel 2021-2022

Past Club Presidents 1938 to 2014