Souvenir 2020

Rotary Club of
Madhyapur
2020
Service above Self
Paul P. Harris 1869-1947
Founder of Rotary
Born 19-Apr-1869 Died 27-Jan-1947
Paul P. Harris was born at Racine, Wisconsin, USA on
April 19, 1869. A man with varied experiences, he received
the Bachelor of Physical Culture and LLD degrees from the
University of Vermont and the LLB degree from the University
of Iowa. He was later awarded a honorary PhD in 1933 by
the University of Vermont.
He worked as a newspaper reporter, a business college
teacher, a cowboy and a salesman for a marble and granite
concern, before finally settling down in Chicago as a lawyer
in 1896. In July 1910, he married Jean Thompson, a Scottish
girl and a co-member of the Chicago prairie club.
The first Rotary Club was formed on February 23, 1905
by Paul Harris with Sylvester Schiele – a coal merchant,
Gustavus Loehr-a mining engineer and Hiram Shorey-a
merchant tailor, to bring together business and professional
men in friendship and fellowship. This first club meeting
formed the nucleus for the thousands of Rotary clubs that
were later organised throughout the world. These new clubs
were called "Rotary" because members met in rotation in
their various places of business.
Paul Harris was elected President in the First Rotary
Convention for the year 1910-11. He was then re-elected
President for 1911-12 of the National association of Rotary
Clubs. Their bulletin came to be known as "The National
Rotarian".
Elected President Emeritus of Rotary International in
1912, he was active in Rotary until his death on 27-Jan-1947.
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