The Rotary Club of Bay City has had 97 presidents since its founding in 1914. Otto E. Sovereign was a charter member, organizer and first president of the club in 1914.

Mr. Sovereign was president and sales manager of the Aaddin Company. Founded by Otto and his brother, William, in 1906, the company was called the North American Construction Co. The Aladdin firm was credited as being the original "ready-cut" mail order housing manufacturer in America. The firm producted over 50,000 homes suring its active years. Mr. Sovereign suggested the name "Aladdin" for the company, getting the idea from the fabled tale of "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp," in which Aladdin's genie produced a complete castle overnight.

Otto also becam a board member of Mutual Building and Loan in 1914. He served 40 years on the board including twelve years as vice-president. The Rachel Sovereign Memorial Home (for elderly women) was a gift to the Bay City community by Mr. Sovereign in memory of his mother. The Otto E. Sovereign Park in Bay City was named after him.

PAST PRESIDENTS
1914:   Otto E. Soverign	1963:   Robert F. Shearer
1915:   William F. Jennison	1964:   Harry B. Farris
1916:   D. Leonard Galbraith	1965:   Lowell L. Shepard
1917:   James E. Duffy	1966:   Authur E. Hagen
1918:   James C. McCabe	1967:   Thomas R. Tabor
1919:   J. Just Broas	1968:   Robert E. Benson
1920:   Charlet T. Clark	1969:   Charles C. McNay
1921:   W. Selwyn Ramsey	1970:   Walter G. Cramer
1922:   William H. Reid	1971:   Franklin E. Braman
1923:   Samuel Ball	1972:   Kamel J. Sams
1924:   Charles B. Curtiss	1973:   Allen B. Moore
1925:   William H. Tomlinson	1974:   David Castrodale
1926:   N. Russell Crawford	1975:   Floyd C. Stevens Jr.
1927:   John P. Greenwald	1976:   Carlton J. Lockwood
1928:   John A. Johnson	1977:   John C. Noell
1929:   Franc C. Learman	1978:   Albert C. Hicks
1930:   G. Wright Cooke	1979:   Frederick R. Kloepfer
1931:   L.F. Foster	1980:   Milton J. Miller
1932:   James S. Risser	1981:   Kyle E. Haselden
1933:   George A. Long	1982:   Jerome L. Yantz
1934:   John Switzer	1983:   Federick A. Webster
1935:   John Hoffman	1984:   Jack A. Shaw
1936:   John Thompson	1985:   Gerald P. VanAlst
1937:   Herbert W. Bean	1986:   James A. Griffiths
1938:   A.H. McMillian	1987:   Richard J. Van Akker
1939:   Benjamin Klager	1988:   Robert N. Sanborn
1940:   George MacPhail	1989:   Jerry A. Woodcock
1941:   Leslie C. Hale	1990:   Weslley Timm
1942:   Ronald E. Fischer	1991:   Lawrence Martin
1943:   J. Harry Adams	1992:   Dominic Monastiere
1944:   Fred J. Fenske	1993:   Patriciia Vance
1945:   T.P. Dixon	1994:   Keith Markstrom
1946:   Newell Eddy III	1995:   Dennis Serafini
1947:   Paul Briggs	1996:   Walt Kwiatkowski
1948:   Lorne H. Meisel	1997:   Joseph Sasiela
1949:   E. Benjamin Foss	1998:   Cynthia Chadwick
1950:   Lawrence h. Cook	1999:   Hratch Basmadjian
1951:   Louis Westover	2000:   Don Anker
1952:   Richard V. Dixon	2001:   Kathy Czerwinski
1953:   F.E. Charipar	2002:   Tim Holsworth
1954:   Gilbert Leppelmeier	2003:   Rob Monroe
1955:   Henry G. Rexer	2004:   Michael Stoner
1956:   Louis D. McDowell	2005:   Ralph Knop
1957:   Patriick J. Trahan	2006:   Gena Gates
1958:   LeRoy C. Engelhardt	2007:   Rob Clark
1959:   Richard C. Learman	2008:   Debra Lutz
1960:   Frederick E. Fitzhugh	2009:   Anne Trahan
1961:   Theodore P. Southerland	2010:   Eric Jylha
1962:   Howard W. Harlow