Grand Marshals of the Rose Parade

The following is a list of Grand Marshals of the Rose Parade.

The Disney family is the only family to have more than one member serve as Grand Marshal: Walt Disney was the 1966 Grand Marshal, then his nephew Roy E. Disney held the post in 2000. Additionally, Mickey Mouse was the grand marshal for the 2005 parade. A number of years have featured multiple grand marshals, with the most in one parade being 1952, when seven Medal of Honor recipients were the grand marshals. Dr. Francis F. Rowland has been the grand marshal more than any other person - a total of seven times, in 1890, 1892, 1894, 1904, 1905, 1910 (this year sharing this duty with Prof. Charles F. Holder), and 1916. Former child actress Shirley Temple Black holds the runner-up position, having been grand marshal three times in 1939, 1989 and 1999, the latter year where she shared this honor with astronaut Buzz Aldrin, baseball player Jackie Robinson (who was also the first ever posthumous grand marshal) and film producer David L. Wolper.

On May 9, 2014, Louis Zamperini was selected as the Grand Marshal for the 2015 Tournament of Roses Parade,^[1] though he would die of pneumonia two months later,^[2] and six months before the parade was set to begin. Rather than select a new Grand Marshal, the Tournament announced that it was "committed to honoring him as the Grand Marshal of the 2015 Rose Parade," making him the first posthumous grand marshal since Jackie Robinson in 1999.^[3]

On November 3, 2016, the 2017 Grand Marshals were revealed to be three Olympians: Greg Louganis, Janet Evans and Allyson Felix.^[4] This was the first time more than one person was made Grand Marshal since 2003, when Bill Cosby, Art Linkletter and Fred Rogers all shared this duty.

1890s

1890 - Dr. Francis F. Rowland 1891 - no Grand Marshal 1892 - Dr. Francis F. Rowland

1893 - no Grand Marshal 1894 - Dr. Francis F. Rowland 1895 - Dr. Henry H. Sherk

1896 & 1897 - Edwin Stearns 1898 & 1899 - Martin H. Weight

1900s

1900 & 1901 - Charles Daggett 1902 & 1903 - C. C. Reynolds

1904 & 1905 - Francis F. Rowland 1906 - John B. Miller

1907 & 1908 - Dr. Ralph Skillen 1909 - Walter S. Wright

1910s

1910 - Dr. Francis F. Rowland & Prof. Charles F. Holder 1911 - Dr. Ralph Skillen 1912 - E. H. Groenendyke 1913 - Leigh Guyer

1914 - Charles Daggett 1915 - M. S. Pashgian 1916 - Dr. Francis F. Rowland

1917 - Dr. C. D. Lockwood 1918 - Dr. Z. T. Malaby 1919 - Frank Hunter

1920s

1920 - Frank G. Hogan 1921 - W. A. Boucher 1922 - Harold Landreth 1923 - H.L. Gianetti

1924 - Col. George S. Parker 1925 - Lewis H. Turner 1926 - Col. L. J. Megan

1927 - Dr. C.D. Lockwood 1928 - John McDonald 1929 - Marco Hellman

1930s

1930 - James Rolph 1931 - Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth 1932 - William May Garland 1933 - Mary Pickford

1934 - Adm. William Sims 1935 - Harold Lloyd 1936 - James V. Allred

1937 - Eugene Biscailuz 1938 - Leo Carrillo 1939 - Shirley Temple

1940s

1940 - Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy 1941 - E. O. Nay 1942 - Kay Kyser 1943 - Earl Warren

1944 - Amos Alonzo Stagg 1945 - Herbert Hoover 1946 - Adm. William Halsey

1947 - Bob Hope 1948 - Gen. Omar Bradley 1949 - Perry Brown

1950s

1950 - Paul G. Hoffman 1951 - Corporal Robert S. Gray (For General Dwight D. Eisenhower) 1952 - Medal of Honor Men: Major Carl Sitter, Captain Lewis Millett, Lieutenant Stanley Adams, Lieutenant Thomas Hudner, Captain Raymond Harvey, Sergeant Ernest Kouma & Sergeant Joseph C. Rodriguez

