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A bit of history from the desk of Past President John Ackenhusen; FOUNDING Rotary International was founded by a lawyer, Paul Harris, in 1905, as he gathered Chicago coal dealer Silvester Schiele, mining engineer Gustavus Loehr, and tailor Hiram Shorey, all gathering in Mr. Harris’ law office.  To the second meeting came the fifth Rotarian, […]

Captain Michael Field, USN (Ret.) After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1966, Captain Field completed Navy pilot training, earning his Wings of God in 1968. He went on to complete 140 combat missions in the Vietnam war, flying the F-4 Phantom II from the decks of USS Enterprise and USS America,. Selected as […]

On a bright and sunny January 5th, a group of a dozen Rotarians from the Ann Arbor Rotary Club assembled at Mobility Worldwide in Milan to spend a few hours building mobility carts that will transform the lives of disabled people half a world away. After some brief training the group got to work and […]

Summary of the Board of Director’s Meeting December 19, 2018 The Board of Directors’ Meeting was held Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at the United Way Building. The Club’s membership on November 30 was 293 Active members plus six Honorary members and nine Inactive Emeriti. Inactive Emeritus member Reno Maccardini passed away on November 7. Attendance […]

Joan Knoertzer’s lyrical piano captured perfectly the spirit of the season. For her prelude Joan played “What a Wonderful World,” then, with the Rotary bell rung, she launched into a beautiful “God Bless America,” the country’s number 1 choice should we ever adopt dual anthems. Victor Stoeffler kicked off the proceedings with his Inspiration: “Regardless […]

Harpoon for the week of Dec. 17 Weekly Meeting Statistics:A total of 101 members learned about education in Ypsilanti from Tim Wilson. We also had three Visiting Rotarians (Cindy Duggal of Windsor Ontario, ADG Ann Nauts of Chelsea and Ted Sanford of Coronado CA) and ten guests (mostly his former colleagues from Emerson School). In […]

Joanne Knoertzer’s White Christmas was no competition for the happily expectant chatter of Rotarians as we looked forward to the performance of the Huron a capella choir after the business meeting. Dennis Powers read the gift list of Oren Arnold, late Sunday editor of the Arizona Republic: To your enemy, forgiveness; To an opponent, tolerance; […]

(Remarks delivered by Karen Kerry on the occasion of Emeritus Status presentation to Pat Pooley.) Once upon a time there was a passionate woman whose intelligence and grace took her down many road/paths from her early roots in Allen Park, MI- an ethnically diverse neighborhood on the outskirts of Detroit. She is a Rotary member […]

Barb Mulay is an avid University of Michigan sports fan. She sits behind the Michigan goal at hockey games and has received calls from around the country from friends and family who have spotted her on the Big 10 TV station wearing her Maize and Blue. Hockey is not her only love; she also has […]

Weekly Meeting Statistics: A total of 110 members were treated to the musical excellence of the Huron High Choir. We had one Visiting Rotarian (former Ann Arbor member Christina Ferris), seven U-M Rotaractors (Abbey Edwards, Savannah Demil, Kristi Carson, Peter Chen, Cem Sami, Luis Orozco and Ophelia Deng) and ten guests (mostly friends of awardee […]