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Notable Rotarians in History and Locally
October 6, 2013
Tari Marshall-Day, Immediate Past President of the Rotary Club of Meriden creates a newsletter for the local club and shares it with the Greater Meriden Chamber. The Meriden Rotary Club is a member in good standing with the Greater Meriden Chamber. About Rotary: The 1.2 million-member organization started with the vision of one man: Paul P. Harris. The Chicago attorney formed one of the world's first service organizations, the Rotary Club of Chicago, on 23 February 1905 as a place where professionals with diverse backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong friendships. Rotary's name came from the group's early practice of rotating meetings among the offices of each member. Here is a list of some of the "Notable Rotarians". Rotarians are your neighbors, your community leaders and some of the world's greatest history-makers: Warren G. Harding, U.S. President; Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer; Dr. Charles H. Mayo, co-founder of Mayo Clinic; Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor of the wireless radio and Nobel laureate; Thomas Mann, German novelist and Nobel laureate; Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and Nobel laureate; Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer; Jan Masaryk, foreign minister of Czechoslovakia; H.E. Soleiman Frangieh, president of Lebanon; Dianne Feinstein, U.S. senator; Manny Pacquaio, Filipino world-champion boxer and congressman; Richard Lugar, U.S. senator; Frank Borman, American astronaut; Edgar A. Guest, American poet and journalist; Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish entertainer; Franz Lehar, Austrian composer; Lennart Nilsson, Swedish photographer; James Cash Penney, founder of JC Penney Co.; Carlos Romulo, UN General Assembly president; Sigmund Sternberg, English businessman and philanthropist. Ready to make history with Rotary? Get involved. Contact Rotary President Cliff Carlson at (203) 514-5111.
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