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WHAT TO DO WITH A ( LIBERTY) NICKEL
"He [Paul] uniformly over-estimated his prospective
income and under-estimated his prospective outgo. He was frequently
surprised at times to learn on how small an income a man could live and
retain his standing as a lawyer in a great city. But he was one of many.
One of his associates, Lewis Dalton, a graduate of an Indiana
university, had learned much about hard times in Chicago and he gave
Paul many valuable pointers; for instance, he introduced him to a place
down a half-flight of stairs on Fifth Avenue which Lew had appropriately
named 'Hell's Half Kitchen.' Its chief recommendation lay in the fact
that it dispensed a 'stack of wheats' with syrup for the modest sum of a
nickel. It was an
excellent place to get breakfast."
Paul P. Harris, 1928 "The
Founder of Rotary" |
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The 1905 Society of RGHF - Rotary Global History |
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  In August of 2001, history project founder
Jack Selway attended
a North American presidential conference, in Salt
Lake City, Utah USA. Trying to bring awareness of his new idea to
Rotary leaders, he decided to locate some 1905 Liberty "V" Nickels (the year
acknowledged as the founding of The Rotary Club of Chicago) at local
Salt Lake City coin shops. He then presented these rare coins to some of the leaders
present at that conference. In the next three years, these coins
were presented, mostly by Selway, to leaders in Rotary (below) who showed
stewardship in learning and preserving the history and philosophy of
Rotary. Also download the "1905
Society" story on PDF
RGHF (Rotary Global History) has one tangible connection with the start of the first Rotary club. Paul Harris and his close friends Silvester Schiele and Harry Ruggles most likely carried many of them in 1905.
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1.JPG) 2008
Awards:
Matts Ingemanson, USA; Joe Kagle, USA; RIPN John Kenny, Scotland;
Jack Selway, USA and Calum Thomson, Scotland.
Story here... |
 There
were three members of RGHF inducted into the "1905 Society" at the
2007
Salt Lake City Convention. PDG Geri Apple,
USA; PDG Eddie Blender, USA; and RGHF Senior Historian Basil Lewis, UK.
Story here... |
 Wilf
Wilkinson 2007 RI President Wilf accepted
his nomination to the 1905 Society at the 2006 Zones 25/26 Institute.
More.... |
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 Donald
Murphy
As this project
grew, so did the need for webmasters and leadership. From a
field of over 20 webmasters, one rapidly emerged at a leader.
This Rotarian became the managing webmaster for the entire
project, a consultant to the board of directors on management,
insurance, bylaws and an assistant to the chairman. He also laid
plans for a complete revision of the website, guiding the
webmaster team to achieve new technology, architecture and
design to be introduced to the Rotary world in July of 2004. In
addition he is creating a special project of the writings and
books of all presidents of Rotary International. |
 RGHF
Senior Historian Dr.
Wolfgang Ziegler On 16 November 2006, RGHF
founding member and past chairman
Matts Ingemanson
traveled to Bavaria, from his home in New York City, to
present the "1905 Society" award to Historian Ziegler.
Since 2001. Wolfgang is the #1 contributor to
this large project. He became
 of the
world's experts on Paul Harris, Ches Perry, and early
presidents of Rotary. His volume of work is found at the
link above.
whatpaulharriswrote.org is almost entirely his work.
Photo essay on the
presentation. |
 Richard H. McKay
Dick McKay was one of the
four founders of the Rotary Global History project
and served as secretary/treasurer
from 2001 to 2004. In 2004 he was named the first emeritus member of the
organization, 5 January 2004, as "Founding Secretary Treasurer Emeritus" while continuing to sit
on the fellowship board. As the 2003-04 president of Rotary Club of Chicago, he
was the first club president to ring Rotary International's
centennial bell on 1
July 2003. |
 Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammar, of the
Rotary Club of
Göteborg, Sweden, President of Rotary International in
2005-06. Presentation made by Rotary Global History senior
historian PDG Dr. Eddie Blender, in Denver, January 2006 |
 Glenn Estess, Sr. Glenn led Rotary during its centennial year and planned to honor the founders and the history of Rotary. 2004-2005 |
 Jonathan
Majiyagbe The first black president
and the first from Africa of Rotary International, from Kano, Nigeria. A strong
believer in the value of history. 2003-2004.
Shown with Rotary Global History founder John Selway |
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Bhichai Rattakul A former delegate to the
United Nations from his native country, Thailand, Bhichai was president in
2002-2003.
Shown with Rotary Global History founding member PDG Eddie Blender |
 Rick King Rick encouraged the use of the history fellowship to increase communication among clubs. RI President 2001-2002 |
 Frank Devlin
Frank endorsed the history fellowship and became an advisor of the project in 2003. He called history an "instrumental tool for those forward-thinking people who wish to learn from our history, in order to guide our future." Frank Devlyn was RI president 1999-2000.
Shown with Rotary Global History founding member PDG Geri Appel. |
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 Glen Kinross Glen, the fifth president from Australia and New Zealand was president from 1997-1998 |
 Luis Giay
Luis worked with a history
fellowship after his presidency. 1996-1997.
Shown with Rotary Global History founder John Selway |
Cliff Dochterman & Maryellena
Cliff served as RI
president from 1992-1993. His book the "ABC's" of Rotary added greatly to our
history. A noted historian, speaker and author. |
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 Gary Huang Vice President of Rotary in 2000 |
 Norbert Turco RI treasurer in 2001 and
a strong supporter of Rotary Global History - Archive.