1953 - Senator and Vice President-elect Richard M. Nixon 1954 - General William F. Dean 1955 - Chief Justice Earl Warren

1956 - Charles E. Wilson 1957 - Eddie Rickenbacker 1958 - Robert Gordon Sproul 1959 - E. L. "Bob" Bartlett

1960s

1960 - Vice President Richard M. Nixon 1961 - William F. Quinn 1962 - Albert D. Rosellini 1963 - Dr. William H. Pickering

1964 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower 1965 - Arnold Palmer 1966 - Walt Disney

1967 - Thanat Khoman 1968 - Senator Everett Dirksen 1969 - Bob Hope

1970s

1970 - Apollo 12 Astronauts: Alan L. Bean, Charles Conrad, Jr. & Richard F. Gordon, Jr. 1971 - Reverend Billy Graham

1972 - Lawrence Welk 1973 - John Wayne 1974 - Charles M. Schulz 1975 - Hank Aaron

1976 - Kate Smith 1977 - Roy Rogers & Dale Evans 1978 - Former President Gerald Ford 1979 - Lathrop K. Leishman

1980s

1980 - Frank Sinatra 1981 - Lorne Greene 1982 - James Stewart 1983 - Merlin Olsen

1984 - Danny Kaye 1985 - Lee A. Iacocca 1986 - Erma Bombeck[5]

1987 - Pelé 1988 - Gregory Peck 1989 - Shirley Temple Black

1990s

1990 - Senator John Glenn 1991 - Bob Newhart 1992 - The Most Excellent Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel, 18th Duke of Veragua (descendant of Christopher Columbus) & Congressman Ben Nighthorse Campbell

1993 - Angela Lansbury 1994 - William Shatner 1995 - Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez 1996 - Kermit the Frog

1997 - Carl Lewis & Shannon Miller 1998 - Carol Burnett 1999 - Buzz Aldrin, Shirley Temple Black, Jackie Robinson (posthumous) & David L. Wolper

2000s

2000 - Roy E. Disney 2001 - Tom Brokaw 2002 - Regis Philbin 2003 - Bill Cosby, Art Linkletter & Fred Rogers

2004 - John Williams 2005 - Mickey Mouse 2006 - Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

2007 - George Lucas 2008 - Emeril Lagasse 2009 - Cloris Leachman

2010s

2010 - Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III 2011 - Paula Deen[6] 2012 - J. R. Martinez[7]

2013 - Jane Goodall[8] 2014 - Vin Scully[9] 2015 – Louis Zamperini[1] (posthumous)

2016 – Ken Burns 2017 – Greg Louganis, Janet Evans and Allyson Felix[10]

Recent Grand Marshals of the Tournament of Roses

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  Jane Goodall, 2013
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  Vin Scully, 2014
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  Louis Zamperini, 2015
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  Ken Burns, 2016

References

1. Lloyd, Jonathan (May 9, 2014). "War Hero, Former Olympian Louis Zamperini Named Rose Parade Grand Marshal". NBCUniversal. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
2. WWII Hero, 'Unbroken' Subject Louis Zamperini Dies at 97
3. The Tournament ff Roses Expresses Our Heartfelt Sympathy to The Family ff Louis Zamperini, Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, July 3, 2014
4. "Olympians Greg Louganis, Janet Evans and Allyson Felix to be grand marshals of 128th Rose Parade". Los Angeles Times. November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
5. Leading Lady : Humorist Erma Bombeck to Be Marshal of Rose Parade. Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1985
6. Steve Helling, Paula Deen Named Grand Marshal of Rose Parade, People, October 27, 2010
7. 'Dancing with the Stars' contestant, Iraq war veteran named Rose Parade Grand Marshal, Pasadena Star-News, November 1, 2011
8. "Chimp expert Jane Goodall named grand marshal of 2013 Tournament of Roses". Associated Press. April 25, 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
9. "Vin Scully grand marshal 2014 rose parade". Associated Press. September 25, 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013 – via ABC News.
10. "Olympians Greg Louganis, Janet Evans and Allyson Felix to be grand marshals of 128th Rose Parade". Los Angeles Times. November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.