Yearly Archives: 2025

Dana Fair (Sponsor: Norman Herbert) I’m very pleased to be sponsoring Dana Fair for membership in the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor.  I’ve had the good fortune of getting to know Dana through my daughter, Lisa, and son-in-law, Dave, who are great friends with Dana and his wife, Nakia. Dana’s ties to U-M and the […]

Today’s meeting was called to order by President Dawn and Kurt Waugh (visiting husband of Kathy) led us in singing our national anthem.  The membership then proceeded to recite the 4-way test. We held a moment of silence for our longtime member, Wayne Colquitt who passed away recently.  We will have a tribute to Wayne […]

When the Ann Arbor Service Clubs League was formed in 1952, bowling was a much more common activity than it is today. Everyone bowled! There were company bowling leagues and church bowling leagues, so it was only natural that the service clubs of Ann Arbor formed their own bowling league. The Ann Arbor Service Clubs […]

The meeting was called to order at 12:26 by President Dawn Johnson. After reciting the Four Way Test, long-time member Kofi Gyan gave the inspiration (transcript). Although Kofi now lives in Maryland, he still maintains his RCAA membership and is a member of the International Humanitarian Projects Committee (IHPC). Kofi spoke of Rotary’s global connections […]

The many groups of recently accepted UM students on their campus orientation today, and pushing  “The Cube,” were a happy prelude to the featured speaker’s talk today. President Dawn Johnson rang the bell to start our meeting, with Pianist Extraordinaire Jody Tull de Salis at the piano keyboard accompanying us as we sang our National […]

On the final day of the month our club had 202 Active Members, according to ClubRunner statistics. Attendance for June’s meetings was 29% (down 4% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 60 members and 5 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 53% (down 2% from last month). Membership Updates We’ve […]

President Dawn called her first Rotary Club meeting to order at 12:27 pm. After the patriotic song and Four Way Test, Max Wisgerhof reminded us of Wayne Gretzky’s famous quote on how to succeed. “Skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.” Ingrid Sheldon led the song “Happy Wanderer” honoring president […]

I am happy to share the news about our new Co-Chairs of the RCAA Program Committee. Bonita Singal and Bob Buckler have accepted the role of Co-Chairs for the next two-year term (July 2025 – June 2027). Thank you both for taking on this leadership role and know that we are here to support you. […]

Below is a copy of Jerry’s Rotary Emeritus Award presentation by Bob Buchanan. Jerry McNicoll Gray, M.D., F.C.A.P., was born in Jamestown, New York, and grew up in Monroe, Michigan. He came to the University of Michigan in 1952 to enter the College of Engineering, then graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School with […]

Rotary: History Moment Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars June 24, 2025 In giving my report last week of the Thank You the Club received from 95 year old past-President Russ Reister, I was reminded of Rotary International’s 66 year-old Ambassadorial Scholarship Program that sponsored students for undergraduate and graduate studies abroad, with the scholars serving as goodwill […]