RGHF Institute 2010
The celebration of the 10th anniversary of RGHF was the launching pad for the first RGHF Institute. The purpose of the Institute is to find a handful of Rotarians who will dedicate their lives to history, so that thousands more might dedicate their lives to Rotary.
The events in photos and video – Full institute schedule here
Day 1, Sunday 10/10/10
6:00-9:00 PM Welcome Reception and Dinner at the Union League Club
Our “headquarter” and also the place where club Rotary One meets
Registration, Jack, PDG’s Fred Otto and Geri Appel, and Nevine Abdelkhalek, Egypt.
PRIP Frank Devlyn, Mexico; PDG Sandy Duckworth and Patrick Schauer, USA
Members from different countries, register. Most know each other from our Facebook account.
Bob Gebhard, Frank Devlyn, Ursula & Angie Jimenez, and Ruth Kaplan
Sandra Myers, registers
Founders get their Alumni pins. Jack Selway, Dick McKay, Matts Ingemanson, and PDG Geri Appel
All members received their special alumni pins. Nevine Abdelkhalek, Egypt, left and PRIP
Devlyn, right
Rotary International President and RGHF founder. “eating”
Christodoulos Achilleoudis, Cyprus, tells the story of how his club became a 100% club. Joe Kagle (on the screen) was our president, Dick McKay foreground
Day 2, Monday 10/11/10
At Rotary One Center and Rotary Archive
RGHF board member Stephanie Giordano, the RI Archivist tells of the enormous job she and one assistant do.
A quick look at the RI headquarters 1954-1987
Room 711, also maintained, on the internet by RGHF
We listen and learn
One Rotary Center
Kent is trying Gus Loehrs’s chair.
See the view in windows from 1905
… and look
Titch Harrison, the star of our meeting at ORC. He had actually met Paul.
Paul Harris office
… and look
Titch Harrison, the star of our meeting at ORC
Memories from all over the world
We could have spent days here, we had one hour
Members outside of One Rotary Center
Paul Harris and Ches Perry
Monday evening, 10/11/10
Our RGHF Institute dinner at the Metropolitan Club, Willis Tower (Sears), Chicago 11 October 2010
Nada Mahmassani,
Sandra Myers, PDG Helen Reisler, and Ursula Jimenez
View from the top
PDG Sandy Duckworth and Patrick Schauer
Joe Kagle being interviewed for our documentary
PDG Michael Swinford
Reception
NK Gopinath and Kent Vesterberg
PDG Irv Kaplan and Tim Tucker
Ken Lerman and PDG Geri Appel
PDG Bill and Sue Davis-Hornby
Sue & PDG John Behrendt, Gordon Devlyn, Frank Devlyn, DG Robb Knuepfer
Paul Harris and Ches Perry