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Rotary Global History Fellowship Activities

 

RGHF 2007-10 President Joe Kagle, USA, and board members met at The 100th Convention of Rotary International at Birmingham, UK

 

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Birmingham ..... a city of canals and narrow boats.

The Coventry Morris dancers

PRI D K Lee and wife.

A general view of part of the House of Friendship I have sent these to show people what a H of F is like if they are not regular attendees.

The House of Friendship. Part of the entertainment.

The Grand Parade in the House of Friendship. Korean dancers lead a British Taekwondo team past some Rotary booths.

Entertainment in the House of Friendship. Korean dancers.

 The previous 8 photos were from RGHF senior historian Basil Lewis, UK This one showing our best ever booth. Now onto Montreal
ROTARY GLOBAL HISTORY FELLOWSHIP GRANTS

 www.rghf.org/grants
Explanation of Grants by Calum Thomson and Past President Wilf Wilkinson		 Presentation to the Paul and Jean Harris Home Foundation, by PRIP Wilf,
Accepted by PDG Brian Andersen, Vice President -
. www.paulharrishome.com Paul and Jean Harris Home Foundation
 Presentation to the "Paul Harris Memorial & Presidential Walkway", by PRIP Wilf,
Accepting DG Michael Slevnik, District 6450
Response by DG Michael Slevnik memorial.htm 		1905 Society awards


www.1905society.org  are explained by RGHF Centennial
Chair Matts Ingemanson, USA		 Calum Thomson and PRIP Wilf present awards to RIPN Ray and RIBI PE David Fowler
RIBI PE Fowler is also a new member of RGHF
More photos at www.1905society.org 		All four of these Rotarians are members of the "1905 Society" the full story of this award at www.1905society.org New RGHF members Ray Klinginsmith, USA, inducted by PRIP Wilf (referred by PDG Geri Appel)  (David Fowler was also inducted) RIBI PE David Fowler, left with PRIP Wilf, is inducted as a new five-year member as RIPN Ray and past chair Calum look on. PDG Don Gatzke, Montana, USA, inducted by PRIP Wilf (referred by RGHF)
New Members: Induction of DG John Banks, D1240, UK, conferred by RGHF senior historian Basil Lewis, UK (referred by Calum Thomson) Maureen Banks observes Paul Harris Fellowship

RI Archivist, and RGHF board member Stephanie Giordano, USA, is surprised with a Paul Harris Fellowship from RGHF		 RGHF Fellowship

Small world, Tim Tucker, USA; meet RGHF's Tim Tucker, UK		 Past Chair Matts Ingemanson, USA; Barkin Altinok, Turkey; PRIP Wilf Wilkinson, Canada, and Past Chair Calum Thomson, Scotland (all RGHF members) Calum with attendee DGE Anne Botha D 9270 South Africa
RGHF member Sarah Siu took most of these photos, along with Matts Ingemanson PRIP Wilf and new RGHF member Sarah Siu (Alumnus from D 3450) So, Sarah deserves to be in some of these. Here with RIBI president elect David Fowler And, RGHF board member Prakash Saraswat, India CATHERINE ALLEN of branch media, a student at Warwick University doing a film for her media studies.

She covered our awards ceremony as part of her work, and interviewed some of us. When she has finished she has promised to let us see it. In the picture, she is interviewing CALUM while a fellow student does the filming.

RGHF Members PRIP Wilf Wilkinson and Chairman of the RGHF Board 2011/12 Tim Tucker RGHF Members PRIP Frank Devlyn, Mexico; Eric Storberg, District Governor for 7230, which includes New York and Bermuda; and past chair Matts Ingemanson Matts and RGHF Member Kent Vesterberg, Svedala RC, 2390 Sweden.
Webmaster for rotary.se, which is the website for Rotary in Sweden. Rotary in Sweden has a central website that all their districts belong to. Each district is a subset of this national website.
 RGHF member Deepak (Deepu) Balkrishna Modgekar, RC of New Panvel, District: 3131, Zone: 5, India; with PRIP Wilf Please identify members.
Top left Matts Ingemanson, USA; top center Tim Tucker, UK; Lower left???; Far right PDG Don & Mary Gatzke, Montana, USA
 
Presentation of 1905 Society honors. Please identify members. Wilf, Ray, and Calum with our photographer, Matts RIPN Ray with his 1905 Society award More of our members and guests
Please identify members.		 Rtn Navjit Singh Aulakh , PP RC Chandigarh Central D3080; with Barkin Altinok, Turkey; and Deepak (Deepu) Balkrishna Modgekar, India

CATHERINE ALLEN of branch media, a student at Warwick University doing a film for her media studies. She is seen sitting on the right on the floor to get live sound.
RGHF board member Prakash Saraswat, with Rtn Navjit Singh Aulakh Special thanks to RGHF member PRIP Wilf Wilkinson, Canada David, Don, Deepu, Ray, Matts, and Calum: members all RIPN Ray framed by Tuckers  
Booth
ROY WHITE President of the Humberside RC and his wife
LIZ and Tim Tucker		 Tim and ? Five year members get a copy of "My Road to Rotary."  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon came to the Rotary Convention in Birmingham and made three separate appearances over approximately 6 hours during Sunday. It is probably one of the few times that a UN Secretary has appeared at a Rotary Convention.  Matts with new RGHF member PRIP Luis Giay and his wife Celia. President Giay.
       
