About Lion Robert
Robert S. Littlefield, Ph.D.
Trustee, LCIF 2016-2019
DGE Seminar General Chairperson for VP Jung-Yul Choi 2018-2019
DGE Seminar Vice Chairperson for VP Gudrun B. Yngvadottir 2017-2018
International Director 2014-2016
Active Member – Fargo Lions Club
Associate Member – Oviedo-Winter Springs (FL) Lions Club
Membership and Club Offices
1984 Inducted into Fargo Lions Club (Dr. Frederick Walsh, sponsor) #0248
1987-88 Director – 2 Year, Fargo Lions Club
1988-89 Second Vice President, Fargo Lions Club
1989-90 First Vice President, Fargo Lions Club
1990-91 President, Fargo Lions Club
1991-92 Immediate Past President, Fargo Lions Club
1997-2000 Resigned (good standing)
2000 Re-inducted into Fargo Lions Club (Andy Knoll, sponsor) #921132
2001-02 Parliamentarian, Fargo Lions Club
2001-02 Historian, Fargo Lions Club
2002-03 Historian, Fargo Lions Club
2003-04 Historian, Fargo Lions Club
2004-05 President-Elect, Fargo Lions Club
2005-06 President, Fargo Lions Club
2006-07 Immediate Past President, Fargo Lions Club
2007-08 Vice President Membership, Fargo Lions Club
2008-09 Web Liaison, Fargo Lions Club
2008-09 Historian, Fargo Lions Club
2009-10 Historian, Fargo Lions Club
2010-11 Charter Member (Associate Status), NDSU Fargo Lions Club #3256397
2010-pres Campus Club Faculty Advisor, NDSU Fargo Lions Club
2011-12 Vice President Membership, Fargo Lions Club
2012-13 E-Lions Coordinator, Fargo Lions Club
Leadership in Fundraising at Club Level
1986-87 Chair, Journey for Sight, Fargo Lions Club
1987-88 Co-Chair, Journey for Sight, Fargo Lions Club
1988-89 Co-Chair, Journey for Sight, Fargo Lions Club
2005-06 Chair, Take the Cake Auction, Fargo Lions Club
2006-07 Co-Chair, Take the Cake Auction, Fargo Lions Club
2006-07 Co-Chair, Campaign SightFirst II Model Club, Fargo Lions Club
2007-08 Co-Chair, Campaign SightFirst II Model Club, Fargo Lions Club
2007-08 Co-Chair, Take the Cake Auction, Fargo Lions Club
2008-09 Co-Chair, Take the Cake Auction, Fargo Lions Club
2009-10 Co-Chair, Take the Cake Auction, Fargo Lions Club
2010-11 Co-Chair, For Your Eyes Only (Formerly Take the Cake Auction), Fargo Lions Club
2014 Coordinator, Blue Stem Parking, Fargo Lions Club
Leadership in Committees and Special Projects at Club Level
1986-87 Chair, Membership and Retention Committee, Fargo Lions Club
1993 Chair, Peace Poster Contest, Fargo Lions Club
1993-94 Chair, Historical Committee, Fargo Lions Club
1993-94 Chair, Youth Education Committee, Fargo Lions Club
1994 Chair, Peace Poster Contest, Fargo Lions Club
1994-95 Chair, Historical Committee, Fargo Lions Club
1994-95 Chair, Youth Education Committee
2000-01 Chair, Creation of Fargo Lions Archives Committee to house club
records at the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies
2003 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2004 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2005 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2007 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2008 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2008 Co-Chair, Community Art of Giving Project-Plains Art Museum, Fargo Lions Club
2008-2009 Guiding Lion, Casselton Club, chartered in 2009
2009 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2010 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2011 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2011-13 Guiding Lion, NDSU Fargo Lions Club, chartered in 2010
2011-12 Facilitator, Club Excellence Program, Fargo Lions Club
2012 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2013 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2014 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2015 Chair, Student Speaking Contest Committee, Fargo Lions Club
2015-16 Webmaster, Fargo Lions e-Lion website
District 5NE Leadership Positions
2006-07 Chair, Campus Club Cabinet Committee, District 5NE
2006-07 Chair, Leadership – MERLOW Team, District 5NE
2007-08 Chair, Leadership – MERLOW Team, District 5NE
2007-08 Chair, Zone B-1, District 5NE
2008-09 Vice District Governor-Elect, District 5NE
2008-09 Chair, Leadership – MERLOW Team, District 5NE
2009-10 District Governor-Elect, District 5NE
