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History of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville : Florida's first club 1912-2012.Entry/Object ID
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520 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 32 cm
History of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville : Florida's first club 1912-2012.
Authors preface: Club organized a committee to combine and complete this Club Centennial History book. The first 50 year history book, Volume 1, was written by club member Prim Fischer. It was re-published later to include the first 56 years. The next 18 years, volume 2, had 18 authors, since each president wrote their own summary. This Centennial History combines the first two volumes and completes them with the next 25 years of Club history. Each Club president wrote about his or her own year in Rotary with the exception of deceased members Max Morris and Dave Hastings.
Centennial edition.
Logo of Rotary International on title page and on cover.
Publication information from copyright p. 6.
Includes chart: "Family tree Rotary Club of Jacksonville Club no. 41 founded February 13, 1912"--Page 520.
National history: Rotary founder, Paul Harris, moved to Jax in 1892 and took a job as a salesman in the marble and granite company owned by George W. Clark. Harris attempted to organize a businessman's club but his effort wasn't successful. After he left Jax, he founded the 1st Rotary Club in Chicago in 1905. Through his continued friendship with Clark, Harris influenced the Chicago Rotary Club to elect as honorary members Clark and Jax attorney David D. Doig. Without that friendship, Jacksonville may not have joined Rotary's family so early.
Jacksonville history: George W. Clark was the first presiden of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville. The Chicago club sent a prominent member to Jacksonville to assist in organizing it. On February 13, 1912, at the Windsor Hotel downtown at Hemming Park, 14 businessmen met and officially organized. Members gathered weekly for lunch at the Windsor Hotel and later at the Aragon Hotel. By the end of the first year the 14 members had grown to 71.
Presidents from 1912 through 1949-1950: Harry B. Hoyt -- Geortge E. Leonard -- John Henry Gay -- Giles L. Wilson -- George W. Hardee -- Loren H. Green -- Frank Clayton Groover -- Robertson Tanner Arnold -- Walter P. Corbett -- Frank O. Miller -- George B. Hills -- George Hull Baldwin -- William Daniel Jones -- Henry L. Covington -- Horace Cameron Avery -- Joseph Summerhill Diver -- Francis Scarlett Mason -- Frank Dargan Fant -- Marcus Charles Fagg -- Carol Finley Knight -- John Pierce Ingle -- John Skilman Arnold, Jr. -- Kenneth A. Merrill -- Berryman Duke Fincannon -- James Chalmers Buchanan -- Thaddeus G. Buckner -- Horace Annspaugh Long -- Earl C. Williamson -- Clifford Avery Payne -- Frederick Michael Bultman -- Lawrence McBryde Hirsig -- William Hampton Dowling -- Frederick William Brundick, Jr. -- John Lucien Moore -- William Marcy Mason -- Frank Edward Snell, Jr.
Presidents from 1950-1951 to 2011-2012 identified with brief backgrounds and photo included.
First Female President: Dr. Frances Bartlett Kinne, 2000-2001.
First African-American President, Downtown Jacksonville Rotary Club: Willard Payne, 2003-2004.Collection
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Rotary Club of Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History., Clubs -- Florida -- Jacksonville., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History., Kinne, Frances Bartlett, 1917- 2020., Harris, Paul, 1868-1947.Publication Details
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Rotary Cub of JacksonvilleEdition
Centennial editionPublisher
Rotary Club of JacksonvillePlace Published
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[Jacksonville, Fla.]Call No.
HF 5001 .R82 J34 2012