Past Presidents of Brookings
First Rotary Chief
Archie I kndriclÿs
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i )ewev Akers
I(>47
I(M 7 - 4 S
Rotary Fellowships
p n g to to ste r b e tte r intern atio n al
relatio n s by increasing the p e r
R eferrin g to on? of th e p ro j
sonal co n tacts which the nations
ects in which all R o tary Clubs
of the w orld have w ith each
around the world kre p a rtic ip a t o th e r.”
ing, P resident Dim m ick said thn*
th e R o tary F o u n d atio n F ellow Chicago Convention
Warren Smith
ships p rogram was in au g u rated
1952-5] Gordon Goetz
195^-54
R o ta ry ’s w orld-w ide Golden An
as a m em orial to th e founder of
niv ersary observance will c u l
R otary. Paul H arris, "T hese Ro
m inate w ith a great convention
ta ry
Fellow ships enabh? o u t in Chicago. May 29 June* 2,
sta n d in g g ra d u a te stu d e n ts to
w here m any thousands of Ro
live and study for one y e a r in a
ta ria ns from most of the coun
P a u l
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I r
.
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J
Paul P
H
a rris
w
as the founder
c o u n try o th e r th a n th e ir own, trie s of th e free w orld will re
1 ni versify and the U niversity of w ere business friends, not social
as am bassadors of good will, on
of
R
otary,
Iowa
Follow ing his grad u atio n friends hut this ex|>eriencp set
d edicate th em selves to R otary ?
g ra n ts av erag in g $2,500," he said. m otto of "Service Above Self."
He was born in Racine, W iscon from th e law school of th e U ni him to w ondering why h»* couldn't
"M ore th an 700 R otary F e l
sin, on April 19. 1R6S. and w hen v ersity of Iowa in 1X91, he d eter- m ake social friends «»ftt of at least
lowships have been aw arded to ¡Local Club Is Active
he was th re e y ears old he w as m inded to spend th e next five some of his business frwvnds and
stu d e n ts from 57 countries. In
S u pplem enting
th e
in te rn a taken to W allingford, V erm ont, y e a rs in seeing the w orld and in he resolved to organize a chili
th e p ast eight years. R otary s tional aspects of R otary, P re s i to live w ith his p a te rn a l g ra n d p a r com ing to know his fellow men which would hand to g e th e r a
g ra n ts in this field of in te rn a dent Pim m ick briefly outlined the ent rh e Black R iver Academy at before se ttlin g down to practice group of re p re se n ta tiv e business
tional u n d e r s t a n d i n g h a v e h istory of the R o tary Club of Ludlow, C erm ont, and V erm ont ' law in Chicago.
j a m i professional men in friendship
am ounted to $1,750.000. T hrough Brookings, which w as organized in Academy at S axtons R iver p re
He w orked as a re p o rte r on I and fellowship.
this p ro g ram of o th e r-c o u n try 1947 and which now has 4X m em pared him for his studies at the
new spapers in San Francisco and
F o r the next s e w ra l y ears ho
fellow ships. R otary is endeavor- bers.
U niversity of V erm ont, P rinceton Denver, w as a te a c h e r in a Los
devoted a g re a t deal of tim e to
A ngeles business college, w orked reflection on conditions of lif-
on a ( a lifo rn ia fru it farm and in and business and. by 1905, h?
a raisin -p ack in g factory, w as an had form ulated a definite philos
a c to r in a D enver stock com pany ophy of business relations T a lk
and a cowboy on a C olorado ing it over w ith thn*e of his law
ranch. Then he w ent to the clients S ilv ester Schiele, a coal
E arl Breuer
T I he R o tary Club of B
Brookings
rookings I 7952’53 E“rl
Lvun
. to thexir rew ard « so u th e rn p a rt of the U nited S ta te s
Lvun Hampton
H am pton i w un h „,
who
have
gone
w
b orn in
in M
a v 1947.
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L
i k -a o
o r d o n Goetz
o^,
. Lynn
v - H am ......
no havp K°np (o »hwr rew ard w here he picked oranges in L ouisi m erchant. G ustavus Ixiehr, a m in
Oordon
p toj
w a as s born
May.
ith
w
ere
Dewey Akers, Ross P utnam ,
ing engineer, and H iram Shorey,
1954-
55
L
m
W
nunick
Char le« Grayahe*!
Coos B ay-N orth Bend Club being
D ew ey’s ana and traveled extensively as a a m erchant tailo r he decided,
Frenchle" Arneil and T>octor Stevenson.
th e sponsor Club. Dewey A kers 1955- 56 Arthur Knox
big wish was to establish the salesm an for a m arble and g r a n w ith them, to organize the club
w as elected P resident of die
The c e n tra l th e m e of Rotary in
"B ro ta ria n .” a club bulletin, and ite concern. He m ade two trip s to which he had been planning since
Club, and H arry E dw ards, se c re Brookings as well as elsew here is
in Scholarships, Ross w as espe E ngland w orking on c a ttle boats 1900 On F ebruary 23. 1905. th e
tary.
