Rotary Club of Northlakes Toukley In Touch April 2014 | Page 11

Rotarians have a tradition of supporting the Foundation by honoring others. Ida LeTulle Taylor became a Paul
Harris Fellow in 1978 when her husband, then-District Governor Vann Taylor, made a donation in her name in
honor of their 34th wedding anniversary. The gift also made her the 25,000th Paul Harris Fellow.
At the International Assembly in 1979, then-RI President-elect James Bomar challenged each Rotary club to
make one non-Rotarian a Paul Harris Fellow. The Rotary Club of Pikesville, Maryland, USA, responded by making a donation in the name of Mother Teresa in 1980. The entertainer Pearl Bailey also became a Paul Harris
Fellow through a joint effort of the Rotary clubs in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Many other notable figures have
been named as Paul Harris Fellows, including U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, U.S.
astronaut James Lovell, UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, and Jonas Salk.
The number of Paul Harris Fellows reached the one million mark in 2006.
By Susan Hanf Rotary News

Club members and friends of Northlakes Toukley enjoy the delights of the Hunter valley wineries.
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