H. J. Brunnier

(The star (*) after the name indicates those presidents who are deceased) President's Name H.J. Brunnier* Presidential Year 1952-1953 Theme   Biography CLICK HERE Home Town (San Francisco, California, USA) Convention Host/ Convention History Paris, France May 24-28 (10,107) Other Information Elected president of SF#2 His wife's name was "Ann." One of the two first Rotary Anns. Bru's anecdotes Created Rotary's District System Tom J. Davis Fernando Carbajal Charles L. Wheeler Richard H. Wells T. A. Warren Richard C. Hedke S. Kendrick Guernsey Angus S. Mitchell Percy Hodgson Arthur Lagueux Frank E. Spain H.J. Brunnier Joaquin Serratosa Cibils Herbert J. Taylor Henry J. Brunnier arrived in San Francisco on May 4, 1906 just after the 1906 earthquake. He was on loan from his employer the New York Edison Company to the firm Ford, Bacon and Davis, engineers for United Railroads.   His job was to help rebuild the streetcar system that had been destroyed by the earthquake.  Seeing the opportunity to provide consulting engineering services to help rebuild San Francisco, he opened his own practice on June 1, 1908.   Shortly after he joined a new business service organization called Rotary.  Both organizations will celebrate 100 years of service in 2008.