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Rotary International is an international service organization based in Evanston, Illinois, US. Members of Rotary clubs are called "Rotarians." This is a list of notable current and former active and honorary members of Rotary International clubs:
Rotary International then removed the gender requirements from its requirements for club charters, and most clubs in most countries have opted to include women as members of Rotary Clubs. [48] [50] The first female club president to be elected was Sylvia Whitlock of the Rotary Club of Duarte, California in 1987. [51]
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Arbuckle Phayer Accounting Group of Lancaster, was presented with the 2024 John T. Dye Rotary Business Ethics Award on April 22
She was working as a reporter in the 1980s and she would attend meetings as a guest so that she could report on them. It took a High Court ruling for Rotary to accept women members and she joined in 1996. [3] Jones had previously served as Rotary International vice president, director, training leader, committee chair, moderator and district ...
As of 1 July 2020, Rotaract clubs can exist on their own or be sponsored by Rotary and/or Rotaract clubs. This makes them true "partners in service" and key members of the Rotary family. [3] A Rotaract club may, but is not required to, establish upper age limits if its members so desire and record it in the club's bylaws. [4]
Jean traveled the world with Harris in support of Rotary. She helped to make women an important part of Rotary, eventually leading to all Rotary Clubs admitting women as full members. The couple never had any children. [3] Harris sought meaningful personal and spiritual relationships in addition to his professional achievements.
Helena Foster, who was the President in 1969–70, proposed that "Inner Wheel Day" should be celebrated on 10 January each year on the day that the original Manchester group adopted the name of "Inner Wheel" in 1924. [1] Following the decision taken at an International Convention in 2012, membership was opened up to all women over the age of 18.