College Rotary Club -- Service Above Self --

President - Debbie Gross

Meets: Monday Noon at the Fairbanks Princess Hotel, 4477 Pikes Landing Road

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History is the Foundation of the Future

This bit of foundational history is from our Founder's obituary published in the Chicago Tribune, January 27, 1947

In 1896 Mr. Harris settled in Chicago and began the practice of law. Although friendly by nature, he had few friends, and he saw others, like himself not native to the city, in similar situation. One day in 1900 Mr Harris had dinner with a lawyer friend, and later the two strolled the neighborhood where his colleague introduced Mr. Harris to several neighborhood merchants as his friends. Up to then Mr. Harris had not made social friends out of his business friends, or clients. The neighborhood experience gave him an idea.

Mr. Harris decided to organize a club of representative business and professional men in fellowship and friendship. Three of his clients, Sylvester Schiele, Gustavus Loehr and Harry Ruggles joined with him. The met periodically in the old Mme. Galli restaurant, often called the birthplace of Rotary, where over the dinner table they discussed plans for the club.

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