"Service above self".
cially in terested in 4-H C lub and la te r traw ded to E urope to club's first rn-eting t<x>k place and
In as m uch as Ju ly 1 is the be
This service d ire c te d tow ard Scholarships, and D r S tevenson visit the g ra n ite regions of S c o t the nucleus was form ed for tlv-
ginning of Rotary*» fiscal year. com m unity b e tte rm e n t w ith the
in the R otarian and th e review of ian (land the m arblv regions of thousands of Rotary’ Clubs w hich
Pewe> w as r» elected P resid en t of club sponsoring such w orthy pro significant articles.
Ireland, Belgium and Ita ly for w ere la te r organized th ro u g h o u t
th e Club, and H a n y E dw ards, jects as the re sc u ita to r. the A m
his com pany T hese five y e a rs of th e world The new club, w hich
se c re ta ry .
bulance. various item s to r the
Since its organization the club knock-about experiences b ro ad en P aul H arris named "Rotary** b e
In A ugust th e Mason and Ed- school including tennis court,
has
met in V inaent’s restauran*, ed his vision, and the a c q u a in t cause the mem to r s met. in r o ta
w a n h Company m oved to C ali bicycle racks, "m onkey b a rs” u ni
ances which he m ade in college tion, in t to ir various places of
fornia and H arry resigned. Lynn form s for th e band, scholarship, the Oddfellow» Hall, th e Chetc.i and on these travels w ere of m a
business, m et w ith general a p
Inn.
and
the
Cliff
Hous«*,
w
here
it
H am ilton was then elect»*d se c re and glasses for needy students.
te ria l assistanoe in the e a rly e x proval and club m em bership grew
now m eets.
ta ry , and «prv<d fo r a s»“ven y e a r
tension •*( R otary.
rapidly. Almost every m em ber
They w e re active in sponsoring
period.
R
o
t
a
r
y
In
te
rn
a
tio
n
a
l
w
a
s
had com e to Chicago from a sm all
’
the
cub
scouts
and
the
sea
scout»,
In
1X96
his
five-ytsar
period
of
That C h a rte r night was a "g a la ”
founded by P aul H arris m 1905 in w anderings was over and, as he town ami in the R otary C lub they
a flair, and held in the high school | as well as assisting in boys scout
Chicago, which is Club No. 1;
found ari o p p o rtu n ity for the in
gym nasium M eeting place of the work. T hey w ere in terested in C lub N um ber 2 was S an F ra n - j had planned, Paul H a rris w ent
tim a te acq u ain tan cesh ip of th e ir
E
a
s
te
r
seals,
T..
B
Seals.
M
arch
to
Chicago
to
practice
law
O
n-
club w as V incent's R e sta u ra n t
cisco . In m em ory of the Founder, day in 1900 he dined w ith a la w boyhood days W hen P a u l H a r m
O fficers of th e Club w ere as fol of Dimes, and in raising lunds to
send ch ildren to D oenrbecker R o tary S upport th e P a u l H a rris yer friend in Rogers P a rk , a becam e president of the club in
low s:
F und, which is an endow m ent to n.»si<7it ial sectio» of Chicago its th ird year he w as am bitious to
Ymr
P R E S ID E N T
SE C R ET A Hlf H ospital.
send
g ra d u a te stu d e n ts
from i A lte r d in n er he took a w alk w ith advance its grow th and to e x te n d
1IH?
D ew e, Alter»
H «rry Edward«
Since its beginnings in 1947 the
foreign countries to A m erica. and his friend and was im pressed by tho R o tary movement to o th e r
UHT-lS
D ew ey Altera
Harry Howard»
Club
has
sponsored
the
Gold
Lynn H am pton
from A m erica to this«* Foreign th e fact th at hifc in m d stoppe 1 eitw s because he w as convinced
Beach C lub and w ith Goiri Beach
U O -O
A B S K H eoa-i tea Lynn H » « p lo n
countries, believing th a t if the a t sev eral stores and shops in the th a t the idea of th e R o ta ry C lub
w*re joint sponsors lor the P o rt
•H .'-W
Huy W»wen«an
Lyan Hainprixi
countrrah of th e free w orld can neighborhood and introduce»! tdm w hich had appealed to a sm art
O rford Club.
1
Libya U e ”
.
Hxaaptwn
get
acquainted, they can get to the proprietors, who w ere hi» group ot friend» m (Tiicago could
K 4 -3 B
Warren Sm nh
Lyon
P rem m en t m em bers »f tbs* Club aiang together m a free w</rlct
frtonds. Paul H a rris' law clien ts
(Cootinued < h i P ag e 4»
Paul Harris Founder of Rotary Club
History of Club Given Here