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History of Rotary in Switzerland

Left to right - D1990, D1980, D2000

Part of our section on the History of Rotary in Europe

First Club: Zurich

RC of Gallen, from The Rotarian February 1926, courtesy of Dr. Wolfgang Ziegler, 17 April 2006

Lausanne, SW

Rotary Club of Lausanne, Switzerland. Rotary International District 1990 · Rotary Switzerland. Host of the RI Convention of 1973 ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/clubs/ clubs-with-conventions/lausanne/ - 35k -

Aarau, Swiss

Rotary Club of Aarau, Switzerland. Rotary International District 1980. Home of RI President. Robert R. Barth, 1993-1994 (convention site) ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/clubs/clubs-of-rips/aarau/ - 28k -

Rotary Club of Zurich

Rotary Club of Zurich, the First Club of Switzerland. Rotary International District. There are two PDF files with the Club's history in German "Founding" ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/global/countries/zurich/ - 30k -

First Club of each Rotary Country

Switzerland – Zurich, 23 May 24. 1924-25 Everett W. Hill · Alaska – Ketchikan, 22 Apr 25, Statehood 3 January 1959. Guatemala – Ciudad de Guatemala ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/global/countries/ - 277k -

RC of Munich

The Rotary Club of Munich has established close and intimate relationships with its partner clubs in St. Gallen/Switzerland (since 1954) and Merano/Italy ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/global/conflict/munich/ - 41k -

Emil Ludwig

In 1906 he moved to Switzerland but during World War I he worked as a ... He returned to Switzerland after the war and died in 1948, in Moscia, near Ascona. ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/philosophy/ludwig/ - 37k -

Sofia Bulgaria

... Continental European Office in Zurich, Switzerland, expressing their interest in reinstating the existence and activities of the Rotary Club of Sofia. ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/global/countries/bulgaria/ - 96k -

Civitan International

Switzerland and Canada failed, but leaders kept trying. ... Switzerland, in 1922. In May of 1925 the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Civitan Club was chartered. ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/history/ history/otherorganizations/civitan/ - 70k -

RI Conventions

Lucerne, Switzerland May 19-23 (9702). 1957-58. Dallas, TX, USA June 1-5 (14035). 1958-59 ... Lausanne, Switzerland · May 13-17 (17187). 1973-74 ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/ conventions/conventions.htm - 111k -

RI Presidents 1955 -1968

Lucerne, Switzerland May 19-23 (9702). 1957-58. Charles G. Tennent · (Asheville, North Carolina, USA). Enlist-Extend-Explore-Serve. Dallas, TX, USA ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/1955.htm - 64k -

1956 Lang

3. Learn More About Each Other. Home Town, (Livorno, Italy). Convention Host/. Convention History, Lucerne, Switzerland May 19-23 (9702) ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/1956lang/ - 44k -

1924 Toronto

By 1924, Rotary had soared past the 100000 member mark and new countries such as Switzerland and Bermuda entered the Rotary family. ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/conventions/1924/ - 47k -

1927 Ostende

... Holland (6), Belgium (8), Italy (17), Switzerland (10), Czecho-Slovakia (7), Austria (3), Hungary (1), Portugal (1), Sweden (1) and Finland (1). ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/conventions/1927/ - 55k -

1925 Cleveland

1925 saw the first mainland European office of Rotary International open in Zurich, Switzerland (February 7th). Rotary was stretching outwards as a ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/conventions/1925/ - 34k -

Praha (Prague)

The Charter Presentation was held on November 1, 1925, with delegates of various Rotary Clubs from Great Britain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and the United ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/global/countries/czechoslovakia/ - 38k -

Life before Work

... the luxury of their automobiles and join the boys of Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, England, and other European countries on their educational hikes? ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/philosophy/ perspectives/patriotism.htm - 41k -

Italian

1993/94 – Robert Barth Robarth - Holding, Switzerland. “Credete in ciò che fate, fate ciò in cui credete”. 1994/95 – Bill Huntley - Alford & Mablethorpe, ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/themes/italian.htm - 67k -

Marshall Carl-Gustaf Mannerheim

His last years he spent quietly, mainly in Switzerland, where he died in 1951 at the age of 83. In 1892 Mannerheim married Anastasia Arapova, ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/clubs/ clubs-of-rips/helsinki/mannerheim.htm - 62k -

History of RIBI

... the Lausanne Convention—William C. Carter as incoming Presi­dent of Rotary International—an air disaster in Switzerland— "The Future of Rotary" ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/library/levy/ - 75k -

1993 Barth

Home Town, (Aarau, Switzerland). Convention Host/. Convention History, Taipei, Taiwan · June 12-15 (31161). Quick jump to individual RI President's Pages ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/1993barth/ - 43k -

1972 Hickman

Theme, Let's Take a New Look -- And Act. Home Town, Birmingham , Alabama, USA). Convention Host/. Convention History, Lausanne, Switzerland ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/1972hickman/ - 43k -

Helen Keller

Tuesday morning, May 21, 1957, in the second plenary session of the International Convention held in Lucerne, Switzerland, the Keynote Address was given by ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/women/famous/keller/ - 46k -

RI Presidents 1983 -1996

(Aarau, Switzerland). Believe in What You Do -- Do What You Believe in. Taipei, Taiwan · June 12-15 (31161). 1994-95. William H. Huntley ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/1983.htm - 62k -

RI Presidents 1969-1982

Lausanne, Switzerland · May 13-17 (17187). 1973-74. William C. Carter (Old Windsor, Berkshire, England). Member: RC of Battersea, London. A Time for Action ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/1969.htm - 66k -

Rotary Abbreviations

Office of the Secretariat in Zurich, Switzerland, which serves Rotary in Continental Europe, Africa, and the Eastern Mediterranean region. ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/ history/headings/abbreviations.htm - 190k -

President's Themes

(Aarau, Switzerland). Believe in What You Do -- Do What You Believe in. 1994-95. William H. Huntley · (Alford & Mablethorpe , Lincs., England). Be a Friend ...
www.rotaryfirst100.org/presidents/themes/ - 153k -
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