IH eNews for Rotary Clubs - Oct 2019 eNews for Rotary from International House Oct 2019

Welcome and Happy
Festive Season from IH!
It's hard to believe that
Christmas is fast approaching
once again.
All of us at International House
(IH) wish you a wonderful holiday
season. We extend a warm
welcome to the new Rotary Club
executive and thank all Rotarians
who visited IH in 2019.
Planning commenced on IH in
1955 through the Rotary Club of
Brisbane, as part of the
celebrations to mark the 50th
anniversary of Rotary
International.
Brief History of IH
On 15 June 1963, the
Administrator of Queensland,
Sir Alan Mansfield, unveiled the
foundation stone for the
residential college.
According to institutional
biographer
Basil Shaw's authoritative
account,
“Eight years of erratic
progress were over. They
were years marked by
expressions of racism and
opposition in some
quarters at the university;
by bureaucratic red tape;
by poor public recognition;
and, despite the
dedication of the
fundraisers, by desultory
financial responses and
poor returns. (Yet it was)…
determined that
International House would
open by March 1965. A lot
had to be achieved in a
short time."
Bert Martin saw the project
thorough to completion. As
district governor of Rotary
International District 35, he
was president of the
Council of International
House for the period 1955 to
1962, and retained that
position until the
committee was replaced by
the Board of Governors as
the executive body of the
council in June 1962. He
became president of the
Board of Governors in 1963,
holding this office until
1986, thus completing thirty
years of service to
International House. When
International House opened
in 1965, Dr Ivor Cribb was
appointed its first warden.
John and Mary-Rose Boyd with IH Director Dr Carla Tromans
eNewsletter October 2019
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
Bert Martin