Member News

Before COVID, our club conducted an annual survey of the membership early in the new calendar year. The results provided the Board with information and recommendations that supported program planning and budgeting for the upcoming Rotary year. Enthusiastic new Rotarian Rona Hu has connected us with a graduate-level, semester-long class offered through the U-M’s Institute […]

Eric Keller (Sponsors: Mark Ouimet and Carolyn Hiatt) Eric first moved to Ann Arbor in the 2000s. Having spent his entire life as a Michigander, he has established strong connections throughout both the region and the state. These deep roots have shaped his commitment to local and statewide initiatives. Eric currently serves as the Director […]

Suzanne Armstrong Beutler was born in Cincinnati on October 23, 1930, to Robert Morrell Armstrong and Marguerite (Pierson) Armstrong. She joined the saints in eternal life on January 26, 2026.  Following a happy childhood and two years of college, Suzanne—or Sue as she was universally called–was wed to Robert Ellsworth Ireland in 1950; two boys […]

President Dawn Johnson rang the Rotary bell to begin our meeting and pianist Jody Tull de Salis accompanied the club as we sang our national anthem.  President Dawn then led us in reciting the 4-Way Test.  Dennis Burke prepared us for our country’s upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by […]

President Dawn rang the bell at 12:30 pm. The meeting began by singing “God Bless America” with Rick Ingram on piano. After reciting the Four Way Test, Greg Stejskal inspired us with the background story of the Statue of Liberty and shared an excerpt from the poem by Emma Lazuras about what the Statue of […]

Rotarians – take action! If you read only the headlines it would seem that solar power in America is in decline. But in fact, solar power in the United States is experiencing one of its strongest growth periods ever. In the past quarter, the U.S. installed 11.7 GW (gigawatts, that’s a lot) of new solar […]

Contributed by Collyer Smith. On Wednesday, January 7, 2026,  I shared our upcoming collaboration with the University of Michigan Depression Center. The struggles in mental health are not diminishing, if anything, they are increasing. My visit with the West Bloomfield Rotary Club certainly highlighted what so many families are experiencing. It is not just the […]

K-12 education in the U.S. is truly in a state of crisis. Globally, among the 38 countries in the OECD, the US ranks 13th in reading, 18th in science, and an egregious 37th in math. Michigan is in the bottom 14% of all states, ranked 44th. This is not acceptable. To improve our ranking, there […]

Sakuji Tanaka was the President of Rotary International in 2012-13. In addition to his Rotary Service, he served as the Chairman of the Daika Company and President of the National Household Papers Distribution Association of Japan. When Tanaka was President-Elect, he published “100 Hints on How to Strengthen Rotary Clubs.” Here, I offer ten of those hints. […]

President Dawn  called Ann Arbor Rotary’s final 2025 meeting  to order at 12:25 p.m. 78 members were in attendance in the Anderson Room, along with 11 guests. 11 members attended the meeting via Zoom. Shelly McMillan shared inspirational quotes about the new year, including messages from Oprah Winfrey, JP Morgan, TS. Elliott, and Alfred Lloyd […]