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RUFUS CHAPIN Treasurer 1912-1945 |
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 (From
the 1938 convention in San Francisco) As always the business of the
Convention could be monotonous. Although we remember that Chesley Perry
served as Secretary for 32 years, another Chicago Rotarian served for
many years in an important position. Rufus F Chapin took care of Rotary
finances for many years and was here told "You are re-elected Treasurer
of Rotary International as usual".Rufus Chapin is mentioned at the 1939 Convention when he shows his modesty. Chapin was a Charter Trustee of the Rotary Endowment fund. Read about his family background In 1930, general secretary Ches Perry organized a committee to write the early history of Rotary. The first meetings were at the home of Rufus Chapin. Rufus was known for his wit. At a convention, when it was asked that there be a unanimous vote for him as treasurer of RI for the coming year, he shouted no. After the laughter had subsided, he still got the last laugh by refusing to come on stage to accept the applause. Earlier in his Rotary life, sometime after he took office as the president of the Rotary Club of Chicago, in June of 1918, he was asked to write an "autobiography" for The Rotarian. What he wrote, and our historian, Dr. Wolfgang Ziegler, in August of 2003, found was the following. Chapin's "Auto Biography" is about an "Automobile." READ THE "AUTO" BIOGRAPHY |
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