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This is your connection to presidents, their home clubs, themes (multiple languages), convention host clubs and convention histories. All of this at links above, here and below. The presidents of Rotary International from 1910 to 2005.
Rotary Year
RI President/
(Pres- Home Club)
Theme
Conv. Host Club/
Conv. Web Page
1969-70
Review and Renew
Atlanta, GA, USA
May 31-June 4 (10,803)
1970-71
Bridge the Gaps
1971-72
Good Will Begins With You
1972-73
Roy D. Hickman
 (Birmingham, Alabama, USA)
Let's Take a New Look -- And Act
1973-74
William C. Carter
 (Old Windsor, Berkshire, England)
A Time for Action
1974-75
Renew the Spirit of Rotary
1975-76
To Dignify the Human Being
1976-77
I Believe in Rotary
1977-78
Serve to Unite Mankind
1978-79
Reach Out
1979-80
Let Service Light the Way
1980-81
Take Time to Serve
1981-82
World Understanding and Peace Through Rotary
1982-83
Mankind is One -- Build Bridges of Friendship Throughout the World

Doug Rudman  Rotary History Fellow
1969 Conway • 1970 Walk • 1971 Breitholtz • 1972 Hickman • 1973 Carter • 1974 Robbins • 1975 Mello • 1976 Manchester • 1977 Davis • 1978 Renouf • 1979 Bomar • 1980 Klarich • 1981 McCaffrey • 1982 Mukasa

In the August 1931 issue of The Rotarian, RI President Sydney W. Pascall of Great Britain wrote an article called "Consolidate, Investigate, Translate." He was the first European to be elected RIP. In his think-piece he talks about the need for RI to be able to communicate with all its members in their own languages. His third paragraph reads as follows: "I have no slogan to suggest, no motto for the year, and Rotary needs no motto other than "Service" - "Service" unqualified, unconditional. "Let him that would be great among you be servant of all"; that is the Rotarian's high aim." My first response is that there are three great mottos here, (1) Consolidate, Investigate, Translate, (2) Service and (3) Service, Unqualified, Unconditional. Second, he embraces the universal concept of service, and everything else in Rotary is a subset.  Doug Rudman

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