In 1440 the name was written Glares, Glarer, Glaren, in 1500 Glor, and later, depending on the village where the family lived first: Glar, then Glaar and finally Gloor (Birrwil/Schwaderhof/Seengen).
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Gloor is a family name from Aargau, a canton in northern Switzerland.
The Executive Steering Committee consists of Alec Arho Havrén, Sari Arho Havrén, Anna Hrdlicka, Bishop Lennart Koskinen, Alfred Kwok, Tomas Otterström, Marianne Samuelsson, Jenny Harler, Professor Derek Shearer, Professor Kai Wartiainen, Professor Dr Po Chi Wu, Pasi Rutanen, Carola Wictorsson, Doris Kwan, and Charles Gloor.