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 Keith Bernard-Jones Director of Zones 17-18 for 2001-2003, in the UK and Ireland. Keith supported and contributed to the history fellowship.
Shown with Rotary Global History founder John Selway |
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 Floyd Olson Floyd
was RI director for Zones 23-24 from 2001-2003 and supported the project
on his zone website
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 Lynn and Norma Hammond RI director Lynn Hammond was a great friend of the history fellowship. He and his wife Norma were the inspiration for our "What Paul Harris
Said" feature. He served in zones 25-26 from 2000-2002 |
 Jerry Meigs
Jerry represented zones 27-28, 2001-2003, during the formative years of
the history fellowship and was a strong supporter.
Shown with Rotary Global History founding member PDG Geri Appel |
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 Don Osburn
Don was a good friend of history from the beginning, serving as director 2000-2002 from zones 31-32.
He served as the aide to
President Glenn Estess in 2004-2006 |
 David Michaux David represented zones 34-35 from 2000-2002 and supported the project on his zone website. |
 Mike Pinson Mike represented zones 25-26 on the RI board from 2002-2004 and promoted Rotary Global History - Archive.
Shown with Rotary Global History founding member, PDG Eddie Blender |
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 Robin
K. Dillow, RI Archives Department |
 Ed
Futa Ed, a PDG from Hawaii, became
General Secretary of Rotary International in 2000 |
 Karen Lillie and Jim Billings These two
Pueblo #43, Colorado presidents were responsible for allowing this project to begin when it was part of their own club's website.
Shown with Rotary Global History founder Jack Selway
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 Danny Brock 2001-2002 Utah DG, Danny was active in the building of the history fellowship.
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 Joaquín Mejía Joaquín, is from Mexico City,
The first list of the
"First Fifty Clubs" was a type written sheet which he provided. A constant
source of support he is a staff member of Rotary International and an Rotary Global History
director.
Shown with Rotary Global History
founding member PDG Geri Appel.
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 Garth Stevens While dying of cancer, Garth completed the first 10 histories of his county,
New Zealand. He died shortly after the last was published. A true hero, gentle-man and friend. His work will forever be his tribute.
He received his "coin" award shortly before he died. |
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 Bill Ecker Major General Bill, was the long time executive director of the world's second club,
San Francisco. He inspired hundred of Rotarians to care about the history of Rotary. After retirement, he served as president of his club. He formerly commanded the U.S. Army's Presidio in San Francisco, CA. Shown with Rotary Global History
founder Jack Selway
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 Marlene
Brown Marlene spent many weeks during the formation of this project to give it a look, that mostly remains today. She is a hard working Rotarian known throughout the Rotary world and was named an honorary member of our committee.
In
2008 Marlene became the first eClub member to become a district Governor |
 Tom Todd PDG Tom was the energy behind Rotary's first ever conference on technology. His work created greater interest in the internet and for that we thanked him.
Shown with Rotary Global History
founder Jack Selway
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 Cyndi Beck Cyndi, former assistant archivist at Rotary International was invaluable in the formation of this project. Her work and touch is found throughout. She is one of our best friends in Evanston. |
 Jim Marquis Jim is past president of the
Rotary Club of Wallingford, which happens meet in the school house built by Paul Harris' great grand father
James Rustin. However, he lives in the home built by Paul's grand father, Howard. It was in Jim's home that Paul learned to be a boy and a man. It was Wallingford which shaped the mind that brought us Rotary and Jim protects that home for us.
Shown with Rotary Global History
founder Jack Selway
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 Helen Reisler Helen
was the first woman to preside over club #6. And club #6 is RC of New York City and her year was 2001-2002. She was the leader and the glue that bound shocked members and a part of a grieving community after the tragedy of 9/11 when two fully fueled airliners packed with passengers were used as bombs at New York's World Trade Center. Shown with Rotary Global History
founder Jack Selway
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 Carlos
Garcia Calzada
Elected to the society in March
of 2007. Creator of our Spanish language website
www.archivohistoricoderotary.org, long time board
member. More.... |
 Davit Liddiatt President of R.I.B.I in 2001-2002 and a contributor to the knowledge of British and Irish history on this project. |
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The contents of this
website, our
electronic features and newsletters have been researched, collected,
compiled, and written by
Rotarians.
RGHF Mission:
As an effort to serve others, RGHF accumulates and preserves the
complete history, values and philosophy of the Rotary movement, as
well as encourages others to do the same at every level of the
Rotary movement, and publishes those histories, values and
philosophies on the internet, as well as other forms of media as
expedient. 17 March 2003, amended 20 December 2007, Rotary Global History
Board of Directors.
 This
fellowship is not an agency of, or controlled by,
Rotary
International, but is affiliated with individual Rotary districts,
clubs, other Rotary organizations and enjoys the support of Rotarians,
clubs, districts, and zones world-wide. The views and opinions expressed
on this website are not necessarily the collective views and opinions of
Rotary International or all Rotarians. Rotary International is not
responsible for any content and accepts no liability therefore. ©
2000-2008
RGHF (Rotary Global History)
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Donald
Murphy
As this project
grew, so did the need for webmasters and leadership. From a
field of over 20 webmasters, one rapidly emerged at a leader.
This Rotarian became the managing webmaster for the entire
project, a consultant to the board of directors on management,
insurance, bylaws and an assistant to the chairman. He also laid
plans for a complete revision of the website, guiding the
webmaster team to achieve new technology, architecture and
design to be introduced to the Rotary world in July of 2004. In
addition he is creating a special project of the writings and
books of all presidents of Rotary International.
Richard H. McKay
