Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. The mission of Rotary, as stated on its website, is to "provide service...
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Look up rotary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rotary may refer to: Rotary motion Rotary dial, a rotating telephone dial Rotary engine (disambiguation)...
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The Rotary Foundation is a non-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international...
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Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) is a Rotary International student exchange program for secondary school students. Since 1929, Rotary International has sent...
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Rotary International is an international service organization based in Evanston, Illinois, US. Members of Rotary clubs are called "Rotarians." This is...
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attorney. He founded the club that became the humanitarian organisation Rotary International in 1905. Harris was born in Racine, Wisconsin, to George and Cornilia...
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Kalyan Banerjee was the President of Rotary International, one of the largest humanitarian service organizations in the world, for the year 2011–12. He...
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John Hewko (category Rotary International leaders)
current General Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation. Hewko worked for the Chicago-based law firm Baker...
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The Rotary Smith Award was created in 1988 to honor the most outstanding college baseball player of the year. The award was founded by the Greater Houston...
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dedicated member of the Rotary International movement, becoming Rotarian in 1987 as a Charter Member of The Source of the Nile Rotary Club now in Jinja City...
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Morgan Park, Chicago (section Rotary International)
their business." Rotary International, the first world-wide community service organization, was formed in Chicago in 1905. Rotary's founder Paul P. Harris...
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Wankel engine (redirect from Wankel rotary engine)
(/ˈvaŋkəl̩/, VUN-kell) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. The concept was proven...
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Rotaract (category Rotary International)
Rotaract originally began as a Rotary International youth program in 1968 at Charlotte North Rotary Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, and...
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Inner Wheel (redirect from International Inner Wheel)
known as "International Inner Wheel Day". This organisation was originally established for the wives and daughters of Rotarians although no Rotary connection...
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Lombardi Award (redirect from Rotary Lombardi Award)
The Rotary Lombardi Award is an award for college football in the United States. Awarded by the Rotary Club of Houston, Texas annually to the college football...
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of Mount Everest while on the Rotary Centennial Everest Expedition. They also hoisted the flag of Rotary International, a club with which Dorjee has frequently...
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Rotary International offers a number of scholarships worldwide for periods of 3 months, 6 months, 1 year and 2 years. The purpose of the Ambassadorial...
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communities. From 2010 to 2011, he served as the District Governor of Rotary International for District 3810, the oldest District in the Philippines consisting...
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The Four-Way Test (category Rotary International)
Company from bankruptcy. It was later adopted by Rotary International, the global federation of Rotary service clubs. In 1932, Herbert J. Taylor set out...
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Luther H. Hodges (category Rotary International leaders)
Triangle Park. In 1967, he served a one-year term as president of Rotary International. In 1959, Hodges became involved in the Kissing Case, where two young...
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“winged wheel” Rotary logo was introduced in 1925 and has since then undergone minor changes in appearance. Rotary became an international company selling...
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World Polio Day (category Rotary International)
World Polio Day (24 October) was established by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine...
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Sylvia Whitlock (section Rotary Club of Duarte)
became president of the Rotary Club of Duarte making her the first woman to hold such a position within Rotary International. The chapter's charter had...
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Rehabilitation in Warm Springs, Georgia, US. In 2008 four organizations (Rotary International, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
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America. New York: Houghton Mifflin. p. 22. Rotary International (July 1951). The Rotarian. Rotary International. pp. 41–. ISSN 0035-838X. Hammond, George...
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owned the GameShark brand for a while Rotary Interact, a service club for youths that is part of Rotary International All pages with titles beginning with...
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Manchester that has grown to be an international organisation - originally open to the wives of members of the Rotary Club only, but now open to all. Golding...
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projects sponsored by the local Sammamish Rotary [2][permanent dead link] which is part of Rotary International Rotary Club. The park has also hosted the Annual...
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A rotary valve (also called rotary-motion valve) is a type of valve in which the rotation of a passage or passages in a transverse plug regulates the flow...
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by Polio. In 2013, she was honored with a commemorative plaque by Rotary International for her efforts in the fight against polio. At the age of 21, she...
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