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The Rotary Club of Milan was officially established on December
20, 1923 - the first Rotary Club in Italy and one of the first
anywhere in Europe. The opening of the Milanese Club was the result of the
initiative shown by a small group of enthusiastic proponents, including
Irish engineer Leo Giulio Culleton, Scotsman James Henderson (Vice-President
of Cucirini Cantoni Coats, Englishman Reginald Price Mountney (Financial
Correspondent for the Manchester Guardian), Canadian Wendell Clark
(commissary of the Canadian government) and Italian lawyer Achille Bossi.
This group met often between June and December 1923 and the members were
soon joined by others who were in attendance for the foundation meeting,
held on December 20 of that same year.
The founder members were as follows:
Alberto Edoardo Bianchi, President of Soc. Chimica Lombarda
A. E . Bianchi
Senator Borletti, President of Linificio and Canapificio
Nazionale
Achille Bossi, Commercial lawyer
Gianni Caproni, President of Soc. Italiana Caproni
Primo Crivelli, Stockbroker
Leo Giulio Culleton, Engineer
Enrico De Giovanni, Owner of the and . De Giovanni Safety
Glass Company
Beniamino Donzelli, President of Azienda Cartaria Italiana
Federico Guasti, Notary
Gaspare Guasti, Consultant
James Henderson, Vice President and Managing Director of
S.A. Cucirini Cantoni Coats
Carlo Mira, industrialist specializing in yarn and thread
Count Girolamo Moroni, Owner of the G. Moroni Asbestos
Company
Reginald Price Mountney, Financial Correspondent for the
Manchester Guardian
Giorgio Mylius, Manager of the F. E . Mylius Textile Export
Company
Reginald George Taylor, Owner of the R. G. Taylor Fire
Extinguisher Company
James Henderson was the first President of the Rotary
Club of Milan, with Leo Giulio Culleton as the first Secretary. In 1925,
Senator Prof. Luigi Mangiagalli was elected President, followed a year later
by Pietro Soldini.
The Rotary Club of Milan was suspended on December 31, 1938 and
reconstituted on November 11, 1946.
The following have all been Presidents of the Club:
1923-24 and 1924-25:
James Henderson |
1925-26:
Luigi Mangiagalli and Piero Pirelli |
1926-27:
Pietro Soldini |
1927-28 and 1928-29:
Carlo Tarlarini |
1929-30 and 1930-31:
Giuseppe Bianchini |
1931-32 and 1932-33:
Giacinto Motta |
1933-34:
Giovanni Bognetti |
1934-35 and 1935-36:
Raimondo Targetti |
1936-37 and 1937-38:
Senatore Borletti |
1938:
Piero Portaluppi |
1946-47 and 1947-48:
Arturo Danusso |
1948-49:
Camillo Giussan |
1949-50:
Ettore Conti di Verampio |
1950-51 and 1951-52:
Cesare Chiodi |
1952-53 and 1953-54:
Carlo Foà |
1954-55 and 1955-56:
Giampiero Bognetti |
1956-57 and 1957-58:
Alfonso Sella |
1958-59 and 1959-60:
Carlo Galamini di Recanati |
1960-61 and 1961-62:
Franco Brambilla |
1962-63 and 1963-64:
Severino Pagani |
1964-65 and 1965-66:
Silvio Coggi |
1966-67 and 1967-68:
Riccardo Ricas Castagnedi |
1968-69 and 1969-70:
Giuseppe Lauro |
1970-71 and 1971-72:
Pino Ferrario |
1972-73 and 1973-74:
Adrio Casati |
1974-75 and 1975-76:
Armando Frumento |
1976-77 and 1977-78:
Remo Franceschelli |
1978-79 and 1979-80:
Marcello Zavelani Rossi |
1980-81 and 1981-82:
Libero Mazza |
1982-83 and 1983-84:
Federico Magnifico |
1984-85 and 1985-86:
Ettore Coggi |
1986-87 and 1987-88:
Giandomenico Pisapia |
1988-89 and 1989-90:
Giancarlo Giambelli |
1990-91 and 1991-92:
Giuseppe Pellicanò |
1992-93 and 1993-94:
Pier Giusto Jaeger |
1994-95 and 1995-96:
Giancarlo Lunati |
1996-97
Filiberto Pittini |
1997-98 and 1998-99:
Giovanni Bognetti |
1998-99 and 1999-2000:
Carlo Guastamacchia |
2000-01 and 2001-2002:
Mario Talamona |
2002-03 and 2003-2004:
Luciano Martini |
2004-05 and 2005-2006:
Adolfo Zavelani Rossi |
2006-2007 and 2007-2008:
Enrico Bellezza |
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ITALIANO
L’istituzione
ufficiale del Rotary Club Milano, primo Rotary Club in Italia e tra i
primi in Europa, avvenuta il 20 dicembre 1923, fu il risultato
dell’iniziativa di un piccolo gruppo di entusiasti promotori, tra i
quali l’ingegnere irlandese Leo Giulio Culleton, lo scozzese James
Henderson, vicepresidente della Cucirini Cantoni Coats, l’inglese
Reginald
Price Mountney, corrispondente finanziario del Manchester Guardian, il
canadese Wendell Clark, commissario del Governo del Canada e l’avvocato
Achille Bossi.
A questo gruppo di promotori , che si erano
riuniti più volte tra i mesi di giugno e di dicembre 1923, si aggiunsero
altre persone che risultarono presenti alla seduta di fondazione del 20
dicembre.James Henderson fu il primo Presidente del Rotary Club Milano,
mentre Leo Giulio Culleton ne fu il primo segretario. Nel 1925 venne
eletto Presidente il Senatore Prof. Luigi Mangiagalli, che nel 1926
venne sostituito dal Gr. Uff. Pietro Soldini.
Il Rotary Club
Milano fu sospeso il 31 dicembre 1938 e ricostituito l’11 novembre
1946.
Pietro Brunoldi, July 5, 2008 |
James Henderson
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