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11 unusual facts about Rotary International


Ali Yıldırım Koç

Ali Koç is a Rotarian and a member of the Istanbul Open Sea Yacht Club and New York Yacht Club.

International Christian University

ICU houses one of the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution, partnering with Rotary International.

J. Sterling Morton High School District 201

A group of thirteen civic groups, headed by the local Rotary Club, concluded their own investigation.

James E. Briggs

Briggs was a member of Rotary International, the Order of Daedalians, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, vice chairman for the campaign committee of the Texas United Fund and a member of the board of directors for the Air Force Academy Foundation.

Matteo Brancaleoni

President for two years of the Rotaract Club "Alba Langhe e Roero" (2009–2010) is a member of the Rotary Club of Alba.

Rotary International

Sergio Mulitsch di Palmenberg (1923–1987), Governor of RI District 204 (1984–1985), founder of the RC of Treviglio and Pianura Bergamasca (Italy), was the man who inspired and promoted the RI PolioPlus vaccination campaign.

Rotary Racer

The name Rotary Racer came from the team's first sponsors -Rotary International of Chipping Sodbury.

Rotary Wind Quintet

The Rotary Quintet was composed in September 1997 on a commission from Henrik Rolf Hanstein, President of the Rotary Club of Cologne-Römerturm, on the occasion of the club's 25th anniversary.

Terrey Hills, New South Wales

Rotary International has a branch in Terrey Hills branch, that meets regularly at one of the local restaurants.

Yeoh Ghim Seng

Yeoh was a Public Service Star (B.B.M.) recipient, an active Rotarian, and a Justice of the Peace who also served as chairman of various boards including the Detainees' Aftercare Association and the University of Singapore Council.

Zuidlaren

It was named like that by R.C. Zuidlaren-Anloo, the local Rotary club, because the payment for the statue was donated by a Rotary club from Achim, Germany.


Abbey104

Oliver Letwin, a local MP, was invited to the official launch at the Eastbury Hotel, Sherborne along with representatives of the local Lions Club and Rotary Club.

Achim Moeller

Moeller is a member of Rotary International, the Century Association, New York, the American Council on Germany, the Association of Friends of the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard.

Chase Headley

Other high school honors included being named 2002 Player of the Year by the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2002 Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year by Rotary International/KRDO-TV, and 2002 Male Athlete of the Year by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Ed Wilkes

Wilkes was a member of the Southwest Rotary International, National Association of Farm Broadcasters, Texas Tech Ex-Students Association, and the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech.

Fresno Chaffee Zoo

In 1949, the zoo's iconic Asian elephant Nosey was obtained with help from the Fresno Rotary Club (Nosey's name was determined by a city-wide "Name-the-Elephant Contest").

Gillian Sorensen

An experienced public speaker, she has addressed audiences as diverse as Rotary International and the United States Air Force Academy; university students; journalists and leaders of civil society.

Guy Hocquenghem

Open letter to those who moved from Mao collars to Rotary wheels, Marseilles, Agone (1986) was republished in 2003 with a foreword by Serge Halimi ISBN 2-7489-0005-7

James F. Thompson

In this role, he led the creation of the new Global Framework agreements for USAID, and built relationships with The Starbucks Coffee Company, Rotary International and Seaboard Corporation.

Jonathan Simons

Before entering medical school, Simons studied as a Rotary International Postgraduate Fellow in the Humanities at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, and a Nuffield Foundation Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge.

Lawrence Anthony

The Rotary International Paul Harris Fellowship for outstanding contribution to the ideals of Rotary.

Max Maxfield

He is also on the Board of Directors of the Cheyenne Animal Shelter, a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow and a hospice board member.

Morgan Park, Chicago

Rotary International was formed in Morgan Park at the home of Paul P. Harris at 10856 Longwood Drive, and today the house is owned and maintained by that organization as a memorial to him.

Port Perry High School

Mrs. Farndale has been the recipient of many awards: the Ontario Crafts Council John Mather award for Lifetime Achievement; a 10-year volunteer service award winner from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Communications; the Paul Harris Fellow Award winner from the Rotary International Club of Port Perry; a 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal and an International Year of the Volunteer Certificate of Honour recipient from Lakeridge Health Corporation.

Rocco Rossi

He is also a supporter of Rotary International, Presidents of Enterprising Organizations and the Young Presidents' Organization.

Service club

Many of these service clubs were started early in the 20th century, such as Apex Clubs of Australia, Altrusa International, JCI, Sertoma, Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Exchange, Optimists, Soroptimists, KIN Canada, Zonta and Alpha Phi Omega, .

Susan Fennell

Fennell is an Honorary Member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 15, an Honorary Member of the Brampton Kiwanis and Zonta clubs, and has been honoured with Rotary International's Paul Harris Fellowship.

Trentoniana

Trentoniana has also become the designated repository for the archival collections of many local organizations, including the Trenton Lions, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), the Trenton Historical Society, the Mill Hill Society, Trenton Rotary, and the Jewish Historical Society of the Greater Trenton Area.

Whistler Water

Following the humanitarian emergency caused by Tropical Storm Washi in Cagayan de Oro, Whistler Water together with Rotary World Help Network Inter­national shipped 80,000 bottles of water to the Philippines.

Wong Tape

Wong Tape was a founding member of the Hong Kong chapter of Rotary International, and of the University of Hong Kong.

Xavier Briggs

He later received a BS in engineering from Stanford University, worked with the innovative planning firm of Moore Iacofano Goltsman in Berkeley, CA, and won a Rotary Scholarship to study education and community development in Brazil, living in Salvador, Bahia.