A lawyer by profession, Wood immediately contacted Harris and began to correspond with him about the possibility of forming a club in San Francisco. The result is now Rotary Global History. In November 1908, Wood was the prime organizer of the world's second Rotary club, thereby earning himself an honoured place in the annals of Rotary. The importance of the occasion was highlighted by the engagement of a well known American industrialist, Charles M. Schwab, as the principal speaker.
Wood went on to found the third Rotary club in nearly Oakland in 1909; assisted, with the aid of Arthur Holman and Roy Denny, in…
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