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Paul Harris: Rotary’s Founder. Rotary started with the vision of one man — Paul P. Harris. Paul Harris at age 3, around the time he moved to his grandparents’ home. Harris was born on 19 April 1868 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA.
Paul Percy Harris (April 19, 1868 – January 27, 1947) was a Chicago, Illinois, attorney. He founded the club that became the humanitarian organisation Rotary International in 1905. [1]
Rotary History. The education of Paul Harris: From rascal to scholar. Before he died, Rotary founder Paul Harris requested that memorial donations, in lieu of flowers, be made to The Rotary Foundation to support education. But in his youth, Harris was a mischievous child and an itinerant student.
Rotary started with the vision of one man — Paul Harris. After setting up his law practice in Chicago, Harris gathered several business associates to discuss the idea of forming an organization for local professionals.
May 7, 2022 · #Rotaryclub #foundation #Charity #kingsofdocs On December 20th, 1945, radio commentator Leland Childs sat down with Mr. Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary In...
Jan 7, 2021 · Paul Percy Harris (pictured right) was a Chicago attorney best known for founding Rotary International in 1905, a service organization that currently has well over 1.1 million members worldwide.
Apr 19, 2013 · “If you have the love of your fellow men in your hearts, my friends, you are a potential Rotarian.” On 27 June, Rotary founder Paul Harris gave a live radio broadcast from the 1933 convention in Boston. Near the end of his talk, Harris noted that Rotary is a way of life and the world…
For many, visiting Chicago is a pilgrimage to the home of the founder of Rotary, Paul Harris, is a must. Dave King follows that trail and speaks to the movers behind plans to renovate the founder’s home.
Mar 24, 2007 · Founder of Rotary Global History Fellowship. It’s been raining most of the day. We were able to take a forty minute walk before the chill of the March evening took us on. I grew up in Montana and was schooled in the lore, legend, and journals of the famed “Lewis and Clark Expedition.”
Throughout his lifetime which was dogged by ill-health following a near-fatal heart attack in 1912, until his death on 29 January, 1947, Paul Harris was the international face of Rotary, its creator and philosopher.
