In Rotary John has been Club President, Secretary and was chosen Rotarian of the Year in 1995.  John  is  a Benefactor and a Major Donor. He served on the Paul Harris Celebration Committee from 1998 thru 2002, the District Conference Committee from 1999 thru 2002 and was an Assistant Governor in 1999-2000. He has attended three Zone Institutes, four Presidential Conferences and the past seven R.I. Conventions.

Barbara is also involved in her community as a member of the Montebello Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and past Chairwoman. She was also the Chairwoman of the Montebello Chamber Ambassadors. Barbara is a member of the Beverly Hospital Foundation Board of Directors and a Beverly Hospital guild member.

Barbara and Greg were married in 1982 and have 4 children, Nathan, Zachary, Kaylie and Jenna ranging in age from 4-13 years. As a family they enjoy snow skiing, water skiing and wakeboarding. She also enjoys playing tennis, running and scrapbooking.

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Pat was born in Dublin, Ireland and immigrated to the United States (New York City) with his family in 1948.  After college, he worked for Northwest Airlines at New York’s Kennedy Airport and later Seattle, Washington when he became part of a flight crew traveling mainly between Seattle and Asia.  In 1981 he moved to Culver City, California to go into the retail pharmacy business with his brother.  He retired in 1994 after the sale of his business.

He joined the Culver City Rotary Club in 1984 with a classification of “Retail Pharmacy.”  He was President of his Club during the 1996-1997 Rotary year and was honored with his club’s “Rotarian of the Year” award in 1999-2000.  He established a Match Club relationship between Culver City and the Pune Parvati club in Pune, India and was instrumental in obtaining a $ 240,000 3-H Grant with them.  He has been his club’s representative for Polio Corrective Surgery matching grant projects in India since 1996.

His numerous District leadership responsibilities have included World Community Service Chair, Area Representative, International Assembly Greeters Chairman, Assistant Governor for International Service, and District Directory Editor.  Pat has chaired the Paul Harris Foundation Dinner and the District Conference.  He has been the District Governors’ Executive Aide during the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 Rotary years and will serve as vice chair for the District’s Charitable Foundation.  He was honored with the Rotary Foundation District Service Award in 1998-1999 and the District “Rotarian of the Year” award 1999-2000.

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John will serve as District Governor 2003-2004 the same year the Rotary Club of Paramount, the Governor’s Home Club, will celebrate its 50th Anniversary. John is Director of the District              Centennial Committee, coordinating a three-year plan to develop permanent remembrances by clubs and the District to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Rotary in 2005.

John lives in Fullerton with Leann, his wife of 25 years. His hobbies include playing cards, breeding and racing quarter horses and doing Rotary work.

Pat has attended two Presidential Conferences and twelve International Conventions.  He is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and he and his wife, Betty, are Rotary Benefactors and charter members of the Bequest Society.

Pat and Betty, live in Redondo Beach, California.  They have two daughters and two grandchildren.  In addition to his work with Rotary, Pat particularly enjoys flying, golfing and traveling.

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Zone 24: Institute Decorations 1998 & 1999, 2001 Institute Permanent Fund Breakfast

District 5230:  Assistant Governor, Area Representative, Foundation Annual Giving Chair (5 years), and 29 various committees chairing 15.  Represented District in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the 1997 Peace and Unity Conference. 

CLUB: Youth Service Director, Membership, Youth Exchange, Interact Club Advisor, Park Watch, Bell Ringing, Camp Royal (RYLA) selection Committee, Foundation, Meals on Wheels, plus various fund raising committees.  At her home, she has hosted members of 10 Group Exchange Teams and 16 foreign students.  

A native of the Salinas Valley, Gloria has worked for the past 38 years with her husband, Bob, managing the office of their rental properties and contracting.   They have recently celebrated 43 years of marriage.  They love to travel and have taken advantage of 11 International Conventions to travel the world. They have four married children and are the proud grandparents of four.  Bob, Gloria and their Golden Retriever, Buffy, reside in Salinas. 

Gloria enjoys traveling, quilting, needlepoint and cooking.  Bob and Gloria collect Hummel figurines and Raikes bears.

A Rotarian since 1992, Gloria Clinton was a member of the Salinas Steinbeck Rotary Club, and presently maintains membership in the Salinas Rodeo Rotary Club since 1998, where she served as President 1999-2001 for two consecutive terms.  She is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow (+9), Major Donor, Bequest Society member, Benefactor, and maintains perfect attendance. 

Gloria is the recipient of unique awards: 

DISTRICT: 

As Club President she received Outstanding President in her club size and ten Awards.

CLUB: 

Red Sock Award (Salinas Steinbeck, one of only four in history of club).  The Steinbeck Club’s Order of the Red Sock is not an annual recognition, but is given by the Club President to recognize an individual Rotarian who exemplifies the Rotary motto “Service Above Self”. 

Gloria has served on a variety of committees: 

R.I.:  National Advisor for the Permanent Fund of TRF 2001-03.  Travel & Hosting Fellowship Board (8 years, and currently serving a two-year term as President). 

Multi-District:  Committees Signage for Pets, RI President’s Dinner Sergeant-at Arms, Foundation Seminar

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Jan has served District 5240 in the following capacities:

• Co-Chair International Projects Conference: 1999, 2000, 2001

• Group 7 Representative: 2000-2001

• District Governor Nominating Committee: 2000, 2001

• Assistant Governor: 2001-2002

• Instructor-District Assembly: 2001,2002

• Chair-Conference on Poverty in the America’s: 2002

• District Director of International Service: 2002-2003

He has received the following District Recognition:

• District award for “Distinguished International Service”: 1996-1997

• District award for “Best Club Service”: 1999

• PRLS and MPRLS graduate: 1999

• District “Super Sponsor Award”: 2000

• District award for “Best International Outreach”: 2000

• District “Outstanding Leadership Award”: 2000

• Governors Citation: 2000

• District Rotarian of the Year: 2002

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Jan graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a degree in Economics, emphasis in accounting.  He has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1972 and is the owner of Lindsay and Company, Certified Public Accountant.

