Founding Era

"On the night of February 23, 1905, the first meeting took place at Gus’ office in the Unity Building. Silvester and Paul had dined together at an Italian restaurant on Chicago’s near north side. Gus, by prearrangement, had invited a personal friend, Hiram Shorey, a merchant tailor, a native of the village of Litchfield, in the State of Maine, to…

The first Rotary club.

The meeting in Room 711 that began Rotary.

A demo entry connecting Paul Harris writings and early life.

The Chicago room remembered as Rotary's birthplace.