Fred Cholet was born and raised
in the east side of Syracuse, and graduated from Nottingham High
School.
He went to work for Sims Casting
Corp. in 1961. In August 1964 he went into the U.S. Army and served
in Southeast Asia for 17 months. Upon his return, he joined the
New York Army National Guard. He served until 1972 and held the
rank of sergeant first class.
In 1968 Fred received an appointment
to the Syracuse Fire Department, working there until his retirement
in 2001. He also joined the DeWitt Volunteer Fire Department in
1969, and served until 2005, including 15 years as chief and 15
years as deputy chief.
In addition, Fred worked for Wine
Merchants Ltd. part-time from 1969 to 2005.
In 1979 he met Allene Borden and
they have been together for 28 years.
Fred joined DeWitt Rotary in 1982.
He served on the board of directors from 1987 to 1989. He is currently
serving as club president, and was president once before in 2005-06.
He served the district as assistant governor in 2006-07 and was
appointed again in 2007-08.
