Featured Excerpt From Chapter 2, “The Seed Is Planted”

Rotary was invited to send consultants to the 1945 UN charter conference in San Francisco, California, USA.

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From Chapter 2, "The Seed Is Planted":

Rotary International was one of 42 organizations invited to serve as consultant to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco in 1945. Each organization had seats for three representatives —one "consultant" and two "associate consultants." Rotary International's eleven representatives served three at a time, in rotation.

RI's consultants to the United States delegation:

Philip Lovejoy, Chicago, Illinois, RI General Secretary, 1942-52
Richard H. Wells, Pocatello, Idaho, 1944-45 RI President
Lester B. Struthers, Chicago, Illinois, RI Assistant Secretary
Tom J. Davis, Butte, Montana, 1941-42 RI President
Charles L. Wheeler, San Francisco, California, 1943-44 RI President
J. Raymond Tiffany, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1942-43 RI Vice President
Cyrus P. Barnum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, RI Assistant Secretary
Walter D. Head, Montclair, New Jersey, 1939-40 RI President
Allen D. Albert, Paris, Illinois, 1915-16 RI President
Luther H. Hodges, New York, New York, 1967-68 RI President
Leland D. Case, Chicago, Illinois, Editor, The Rotarian

Rotarians from many other countries also attended the conference as delegates or consultants. Today, Rotary International appoints Rotarians to act as special representatives to the United Nations and its other agencies and publicizes its value as an advocate for peace.

14-Nov-2016