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FOUNDER JACK SELWAY CARL CARDEY MATTS INGEMANSON DICK MCKAY PDG AMU SHAH
FLORENCE HUI FRANK DEAVER JOE KAGLE BARHIN ALTINOK PDG DENS SHAO
VIJAY MAKHIJA PRID JOHN EBERHARD BASIL LEWIS PDG DON MURPHY TOM SHANAHAN
PDG GERI APPEL PDG DAVE EWING EDWARD LOLLIS PDG JOHN ÖRTENGREN PDG KARI TALLBERG
O. GREG BARLOW JOSE FERNANDEZ-MESA FRANK LONGORIA PDG FRED OTTO CALUM THOMSON
PDG EDDIE BLENDER PRID TED GIFFORD CARL LOVEDAY MIKE RAULIN TIM TUCKER
PIETRO BRUNOLDI DAMIEN HARRIS WOLFGANG ZIEGLER PDG HELEN REISLER NORM WINTERBOTTOM
CARLOS GARCIA CALZADA VIMAL HEMANI MALEK MAHMASSANI PDG RON SEKKEL RICHARDS P. LYON
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PDG INGE ANDERSSON PDG JAMES ANGUS  Deceased RAY MACFARLANE PAUL MCLAIN

PRID John Eberhard

Historians who continue this project
Rotarian Action Groups, RGHF AMBASSADOR DRRAG Liaison: Honorary Member JOHN JANES EBERHARD, Q.C., Rotary Classification: Law - Barrister, Vocation: Retired Lawyer, Member - Rotary Club of London, Past Rotary International Director (2003-2005) John Eberhard has been a supporter of the history project since 2002, and became an advisor to Rotary Global History in late November of 2005 and joined as a member of RGHF in July of 2006.

John Eberhard was a Crown Prosecutor, Judge on the Civil Aviation Tribunal and practising lawyer for 30 years. He holds the honourary designation from the Province of Ontario as Queen's Counsel (Q.C.)

Among several business pursuits, he has been the Chief Administrative Officer of the Canadian Rotary Committee for International Development (CRCID) since 2000. CRCID was established to facilitate co-operation between Rotary clubs in Canada and the Canadian government. It provides matched funds from the Canadian Government to Canadian Rotary Clubs doing World Community Service in partnership with clubs in the developing world.

John's Rotary credentials span 31 years of perfect attendance:

Past President of the Rotary Club of London (1975-76)
Past District Governor of District 6330
International training leader with Rotary International
Founder and Chairman of the International Fellowship of Canoeing Rotarians

Served on many International Committees of RI. Including:

MOP Re-write committee
Chairman of the Constitution and By-laws Committee
Diplomatic Relations Task Force
Rotary's Public Image Steering Committee
Presidential Conference Committee
Zone Trainer and Zone Institute Chairman
Twice attended the Rotary International Council on Legislation (Member-at-large and District representation (1998 and 2002)
Constitutional Documents Simplification Committee
Zone Boundary Re-consideration Committee
On to Convention Committee (Zone 22)

He has represented several RI Presidents at district conferences. John and his partner, Fran both participated in NID's in India. Both are members of the Bequest Society and John and is a recipient of both the Rotary Foundation Certificate for Meritorious Service and the Distinguished Service Award.

John was a Director of Rotary International for the years 2003-05, convened the Zone Institutes for Zone 22 and will be the Chairman of the Board of CRCID from 2003-2007.

John and Fran have two children: Kelly, a lawyer, and Rob, a commercial designer. Fran is Professor Emeritus from the University of Western Ontario. She has been honoured with a Woman of Distinction Award. She has been both an international coach and athlete in basketball and volleyball.