Former RGHF member and PRIP Rick King with Matts Under the supervision of RGHF board member Stephanie Giordano, history books were being sold at an RI booth. RGHF board member Prakash Saraswat, India; new RGHF member Elihu Phares, USA, Matts, and Tim Tucker UK RGHF member and PRIP Frank Devlyn with his RGHF pin RID Fred Hahn, an existing RGHF member
New member PDG Brian Andersen, USA, who represents the Paul and Jean Harris Home Foundation Members all, gather at our large booth Basil Lewis, Calum Thomson, and Tim Tucker, our UK team meet with interested Rotarians, including Graham Walker of Peterborough Werrington.  Graham is District Editor for D1070, in the orange cap Tord Elfwendahl, creator of the RGHF pin wears his Diana and RGHF board member PDG Steve Munns, UK; PRIP Bill Boyd and Lorna with RGHF 2012 president Tim Tucker, UK
W John Hockin, RIBI President in 1999-00, a member of the RI Membership Development and Retention Committee with Tim
 Longtime RGHF member PRID Jerry Meigs, St. Paul, USA and Tim.

Here Tim Tucker is with Alice LeDoux of the Santa Ana R.C. Alice's great aunt Jesse Booth married Chesley Perry, secretary of Rotary for many years. Additionally, Alice is descended from Sherman Miller Booth who was a member of the Booth family which produced both Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth. Full details will be posted elsewhere.

 Past chair Calum Thomson, Scotland; and friends Colin Mailer, incoming President of R/C Grangemouth (RIP John Kenny's club) and Jim Hunter, Club Foundation Chair RI Archivist/RGHF board member Stephanie Giordano and the Scotsmen
 
Rotary International President 2009-2010 John Kenny, Scotland is a new member of RGHF and receives his membership pin from Past RGHF Chairmen Calum Thompson, Scotland; and Matts Ingemanson, USA
 RGHF Senior Historian/board member Basil Lewis congratulates new RGHF member PRIP Luis Giay, Argentina Rotarians Sonia and Fernando with Basil 2009 Our member from France (1 out of 320) Einar Thrap-Olsen DG Peter Smith, Birmingham, PDG Terry Watts, RC of Blaby (D 1070 - Tim Tucker's district). DG Peter is a member
RGHF members Tord Elfwendahl and John Michael Horler Deepak Agrawal - Rajkot Midtown - new member & Doll Lovers Fellowship chair RGHF webmaster DGN Don Murphy, USA; and RGHF member PDG John Wigley, Australia Calum greets RGHF zone board member PDG Ron Sekkel, USA PDG Ron and Cindy, best know at RGHF for their travels in the footsteps of Paul Harris
Sort of fuzzy, maybe it is Keith's beard. Keith Paver, RC of Manchester RGHF board member Prakash Saraswat, India; new member Leslie Yeap, Malaysia; and Chairman of the RGHF Board 2011 Tim Tucker, UK Tim with Gordon Riddler, Aboyne and Upper Deeside Rotary Club D1010, and Mrs. Riddler Prakash presents new RHGF member pin to Nevine Abdelkhalek, Egypt

Tim Tucker and RGHF member Dr. Kadaba Srinath Vasudev, PP RC of Blackpool Palatine, St. Annes Lancs, UK
PDG Bill Ballou, USA, RGHF member RGHF Member PDG Bill enjoys a lighter moment with Yo-Yo

RGHF board member Prakash Saraswat, India; and Navjit Singh Aulakh, RC Chandigarh Central, India

 Painting on display of the famous Shakespearian actor Edwin Booth Plaque prepared by RGHF for the convention.

Tim Tucker with Beverly Ghent- Skrzynski, Executive Director and Jerry Jarzabek, President 2009/10, both of Cleveland RC, at Birmingham 2009. The club donated the 3 volumes of Shakespeare given to Arch Klumph when he brought the portrait of Edwin Booth, to Stratford on Avon in 1922. These are now going to the RI Archives.

 Basil Lewis, Janet and PDG Peter Moreton RC Nene Valley D1070. Peter has some old Rotary radio recordings including Cliff Dochterman, for the RGHF website PRIP Bill and Lorna Boyd +Tim Birmingham 2009 DG 2011-12 D4420 Fernando Dias Sobrinho and Sonia Maria Roncorn Dias, with Basil Lewis. They have many pictures of Paul Harris in Brazil  Robert Bracegirdle AG, Loughborough Beacon President Janet Sinclair Loughborough Carillon + Basil Janet is researching Paul Harris visit to Loughborough

 

     Photo Credits
RGHF Members		 Basil Lewis, UK
Matts Ingemanson, USA
Prakash Saraswat, India
Sarah Siu, UK
Calum Thomson, Scotland
 Tim Tucker, UK

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