Robert E. Lee "Bob" Hill was President of Rotary International in 1934-1935. He had a "special objective" of Friendship , that Rotary Founder Paul Harris singled out for recognition. Unlike the canned biographies that the RI General Secretary would generate for each new president, the following article that appeared in the February 1935 issue of The Rotarian , by E. Sydney Stephens, is a look at a Rotary President through the prism of his hometown friend from Columbia, Missouri .
Robert L. Hill, (left) president of Rotary International, alumni director of the University of Missouri, all ready for a day’s work at his desk in Columbia.…
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