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Sydney RGHF zone 20an
board member DG 15/16 Ijeoma Pearl Okoro and RGHF zone 08 board
member Tom Shanahan |
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13/14 Ron Burton and RIP 02/03 Jon Majiyagbeand four more RGHF
members were inducted in 2013. |
 Bill
Turner and Sue Davis-Hornby, Denver 2012 |
 RI
President Sakuji
Tanaka, Bangkok 2012 |
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May 2012, Bangkok. RGHF Executive Vice President Prakash Saraswat,
India |
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Aug 2011 Richards P. Lyon, Napa, California, USA |
 1905
Awards at IC11, New Orleans. |
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 2010
- Our 1905 Society Awards at our 10th
anniversary went
to five RGHF members |
 RIBI
President 2000-2001 Norman
Proctor with
RGHF board member Tim Tucker |
 Presentation
of 1905 Society Awards at the 100th convention, Birmingham, UK 2009 More.... |
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1.JPG) 2008 Awards:
MattsIngemanson, USA; Joe Kagle,
USA; RIPN John Kenny, Scotland; Jack M. B. Selway, USA and Calum
Thomson, Scotland.Story here... |
 There
were three members of RGHF inducted into the "1905 Society" at the
2007 Salt
Lake City Convention. PDG Geri Apple, USA; PDG Eddie Blender,
USA; and RGHF Senior Historian Basil Lewis, UK. Story
here... |
 Wilf
Wilkinson 2007
RI President Wilf accepted his nomination to the 1905 Society at the
2006 Zones 25/26 Institute. More.... |
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 Donald Murphy As
this project grew, so did the need for webmasters and leadership.
From a field of over 20 webmasters, one rapidly emerged at a leader.This
Rotarian became the
managing webmaster for the entire project, a consultant to the board
of directors on management, insurance, bylaws and an assistant to
the chairman. He also laid plans for a complete revision of the
website, guiding the webmaster team to achieve new technology,
architecture and design to be introduced to the Rotary world in July
of 2004. In addition he is creating a special project of the
writings and books of all presidents of Rotary International. |
 RGHF Senior
Historian Dr.
Wolfgang Ziegler On
16 November 2006, RGHF founding member and past chairman Matts
Ingemansontraveled to Bavaria, from his home in New York City,
to present the "1905 Society" award to Historian Ziegler. Since
2001. Wolfgang is the #1 contributor to this large project. He
became  of
the world's experts on Paul Harris, Ches Perry, and early presidents
of Rotary. His volume of work is found at the link above. He was
also elected as a Life Member of RGHF in 2009 whatpaulharriswrote.org is
almost entirely his work. Photo
essay on the presentation. |
 Richard
H. McKay Dick
McKay was one of the four
founders of the Rotary Global History Fellowship project and
served as secretary/treasurer from 2001 to 2004. In 2004 he was
named the first emeritus member of the organization, 5 January 2004,
as "Founding Secretary Treasurer Emeritus" while continuing to sit
on the fellowship board. As the 2003-04 president of Rotary Club of
Chicago, he was the first club president to ring Rotary
International's centennial
bell on 1 July 2003. |
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 Carl-Wilhelm
Stenhammar,
of the Rotary
Club of Gateborg, Sweden, President of Rotary
International in 2005-06. Presentation made by Rotary Global History
Fellowship senior historian PDG Dr. Eddie Blender, in Denver,
January 2006 |
 Glenn
Estess, Sr. Glenn
led Rotary during its centennial year and planned to honor the
founders and the history of Rotary. 2004-2005 |
Jonathan Majiyagbe The
first black president and the first from Africa of Rotary
International, from Kano, Nigeria. A strong believer in the value of
history. 2003-2004. Shown with Rotary Global History Fellowship
founder Jack M. B. Selway |
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Bhichai Rattakul A
former delegate to the United Nations from his native country,
Thailand, Bhichai was president in 2002-2003.Shown
with Rotary Global History Fellowship founding member PDG Eddie
Blender |
 Rick
King Rick
encouraged the use of the history fellowship to increase
communication among clubs. RI President 2001-2002 |
 Frank
Devlyn Frank
endorsed the history fellowship and became an advisor of the project
in 2003. He called history an "instrumental tool for those
forward-thinking people who wish to learn from our history, in order
to guide our future." Frank Devlyn was RI president 1999-2000. Shown
with Rotary Global History Fellowship founding member PDG Geri
Appel. |
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 Glen
Kinross Glen,
the fifth president from Australia and New Zealand was president
from 1997-1998 |
 Luis
Giay Luis
worked with a history fellowship after his presidency. 1996-1997.Shown
with Rotary Global History Fellowship founder Jack M. B. Selway |
Cliff Dochterman &
Mary Elena Dochterman
Cliff served as RI president
from 1992-1993. His book the "ABC's" of Rotary added greatly to our
history. A noted historian, speaker and author. |
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 Gary Huang Vice
President of Rotary in 2000, RIP
2014/15 |
Norbert Turco RI
treasurer in 2001 and a strong supporter of Rotary Global History
Fellowship - Archive. |
 Keith
Bernard-JonesDirector of
Zones 17-18 for 2001-2003, in the UK and Ireland. Keith supported
and contributed to the history fellowship. Shown
with Rotary Global History Fellowship founder Jack M. B. Selway |
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Floyd Olson Floyd
was RI director for Zones 23-24 from 2001-2003 and supported the
project on his zone website |
 Lynn and
Norma Hammond RI
director Lynn Hammond was a great friend of the history fellowship.
