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Calum Thomson |
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of History, Calum Thomson, CPF, PHF, Major Donor, Benefactor. Transport
Management, RC of Longniddry & District, RI D1020 Zone 17. District 1020 District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair 2007-10, District Grants Sub-committee Chair 2004-07, Member, RIBI Foundation Committee 2009-10, Zone 17 Co-ordinator RI Health and Hunger Resource Group 2009-10, Researcher/writer and History Fellow for Rotary Global History since the winter of 2001 Cal is also the coordinator for the conventions and convention host clubs sections. He is also contributing editor for "Our Foundation Newsletter" and a former contributing Editor of What Paul Harris Said 2006-08. Since 2011, Vice President of History for RGHF, and an essay writer since 2011. He was awarded the "Ches Perry" Fellowship by the Rotary Club of Chicago. Appointed to the board in January of 2004. Elected to the 2004 Board and served as vice-chairman to the 2005-06 Board. Calum served as Chairman/President of RGHF from 2006-2007. Calum Thomson Has both LLB and MA degrees and is a member of the Institute of Transport and Logistics (MILT) - and an Associate Member of the Institute of Transport Administration (AMInstTA). "Looking at my Pelican History of America's index, I cannot find any references to "Rotary" or "Paul Harris". I do, incidentally, find the names of some eminent Rotarians such as Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D Roosevelt. We shall have to find our own history. Understanding the past is, obviously, important in helping to explain the present. Why, for example, did the movement expand so rapidly? The answer lies with the early pioneers who understood that the "Booster" concept of self interest was flawed and only appropriate for short-term advantage. If the movement could adapt to serve the community both at home and abroad, it would be able to attract men (and women) from every part of the globe. Rotary has to provide history as a resource for all of its 30,000 clubs. In the age of the world-wide web, it is so easy for one inaccuracy to spread like a common cold. The "History of Rotary" Project web site should be a repository of all definitive answers. Rotarians, the world over, can examine the past and also read of Rotary critics such as G. B. Shaw or H. L. Mencken and realise that in reality, the sternest critics are club members themselves. So, let us learn from the past and try to live up to those who began these Adventures in Service." |
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Harris' last article of his presidency, The Rotarian, 1912 Rare 1933 photo from the Boston Convention with Paul Harris Harris and Perry and the Object of Rotary Sydney Pascall, 1931-32, London
Tom Warren, RIBI President 1937-38, RI President 1945-46 (Biography) Herb Taylor 1954-55 "The Four Way Test," and an essay
Early Leaders
Arthur Sheldon's philosophy "behind the motto"
Jim Davidson
Lillian Dow Davidson's book "Making New Friends"
Women of Rotary Jean Harris
Jean Harris Centennial Tribute
The Inner Wheel
Global History The early history of Australia
Early Clubs of Asia
Calcutta The early history of New Zealand Wanganui club war efforts (photo) Forward by New Zealand Prime Minister, S. G. Holland, 14 January 1955 Rotarian writes about leadership, in 1941
General History
More Critics of Early Rotary
Other Organizations
Benjamin Franklin's "Rotary-like" Club
Famous Rotarians
Rotary and global conflict
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI)
BARC the British Association of Rotary Clubs The RIBI Magazine Essay on Robert Burns, published in ROTARY
Rotary International Conventions
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
Club Histories
How ROTARY/One's book "The Golden Strand" got its name 2 San Francisco The early practice of "Boosting, " and other San Francisco memorabilia 5 Los Angeles The National Rotary Club of Los Angeles 41 Jacksonville Paul Harris and the Jacksonville Rotary Club 50 London Beveridge Report on Social Welfare 66 Manchester "The New World Movement - Service" from The Rotarian from Dec 1913 by Charles B Penwarden 79 Atlanta |
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