Parade Dignitaries

Throughout our 40 year history, we have been fortunate to have had many important local and Irish individuals as honored guests of the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Irish Guests of Honor
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008	Patrick Walsh - Irish Consul General, Chicago Jack Lynch, TD - Prime Minister Erskine Childers, TD - Deputy Prime Minister Michael O'Higgins - Mayor of Galway Martin Keaveney - Mayor of Sligo Richard Burke, TD - Minister of Education Eddie Collins - Mayor of Waterford Jerry Colgan - Mayor of Galway Joseph Malone - Director of Irish Tourist Board Thomas Hussey, TD - Minister of Agriculture Marie Geoghegan-Quinn TD - Minister of Gaeltacht Colm O'heocha - President, University of College Galway Peter Sutherland - Attorney General Paddy O'Toole, TD - Minister of Fisheries, Forest, Gaeltacht John F. Donnellan, TD - Minister of Post and Telegraph Paudie O'Conner - Mayor of Killarney Michael Noonan, TD - Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce David Kennedy - Chairman of Aer Lingus Marie Geoghegan-Quinn TD - Minister of Dept of Taoiseach Ben Briscoe TD - Lord Mayor of Dublin Howard E. Kilroy - Pres. & COD Jefferson Smurfit Grp John Bruton, TD - Leader of Erin Gael Party Michael J. Woods TD - Minister of the Marine Seamus Brennan TD - Minister of State for Commerce & Technology John Hume - M.P., M.E.P, Leader SDL Paddy Harte, TD - Member of Dial Eireann Dermot Gleeson, S.C. - Attorney General of Ireland John Mulholland - Mayor of Galway Dr. James McDaid, TD - Minister of Tourism, Sports and Recreation Ned O'Keeffe, TD - Minister of State for Food and Horticulture Ned O'Keeffe, TD - Minister of State for Food and Horticulture Sean McEnife - Chairman of Northwest Tourism Mark Durkan - Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Batt O'Keeffe, TD - M.C.C. Cork County Council Dr. Iognaid G O'Muircheartaigh - President, National University of Ireland Galway Dr. Rory O'Hanlon, TD - Chairman of Dail Eireann (Speaker of Parliament) Tom Parlon, TD - Minister of State for Public Works Billy Cameron - Deputy Mayor of Galway Mary Bennett - Chair of Galway/St. Louis Sister Cities Committee Michael Gibbons - Principal of Coláiste Ailigh School, Letterkenny, Ireland Noel Ahern, TD - Minister of State for Public Works (Irish Government representative)
Honorary Parade Marshals
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008	Dennis P. Long - President of Anheuser Busch, Inc. Most Reverend Edward J. O'Donnell - Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis James B. Malloy - President & COO of Jefferson Smurfit Corporation Patrick Donelan - President of Investment Counselors Michael Shanahan, Sr. - President of Engineered Air Systems, Inc. Patrick J. Gilligan - President of Valley Industries, Inc. Michael J. Roarty - Executive Vice President of Anheuser Busch, Inc. John G. Walsh - President of St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission Jack Buck - Sports Director of KMOX/CBS Radio Martin L. Duggan - Host and Producer of Donnybrook Blanche M. Touhill - Chancellor of University of Missouri - St. Louis Joseph B. McGlynn. Jr. - Honorary Consul for the Republic of Ireland Helen and Dr. Patrick Gannon - St. Louis Irish Arts Most Reverend Justin Rigali - Archbishop of St. Louis Rev. Mr. Robert A. Brooks - Chairman of Brooks Fiber Properties Rev. William Barnaby Faherty.SJ. - Jesuit Priest, Professor, Author Dick Ford - KTVI-TV Fox 2 Anchor Honorable James J. Eagan - Mayor of the City of Florissant Jim Hanifan - Offensive Line Coach, St. Louis Rams Dennis C. Golden - President of Fontbonne College Stephen J. Burrows - President and COO of Anheuser-Busch International, Inc Patrick J. Finneran, Jr. - VP & General Mgr, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Most Reverend Raymond L. Burke - Archbishop of St. Louis Charles L. Drury - Chairman of Drury Development Corporation Dan Buck - CEO of St. Patrick Center Joseph F. Shaughnessy, Jr - Chairman of BSI Constructors
Military Guests of Honor
1990 1991 1992 2005	Brig. Gen. Patrick P. Caruana - Cmdr, 42nd Air Division, Strategic Air Command Vice Admiral Paul D. Butcher - Deputy Cmdr, US Transportation Command Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Kilmartin - Commander, Army Reserve Personnel Center Major Christopher R. Benoit - Joint Transportation Staff Officer, US Army