Member News

The Rotaract Club at the University of Michigan started up in 2000 and officially was chartered on January 18, 2005. It gets together each fall to celebrate its chartering by welcoming new students to membership. On Tuesday evening, December 2, 21 Rotarians joined 12 Rotaractors at Knight’s On Liberty for this year’s iteration of this […]

The polio vaccine is “safe, effective, and potent.” With these words on April 12, 1955, Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., director of the Poliomyelitis Vaccine Evaluation Center at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, announced to the world that the Salk polio vaccine was up to 90% effective in preventing paralytic polio. Dr. Francis […]

President Joyce Hunter rang the bell to bring the meeting to order at 12:30. We sang My Country tis of Thee, accompanied by Jody Tull. Arthur Williams read some meaningful quotes from Nelson Mandela. Dave Koesaian, dressed in his Hawiian shirt, led us in singing Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific. President Joyce introduced guests […]

RCAA member John Barrie is traveling to Guatemala to install solar power and water filters on the homes of families having babies and families with very young children. The region of Guatemala where John will be working is “beyond the last mile”, where tools and equipment must be carried by hand through the mountains to […]

Remarks by Joanne Pierson at our October 30, 2024 meeting: Millie Mack Danielson, our beautiful, beloved Millie, passed from our world three weeks ago today in her home with her family at her side at the age of 101 years young! I want to thank Millie’s children for sharing their mother with us all especially […]

New (plus not so new and even veteran) Rotarians are invited to attend a district-wide training session at the Brighton Community Center from 9:00am to 1:00pm on Saturday, November 9. Speakers will cover a wide range of valuable topics. The price is right (free) and includes a light breakfast and pizza lunch! Here’s the link […]

Joseph Fitzsimmons, of Frankfort, MI and Ann Arbor, MI, passed away peacefully on October 18, 2024. Born on November 10, 1934, the only child of Frances Baume Fitzsimmons and Joseph A. Fitzsimmons in Newark, New Jersey. Joe lived a full life in which family and serving his community were his highest priorities. He was a […]

At a special ceremony on October 17, 2024, the Toqueville Society of the United Way of Ann Arbor recognized Bob Mull with a Spirit of Toqueville Award with the following citation: Robert (Bob) Mull retired from Ford Motor Company in 2006 after 34 years of exemplary service. While his philanthropic endeavors are numerous, he’s demonstrated […]

As announced at the podium earlier this month, we are beginning the exciting work of developing a strategic plan for the RCAA. Your ideas, input, and participation are essential and extremely valuable in charting this course. We are limiting sessions to 15 members so that we can have good discussions, and we will add additional […]

On the final day of the month of September our club had 199 Active Members. Attendance for September’s meetings was 33% (up 4% from last month). Average attendance at each meeting was 68 members and 8 guests. Our Engagement Ratio for the month was 64% (up 16% from last month). September’s membership saw five terminations […]