Adele Ellisor Lancaster
Candidate for the Office of Reporter General
CALIFORNIA
Membership
Santa Margarita Chapter in Oceanside, California
Date Admitted to the National Society: April 15, 1989
Education & Training
GEP 1; New Members Course, Members Course, Committee Leaders Course
DAR Awards
Women in American History Award
Executive Officer/Vice President General
Vice President General (2020-2023)
National Chair
Constitution Week (2022-2025)
National Vice Chair
Commerce – Insignia Support (2022-2025), Educational Resources (2015-2019), Special Projects Grants (2013-2016)
Continental Congress Service
Credentials (2014-2016)
National Committee Member
Community Classroom – Educational Resources (2020-2022)
Additional Appointments
Kate Duncan Smith DAR School Board of Trustees (2013-Present)
State Executive Board Service
State Regent (2018-2020), State Vice Regent (2016-2018), State Corresponding Secretary (2014-2016), State Historian (2012-2014)
Highlights of State Regent Service
Completed a three-administration landscape project at our state headquarters, raising over $45,000. Contributed over $112,000 to the Gary Sinise R.I.S.E. Program to assist with kitchens in three homes. California Daughters logged one million hours of Service to America in year one of Lancaster Administration.
State Chair Service
DAR School (2024-Present and 2010-2012), President General’s Project (2022-2024), Teller Committee (2020-2022), Yearbook/Directory (2016-2018), Site Selection (2016-2018), State Handbook (2016-2018), Seimes Technology Center (2008-2010), Constitution Week (2004-2006), National Defense (1998-2000)
State Committee Service
Executive Liaison to State Headquarters Committee (2016-2018), member of Finance Committee (2016-2018)
Chapter Officer Service
Regent, First Vice Regent, Second Vice Regent, Chaplain, Historian/Librarian
Chapter Committee Service
Constitution Week, DAR School, National Defense
National Club Affiliations
Vice Presidents Club (Chaplain), State Regents Club, National Officers Club, National Chairmen’s Association
State Club Affiliations
State Officers Club (Vice President), Past and Present Regents Association (Vice President), Past and Present Juniors and Pages Club, Cameo Club, State Chairmen’s Club
Donor Recognition Societies
Heritage Club, Founders Club, Guardian Trust, Sustaining Supporter (Charter Member)
C.A.R./Community Service
Senior Chaplain (Red, White, Blue Society C.A.R.). SAR Daughters of Liberty Medal. Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge: “Spirit of ’76” San Diego County Patriot of the Year Award. Founding Forward – Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge San Diego County Chapter (President, Vice President–Membership, Vice President–Education). San Diego United Methodist Church: education and hospitality committees. Daughters of Indian Wars (state and chapter vice president). Descendants of George Washington’s Army at Valley Forge (state secretary). United Daughters of the Confederacy (chapter parliamentarian).
Professional
Elementary, special education, and bilingual education teacher (18 years). Elementary school principal and middle school vice principal (19 years).
Education & Personal
Bachelor of Arts degree (Education, K-12 Credential) from California Western University. Special education credential from San Diego State University. Master’s in education (Administration, K-12) from Point Loma Nazarene University. Married to husband Tom for 59 years. Parents to seven Vietnamese foster teens. Mother was a 25-year DAR member. Grandniece is a member of the La Villita Chapter, Texas DAR.