2009-10 Chair, MERLOW Team, District 5NE
2009-10 District Coordinator, LCIF Development Fund, District 5NE
2009-10 Board Member, Lions Foundation of North Dakota
2009-10 Coordinator, LCIF Development Fund, District 5NE
2009-10 Board Member, Lions Eye Bank of North Dakota, District 5NE
2010-11 District Governor, District 5NE
2010-11 Organizer, NDSU Campus Lions Club, chartered in August 2010
2010-11 Organizer, Ellendale Lions Club, chartered in May 2011
2010-11 Organizer, Dakota National Forensic League Lions Club, chartered in June 2011
2010-11 Board Member, Lions Foundation of North Dakota
2010-11 Board Member, Lions Eye Bank of North Dakota
2010-11 Coordinator, LCIF Development Fund, District 5NE
2011-12 Coordinator, LCIF Development Fund, District 5NE
2011-12 Chapter Advisor, NDSU-Fargo Campus Lions Club
2011-12 Certified Guiding Lion, Dakota National Forensic League Lions Club
2011-12 Chair, Campus Clubs, District 5NE
2012-13 Coordinator, LCIF Development Fund, District 5NE
2012-13 Co-organizer, Davies High School LEO Club, Fargo, ND
2013-14 Region Chair, District 5NE
2014-15 District Global Leadership Chair (2014-2016)
Service to District 5NE
1991 Chair, Spring Leadership Training Seminar, District 5NE
2005 Chair, Spring Leadership Training Seminar, District 5NE
2005 Coordinator, Bus Trip to MD5 Convention in Rapid City, District 5NE
2005 Program Speaker, Spring Leadership Training Seminar, District 5NE
2007 Coordinator, Bus Trip to MD5 Convention in Regina, District 5NE
2007 Chair, Spring Leadership Training Seminar for 5NE Program Speaker, Spring Leadership Training Seminar for 5NE
2008 Chair, Spring Leadership Training Seminar for 5NE
2008 Program Speaker, Spring Leadership Training Seminar for 5NE
2009 Chair, Spring Leadership Training Seminar for 5NE
2009 Program Speaker, Spring Leadership Training Seminar for 5N
Service to State of ND
2005 Chair, PR and Promotion Committee, ND State Lions Convention
2009 Program Speaker, “Lions Orientation ‘For New Members Only,’” State Convention Program, Mandan, ND
2009-11 DG Representative, North Dakota Lions Foundation Board
2009-11 DG Representative, Lions Eye Bank of North Dakota Board
2012 Chair, Mixer and Lions Chorus, ND State Lions Convention Planning Committee
2010-12 Coordinator, ND State Lions “Speak Up For Service” Speech Contests
2012 Online Trainer, District 5NW Zone Chair Workshop, November
2012-13 Communication Committee, Past District Governors’ Association of North Dakota
2013-14 Vice President, ND Past District Governors’ Association
2014-15 President, ND Past District Governors’ Association
2015-16 Immediate Past President, ND Past District Governors’ Association
Service to Multiple District 5
1991 Chair, Program Committee for MD5 Convention, MD5
2006 Co-Chair, Convention Planning Committee, MD5
2010-11 DG Member, Administrative Committee, MD5
2010 Program Speaker, “Inspiration and Motivation: Essential Tool for Effective
Lion Leadership,” MD5 Leadership Training Workshop (August meeting)
2011 Program Speaker, “Today’s Members are Tomorrow’s Leaders,” District
5M-11 Convention, Moorhead, MN
2011-12 Council Chair, Multiple District 5
2011 Speaker: “Inspiration and Motivation: Keys to Membership Retention,”
Opening Session, ND State Lions Convention, Bismarck, Civic Center
2011 Speaker: “Today’s Members are Tomorrow’s Leaders,” Opening Keynote
at the 5-SKS Lions Convention, November 5, 2011, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
2012 Speaker: “Today’s Members are Tomorrow’s Leaders,” Speech at the
South Dakota Lions Convention, January 28, 2012, Yankton, SD
2012 Speaker: “Speak Up For Service: Promoting Youth Empowerment in Lionism,”
Plenary Speech at the 5-SKN Lions Convention, February 8, 2012,
North Battleford, Saskatchewan
2012-13 Immediate Past Council Chair, MD5
2012-13 Long Range Planning Committee Chair, MD5
2012-13 Chair, Public Relations and Lions Information Committee, MD5
2012 Speaker: “Extension Workshop: Starting New Clubs,” presented to MD5
Council of Governors, August 18, 2012
2013-14 Chair, Public Relations and Lions Information Committee, MD5
2014-15 Host/Chair, Convention Planning Committee, MD5