He and his wife Norma were the inspiration for our "What
Paul Harris Said" feature. He served in zones 25-26 from
2000-2002 |
 Jerry
Meigs Jerry
represented zones 27-28, 2001-2003, during the formative years of
the history fellowship and was a strong supporter. Shown
with Rotary Global History Fellowship founding member PDG Geri Appel |
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 Don
Osburn
Don was a good friend of
history from the beginning, serving as director 2000-2002 from zones
31-32.
He served as the aide to President
Glenn Estess in 2004-2006 |
 David
Michaux David
represented zones 34-35 from 2000-2002 and supported the project on
his zone website. |
 Mike
Pinson Mike
represented zones 25-26 on the RI board from 2002-2004 and promoted
Rotary Global History Fellowship - Archive.Shown with
Rotary Global History Fellowship founding member, PDG Eddie Blender |
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 Robin
K. Dillow, Formerly RI Archives Department |
 Ed
Futa Ed,
a PDG from Hawaii, became General
Secretary of Rotary
International in 2000 |
Karen Lillie and
Jim Billings These
two Pueblo
#43, Colorado presidents were responsible for allowing this
project to begin when it was part of their own club's website. Shown
with Rotary Global History Fellowship founder Jack M. B. Selway |
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Danny Brock 2001-2002
Utah DG, Danny was active in the building of the history fellowship. |
JoaquÃn MejÃa JoaquÃn,
is from Mexico City, The
first list of the "First Fifty Clubs" was a type written sheet which
he provided. A constant source of support he is a staff member
of Rotary International and an Rotary Global History Fellowship
director. Shown
with Rotary Global History Fellowship founding member PDG Geri
Appel. |
 Garth
Stevens While
dying of cancer, Garth completed the first 10 histories of his
county, New
Zealand. He died shortly after the last was published. A true
hero, gentle-man and friend. His work will forever be his tribute. He
received his "coin" award shortly before he died. |
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 Bill
Ecker Major
General Bill, was the long time executive director of the world's
second club, San
Francisco. He inspired hundred of Rotarians to care about the
history of Rotary. After retirement, he served as president of his
club. He formerly commanded the U.S. Army's Presidio in San
Francisco, CA. Shown
with Rotary Global History Fellowship founder Jack M. B. Selway |
 Marlene Brown Marlene
spent many weeks during the formation of this project to give it a
look, that mostly remains today. She is a hard working Rotarian
known throughout the Rotary world and was named an honorary member
of our committee. In
2008 Marlene became the first eClub member to become a district
Governor |
Tom Todd PDG
Tom was the energy behind Rotary's first ever conference on
technology. His work created greater interest in the internet and
for that we thanked him. Shown
with Rotary Global History Fellowship founder Jack M. B. Selway |
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 Cyndi DeBock Cyndi,
(right) former assistant archivist at Rotary International, was
invaluable in the formation of this project. Her work and touch is
found throughout. She is one of our best friends in Evanston. |
 Jim
Marquis Jim
is past president of the Rotary
Club of Wallingford, which happens meet in the school house
built by Paul Harris' great grand father James Rustin. However, he
lives in the home built by Paul's grand father, Howard. It was in
Jim's home that Paul learned to be a boy and a man. It was
Wallingford which shaped the mind that brought us Rotary and Jim
protects that home for us. Shown
with Rotary Global History Fellowship founder Jack M. B. Selway |
 Helen
Reisler Helen
was the first woman to preside over club #6. And club #6 is RC of
New York City and her year was 2001-2002. She was the leader and the
glue that bound shocked members and a part of a grieving community
after the tragedy of 9/11 when two fully fueled airliners packed
with passengers were used as bombs at New York's World Trade Center.Shown with
Rotary Global History Fellowship founder Jack M. B. Selway |
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 Carlos
Garcia Calzada
Elected to the society in March of
2007. Creator of
our Spanish
language website, long time board member. More.... |
 Davit
Liddiatt President
of R.I.B.I in 2001-2002; RID 2009/11, and a contributor to the
knowledge of British and Irish history on this project. |
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