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Rotary Timeline
1905 Chicago attorney Paul Harris organizes first Rotary meeting on 23 February, leading to formation of the Rotary Club of Chicago.
1907 Rotary Club of Chicago helps to organize installation of public toilets, one of the club's first acts of community service.
1910 Paul Harris elected first president of National Association of Rotary Clubs at the first convention.
1911-1913 Clubs formed in Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland; organization name changes to International Association of Rotary Clubs.
1916 Club chartered in Cuba, the first non-English-speaking Rotary country.
1917 President Arch Klumph proposes establishing an endowment fund, precursor of The Rotary Foundation.
1945 Forty-nine Rotarians help draft the UN Charter.
1947 Founder Paul Harris dies in Chicago; outpouring of funds from Rotarians used to establish fellowship program.
1947-1948 First 18 Rotary Fellows study abroad, a precursor of Ambassadorial Scholars.
1962 First Interact club formed in Melbourne, Florida, USA. World Community Service program launched.
1965 Special Grants (now Matching Grants) and Group Study Exchange programs begin.
1968 First Rotaract club formed in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
1979 Foundation grant to immunize six million Philippine children against polio sets stage for PolioPlus.
1985 Rotary launches PolioPlus program and campaigns to raise US$120 million to immunize all the children of the world.
1987 First women join Rotary.
1988 Through the PolioPlus campaign, Rotarians raise US$247 million.
1989 Rotary returns to Hungary and Poland.
1994 Western Hemisphere declared polio-free.
1999 Rotary Centres for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution established.
2000 Western Pacific region declared polio-free.
2002 Europe declared polio-free. Rotary launches a second polio eradication fundraising campaign to help fill a critical funding need. Rotarians raise over US$129 million.
2005 Clubs around the world celebrate Rotary's centennial.
2006 Polio reduced to four countries: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
2007 The Rotary Foundation recognizes the millionth Paul Harris Fellow.
2007-2009 Rotary receives US$355 million in challenge grants from the Gates Foundation to help eradicate polio.
2010 Rotary Foundation launches three-year pilot of Future Vision Plan.
   
 
Source: Rotary Basics 2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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