2016- Chair, International Liaison Committee, MD5
Service to Lionism around the World
2014-16 International Director, Lions Clubs International
2014-15 Public Relations Committee Member
2014 Presenter at USA/Canada Forum, San Juan, Puerto Rico: “Using Creative Recognition to Motivate and Inspire”
2015-16 Chair, Public Relations Committee
2015-16 Member, LCI Centennial Action Committee
2016 Presenter at USA/Canada Forum, Omaha, NE: “Preparing and Working with the Local Media” [Selected as Faculty in the Doctorate Program for Lions University]
2016-17 District Governors-Elect Seminar Group Leader, Chicago
2017-18 DGE Seminar Vice Chair for VP Gudrun B. Yngvadottir (Las Vegas, NV)
2018-19 DGE Seminar General Chair for VP Jung-Yul Choi (Oak Brook, IL & Milan, Italy)
Selected Awards and Recognition
1984-2014 Perfect Attendance (4 years excused)
1986 Membership Achievement Award
1986 Growth Award
1987 Lion of the Year, Fargo Lions Club
1990 Membership Key Member (May 11)
1991 President of the District Club of the Year (5NE)
2005 Melvin Jones Fellow
2005 Lion of the Year, Fargo Lions Club
2005 President’s Certificate of Appreciation Award (Tae-Sup Lee)
2005-06 Campaign SightFirst II Club President “One in Five” Award (Ashok Mehta)
2006 Passion to Excel Presidential Diamond Pin (Ashok Mehta)
2006 President of the District Club of the Year (5NE)
2006-07 President’s Certificate of Appreciation for Service (Jimmy Ross)
2006-07 President’s Certificate of Appreciation for Leadership Development (Jimmy Ross)
2007 Leadership Medal (Jimmy Ross)
2009 President’s Certificate of Sponsorship for Year Round Growth (Al Brandel)
2009 President’s Commendation Certificate (Al Brandel)
2009 Certificate of Appointment as LCIF District Coordinator (Al Brandel)
2010 Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow
2010 Bright Start Award (Sid Scruggs, III)
2011 Beacon of Hope Award for Service to Lionism, presented by 5M-11
2011 Master Light Keeper Award (Sid Scruggs, III)
2011 District Governor Extension Award, Lions Clubs International (Eberhard J. Wirfs)
2012 Family and Women Growth Award, Lions Clubs International (Eberhard J. Wirfs)
2012 President’s Certificate of Appreciation for Service (Wing-Kun Tam)
2012 Certificate of Re-Appointment as LCIF District Coordinator (Wing-Kun Tam)
2013 President’s Medal (Wayne Madden)
2014 President’s Medal (Joe Preston)
2015 4 Diamond Progressive Melvin Jones Fellowship
2015 Master Builder Membership Award
2016 President’s Medal (Jitsuhiro Yamada)
2016 Ambassador of Good Will Award (Jitsuhiro Yamada)
2016 9 Diamond Progressive Melvin Jones Fellowship
2017 1 Blue Sapphire Gold Progressive Melvin Jones Fellowship
2017 President’s Medal (Naresh Aggarwal)
2017 Inductee, North Dakota Past District Governors’ Association Hall of Fame
Attendance at Leadership Development/Training Seminars
2008 USA/Canada Forum, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2009 Great Plains Lions Leadership Institute, Storm Lake, IA
2010 USA/Canada Forum, Milwaukee, WI
2013 USA/Canada Forum, Overland Park, KS
2014 USA/Canada Forum, San Juan, Puerto Rico (presenter)
2015 USA/Canada Forum, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 USA/Canada Forum, Omaha, NE (presenter/Lions University)
2017 USA/Canada Forum, Portland, OR (presenter/Lions University)
International Conventions Attended
1988 Denver, CO, USA
1990 St. Louis, MO, USA
1993 Minneapolis, MN, USA
2009 Minneapolis, MN, USA
2010 Sydney, Australia
2011 Seattle, Washington, USA
2014 Toronto, Canada
2015 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
2016 Fukuoka, Japan
2017 Chicago, IL
Sponsor of the Following Lions
Tal Russell
Lee Paseka
Sean Mahone
Scott Boucher
Edith Lohr
Paul Ostby 2056140
Tim Sellnow 2419850
Sarah Nathan 2419851
Lloyd Collins 2419856
Steve Gerszewski 2651389
Monte Jones 2998577
Jerry Erbstroesser 2998578
Kim R. Olson 3651712
Matthew Donahue 3710996
Beth Hilde 3735972
Vickie Mayer 3740217
Jenna Lee Currie-Mueller 3793921
Sarah Budde 3793926
Allison Baatz 3796642
Sean Kolodziej 3735446
Shalin Rathnasinghe
Najla Amundsen
Kathy Littlefield 4142195
Tim Sellnow (2016)
Adam Parrish (2016)
Regina Francies (2016)