The Final Jeopardy answer in the episode on April 23 related to the announcement of the Salk vaccine and the significance of the date of April 12, 1955. Two of the contestants, including ultimate winner Jamie Ding, responded with the correct question. As many nearby Rotarians know, the announcement that the vaccine was “safe, effective, […]

Thanks to a grant we received through the Ann Arbor Rotary Club, 2025 became a year of deeper care, wider reach, and lasting recoveries at our malnutrition center in Haiti.  {Ed. comment: This was a grant of $5,000 sponsored by the IHPC supplemented by a District Grant of $2,133.} We saw a record number of […]

UM seniors, proudly carrying their convocation honors swag, mingled with Ann Arbor Rotarians heading toward the Michigan Union on Wednesday.  By 12:30, 75 Rotarians and their 10 guests were joined by 10 Zoomers as President Dawn Johnson rang the bell to begin our meeting. Pianist extraordinaire Jody Tull de Salis played our National Anthem, and […]

On Wednesday, April 15, Ashish D Sarkar received the Northrup Award presented by Dawn Johnson, President and Dave Keren, ARC and Peace committee chair. His presentation was entitled, “Journey of an Immigrant: A Life Well Lived. Ashish spoke briefly about his childhood and obtaining an undergraduate degree in Marine engineering in India. In 1971 he […]