There are several possible founders of the Rotary Clubs in Vienna, Prague and Budapest, but one name and one club appears in every account .  These names are Frank Molloy (also found at www.earlyleaders.org)and the Doncaster Rotary Club from England.  In the records for Vienna, Molloy is called the ‘Grundungsbeauftrager’  (foundation agent)  and the Doncaster Club the ‘Patenclub’.   It was recorded in the club’s annals that Molly “had been selected by Headquarters to pay a visit to the Continent and to inaugurate the Rotary Clubs of Budapest and Vienna.  It is not clear whether the headquarters was of RI or RIBI.   The charter was presented to Vienna on October 19, 1925 by RI Commissioner Willem de Cock Buning.  Besides Molloy, there were 2 other Doncaster members as well as members from Barnsley and Rotherham.

In 1990 at the re-chartering of the Budapest Club, a brochure told of a large party of British Rotarians, many from Doncaster, attended the inaugural meeting of the Budapest Club on October 30, 1925.   Prague also noted the work of Molloy at their inaugural meeting.

A year later, another group led by Molloy toured Europe visiting the same three clubs and establishing youth exchange and other joint activities.  When Paul Harris attended a major rally of Rotarians in 1928, Dr Hyka a Vice President of the Prague Club was among those who came to meet him.  The Doncaster Club about the same time presented all three clubs with Presidents’ Chairs and Vienna and Prague with Presidents  Jewels.