1955-56	A. Z. Baker (Cleveland, Ohio, USA)	Develop our Resources	Philadelphia, PA, USA June 3-7 (10,003)
1956-57	Gian Paolo Lang (Livorno, Italy)	3 Targets 1956-57:  1. Keep Rotary simple;  2. More Rotary in Rotarians;  3. Learn More About Each Other	Lucerne, Switzerland May 19-23 (9,702)
1957-58	Charles G. Tennent (Asheville, North Carolina, USA)	Enlist-Extend-Explore-Serve	Dallas, TX, USA June 1-5 (14,035)
1958-59	Clifford A. Randall (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)	Help Shape the Future	New York, NY, USA June 7-11 (15,475)
1959-60	Harold T. Thomas (Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)	Vitialize!  Personalize!  Build Bridges of Friendship	Miami-Miami Beach, FL, USA May 29-June 2 (11,354)
1960-61	J. Edd McLaughlin (Ralls, Texas, USA)	You are Rotary -- Live It!  Express It!  Expand It!	Tokyo, Japan May 28-June1 (23,366)
1961-62	Joseph A. Abey (Reading #88, Pennsylvania, USA)	Act Aim for Action Communicate for Understanding Test for Leadership	Los Angeles, CA, USA June 3-7 (22,302)
1962-63	Nitish C. Laharry (Calcutta, India)	Kindle the Spark Within	St. Louis, MO, USA June 9-13 (10,779)
1963-64	Carl P. Miller (New) (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)	Meeting Rotary's Challenge in the Space Age	Toronto, ON, Canada June 7-11 (14,661)
1964-65	Charles W. Pettengill (Greenwich, Connecticut, USA)	Live Rotary	Atlantic City, NJ, USA May 30 - June 3 (9,368)
1965-66	C. P. H. Teenstra (Hilversum, The Netherlands)	Action, Consolidation and Continuity	Denver, CO, USA June 12-16 (12,929)
1966-67	Richard L. Evans (New) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)	A Better World Through Rotary	Nice, France May 21-25 (19,362)
1967-68	Luther H. Hodges (New) (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA)	Make Your Rotary Membership Effective	México City, México May 12-16 (11,840)
1968-69	Kiyoshi Togasaki (Tokyo, Japan)	Participate!	Honolulu, HI, USA May 25-29 (14,453)

In the August 1931 issue of The Rotarian, RI President Sydney W. Pascall of Great Britain wrote an article called "Consolidate, Investigate, Translate." He was the first European to be elected RIP. In his think-piece he talks about the need for RI to be able to communicate with all its members in their own languages. His third paragraph reads as follows: "I have no slogan to suggest, no motto for the year, and Rotary needs no motto other than "Service" - "Service" unqualified, unconditional. "Let him that would be great among you be servant of all"; that is the Rotarian's high aim." My first response is that there are three great mottos here, (1) Consolidate, Investigate, Translate, (2) Service and (3) Service, Unqualified, Unconditional. Second, he embraces the universal concept of service, and everything else in Rotary is a subset.  

Doug Rudman