Lawyer and co-founder of Rotary International. Born in Racine, Wisconsin. He started practising law in 1896 in Chicago. He began to consider the benefits of the formation of a social organisation for local professionals, and In 1905, started the first rotary club with three other local businessmen.
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Paul Percy Harris
An armillary (or astrolabe) is a model comprising rings showing the positions...
Banker, Member of Parliament and philanthropist. Born Sydney James Stern in London. He worked in his father's law firm, before becoming Member of Parliament for Stowmarket. Became Baron Wandsworth ...
Co-funder of the Reagan statue. American businessman and banker.
Registered as a charity in 2009, with objectives commensurate with the erection of a statue to Reagan, which it indeed went on to do. Jennifer Elias was Chairman of the Trustees during that time.
