Paul Harris Fellows
The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, was formed on 23 February 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to recapture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The name "Rotary" derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices.
Rotary's popularity spread throughout the United States in the decade that followed; clubs were chartered from San Francisco to New York. By 1921, Rotary clubs had been formed on six continents, and the organization adopted the name Rotary International a year later.
Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Club's Honorary Paul Harris Fellows
During most years, $1000 is contributed to the Rotary International Foundation in honor of one of our club members. This award is granted to a club member for his/her outstanding record of selfless service to others. The funds of the Rotary International Foundation are used worldwide for worthy international service projects.
Conrad J. Plautz 1979 Rudolph Peters 1980 Theodore D. Elbe 1983 Harry C. Steffen 1984 Theodore O. Liebscher 1985 Harry J. Schmit 1986 Merton V. Campbell 1987 Loyal B. Wells 1988 Ralph J. Huiras 1989 Ned Kellner 1990 Wilfred J. Ross 1991 John R. Wiese 1992 Robert R. Jacobs 1993 Ray N. Reuter 1994 Richard E. McNabb 1995 Harry Thompto 1995 Jack Vanderspool 1996 Gregory Custer 1997 Charles A. Winnemann 1998 Herb Hillman 1999 William C. Ronzheimer 2000 Stanford L. Smith 2001 David M. O'Connor 2002 Karl V. Hertz 2002 Theodore C. Egelhoff 2003 Frank Bolz 2004 Ted Weirather 2005 Anthony Von Rueden 2006 Ramon MacFarlane 2007 Roger Kirgues 2008 Dianne Robertson 2009 Doug Hansen 2010 Stanford L. Smith 2011 Shelley Weston 2012 Greg Huffman 2013 Todd Davis 2014 Bruce Rowe 2015 Andrew Petzold 2016 Rob Holtz 2017 George Witte 2018 Ellen MacFarlane 2019 Greg Sommersberger 2020 Pam Koch 2021 Tim Vertz 2021 Connie Pukaite 2022 Sam Azinger
Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Club's Polio Plus Paul Harris Fellows
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, The Rotary Foundation was kicking off its efforts to eradicate polio world-wide. There was a world-wide effort to recognize each $1000 donation to the polio eradication efforts as Polio Plus Paul Harris Fellows. The following Rotarians donated to this campaign. (#) is total number, no #? equal 1
Frank Bolz Dick Johannes Merton Campbell Ned Kellner Gregory (Sandy) Custer Dick McNabb Ted Elbe John Mikkelson Dan Gibb Karle Naggs Joseph Haen Bill Ross Peter Hatzinger Stanford Smith Karl Hertz Bob Sobczak Ralph Huiras Wally Sommer Bob Jacobs Charles Walker
Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Club's Community Paul Harris Fellows
Occasionally, The Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Club recognizes a non-rotarian community volunteer by making a donation to The Rotary Foundation in their name.
2000 Neil Willenson 2001 Ted Egelhoff
Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Club's Other Paul Harris Fellows
Of course, since The Rotary Foundation is able to take donations for more than just the foregoing special campaigns, we have had many of our Rotarians make annual donations and they receive a Paul Harris award when their cumulative donations reach $1000. Each of the following Rotarians have donated at least $1000 or had the funds donated on their behalf by another.
Linda Bendix Ellen MacFarlane (9) Holly Bern Ramon MacFarlane (4) Fred Bock Jay Metzler Frank Bolz (3) Van Mobley John Box David O'Connor (4) Bob Briese Connie Pukaite Merton Campbell (4) John Riley Michael Casey Bruce Rowe (2) Gregory (Sandy) Custer (9) Stan Smith (4) Stephen Derfel Ed Stone Dan Gannon (2) Bob Sobczak (2) Karl Hertz (9) Justin Strom Greg Huffman (9) Ted Weirather Ralph Huiras Loyal Wells (2) Marc Jorgensen Shelley Weston (2) Tom Johnson Jack Wiese (2) Roger Kirgues (2) Jim Wilke
Thiensville-Mequon Rotary Club's Paul Harris Benefactors
A Paul Harris Benefactor is a person who has included The Rotary Foundation in their estate planning documents and advised The Rotary Foundation of this potential gift.
Karl V. Hertz
Ramon MacFarlane
Ted Weirather
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