Waco. The club’s central purpose was to present young ladies to the community at a formal
ball, and in so doing further the city’s longstanding social traditions in an atmosphere of
elegance and splendor. Since its founding in 1937, the Hedonia Club of Waco has presented
over four hundred debutantes to society.
The Club adopted its name, the Greek word “hedonia,” meaning “pleasure; to live a happy,
joyous life.” The name was intended to convey to its members the spirit in which the
presentation ball was to be held, and it is in this spirit that the Hedonia Club of Waco continues
the tradition by presenting its debutantes at the annual presentation ball. The ball highlights
each debutante as she is formally presented to the club by her father.
Today, eighty-seven years later, members of the Hedonia Club of Waco enjoy a unique experience
combining traditional, formal elegance with an opportunity for fun and fellowship at other club
events, living up to the ideals envisioned by the founders long ago.
Former Presidents
Christopher Kincaid
2023
Rusty Haferkamp
2022
Eddie Mazanec IV
2021
N/A (Covid Year)
2020
Dan Ingham
2019
Judson Griffis
2018
Charles Stewart
2017
John Tanner Moore
2016
Nicholas Andrew Keepers
2015
Glendon Dain Shelton
2014
Mark Preston Felton II
2013
Russell Clarke Livesay
2012
Matthew J. Stephens
2011
Matthew John Morrison
2010
Karl A. Eichenberg
2009
Benjamin C. Lacy
2008
Richard L. Clark, Jr.
2007
Brian E. Howell
2006
S. Boyce Brown
2005
Matthew E. Johnson
2004
William H. Dietz, Jr.
2003
Dan E. Mayfield III
2002
Jeffrey R. Miller
2001
Michael D. Milligan
2000
William G. Kosub
1999
Denny Patillo
1997
Hal M. Whitaker
1996
Malcolm Duncan, Jr.
1995
Charles Latham
1994
Russell H. Trippet
1993
J. Bond Browder
1992
Joe A. Hunter
1991
Curtis C. Cleveland
1990
J. Richard Karr
1989
Edwin B. Morrison
1988
Rodney S. Goble
1987
Henry w. Fielder
1986
Thomas W. Waggener
1985
G. Keith Anderson
1984
David E. Cherry
1983
Robert A. Watson
1982
M. Stephen Beard
1981
Smith E. Thomasson
1980
Charles W. Moore, Jr.
1979
W. Bruce Perry
1978
James C. Dalton
1977
Carroll W. Sturgis. Jr.
1976
Donald B. Davis
1975
John Peeler Estes
1974
Benjamin N. Hamilton
1973
C. Ray Perry
1972
Tom M. Oliver, Jr.
1971
Mercer Buchanan
1970
Robert Y. Schmidt
1969
Ed Burleson, Jr.
1968
W. Woody Callan. Jr.
1967
Gerald P. Winchell
1966
Harold Mathias, Jr.
1965
Bill C. Dosher
1964
Ross M. Sams, Jr.
1963
Charles T. Easley
1962
George E. Wolfe, Jr.
1961
Hilton H. Howell
1960
Tom G. Warren
1959
J. Henry Lovelace
1958
Cullen Smith
1957
James F. Goodman
1956
Walter B. Dossett, Jr.
1955
Jerome Cartwright
1954
J. Leigh Brooks
1953
Goodhue w. Smith
1952
S. Spencer Brown
1951
Thomas D. Stribling
1950
Jesse R. Milam, Jr.
1949
Brown McCollum
1948
Edward H. Brown
1947
Roane M. Lacy
1946
Stanton Brown, Jr
1945
William P. Davis
1940-1944
George E. Wolfe
1939
Walter G. Lacy
1938
Charles J. Eubank
1937