Jan served in the U.S. Army from 1966-69 and is a Vietnam veteran (68-69). 

Married to Pamela Lindsay since 1968 Jan and Pamela have two children and 5 grandchildren.  Pamela is PRLS and MPRLS graduate.

A Member of Rotary since 1992 (Rotary Club of East Ventura), Jan has served the club as follows: 

• International Service Chair

• Chair-International Projects Conference: 1997,1998

• Club Service Chair; Created centralized personnel management system (aka Personnel Committee), which is now incorporated into the MPRLS training.

• Created Latin Music Festival at Lake Casitas

• President 1999-2000; Club received “Best Club in District” award and “Super Club” award from D.G. Otto Austel.  Club also received the Ventura Chamber of Commerce “Poinsettia Award for Best Service Club” in the Community.

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Kermit was nominated to be District 5260 Governor for the Centennial Year 2004-2005.

He has numerous hobbies that include camping and fly-fishing, amateur radio (kj6du), collecting and repairing antique clocks, repairing antique radios, and designing electronic devices.  He is an accomplished private pilot who has participated in air races including an International Air Race from London, England to Victoria, British Columbia. 

He has been married to Marsha Lynn Floyd for 23 years. They have two daughters Jennifer, who is graduating from nursing school in December 2002, and Allison who is a junior in La Canada High School.  The family resides in La Canada, California.

Kermit believes that Service in Rotary offers the greatest opportunity for self-expression and fulfillment of any organization in the world and that being a part of Rotary has “given new meaning to his life”.

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He also works as a Rotarian with the Healing the Children Foundation and has made two trips this year to Guatemala to assist in the operation of two major neurological surgical missions. To insure the success of these missions Kermit traveled to Guatemala, prior to the arrival of the surgical teams, to install the medical equipment he and Rotary District 5260 had donated and to repair other medical equipment that was needed by the “medical team”.

Kermit is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, a Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation, a recipient of the Crystal Dove Award, a double sustaining member, and has made a substantial donation to the Polio Eradication Fund.  He is considered to be an outstanding public speaker and is in demand throughout the District to speak on behalf of the Polio Eradication Program. He is considered to be an expert in PowerPoint program development and presentation.  He has made himself available to the District’s Speakers Bureau.

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As a City Administrator, Arnie has developed many skills that are very useful for a District Governor.  His leadership style is to handle stress with humor, to promote bottoms up solutions, to anger slowly and forgive quickly.  While he emphasizes that the major role of a governor should be to support the club, which he will do, he is also going to actively promote and encourage clubs to become more involved with the youth of their communities.

After receiving his Governor Nominee Pin from Governor Brenda and Governor Elect Marc, he introduced the First Lady Nominee, his wife Maria. They will both be retired during his year as Governor so that they can devote 100% of their time to the service of Rotary.  Congratulations to a wonderful couple, Arnie and Maria.

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Arnie has a long history of commitment to Rotary on a club, district and international level.  He served as President of the Five Cities / Pismo Beach Rotary Club in 1987-88, where he was a charter member, and he also served as President of the Rotary Club of Santa Paula in 1996-97.  He has been involved in our district as Group Rep, Deputy District Foundation Chair and Assistant Governor.  He had also been asked by Gov. Elect Marc Vertin to serve as his Administrative Assistant next year. He is a PRLS and Master PRLS graduate, a Rotary Foundation Benefactor and a multiple Paul Harris Fellow.

Arnie has been active in Rotary International’s Polio Eradication Initiative.  During his year as President in Pismo Beach the club completed their three-year commitment to the PolioPlus fundraising effort in only three months time. He recently went to India to help with their NID and their fight against polio. He has already attended 8 different Rotary International Conventions and is looking forward to developing a District International Project where our members can unite and become involved at all levels.

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Rod has attended four Rotary International Convention – Portland, OR, USA; Taipei, Taiwan, REpublic of China; Barcelona, Spain and Brisbane, Australia.

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Rod was invited to join The Rotary Club of Salinas Steinbeck in January 1989.  His classification is Telecommunications.  He served as Club President in 1994095.

Rod has served his club in numerous Club committees, director and officer positions.  In 1992-93  he received the club’s “Order of the Red Sock” – not an annual recognition, but given by the Club President to recognize an individual Rotarian who exemplifies the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self.”  During his year as Club President, the Salinas Steinbeck was recognized as the district’s “Club of Excellence” and Rod was recognized as the “Most Outstanding President” in District 5230.  In 1995-96 he received the club’s “Rotarian of The Year” award.

At the District level, Rod has served as Assistant Governor, as District Information Officer, as District Secretary, as District Newsletter Editor, as District Conference Chair, and as an Area Representative.  He has served on fourteen District Committees; chairing or co-chairing ten.

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Rotary International awarded David with the Service Above Self Award in 2002. He also has received the Four Avenues of Service Award from Rotary International and has been honored twice with Foundation Service Awards from District 5220.

David and Diane have been married since 1974. Diane has been a kindergarten teacher for the past 14 years. Diane volunteers a lot of her time at their church, where she is a leader of a youth puppet team. Her hobbies include reading and sewing.

David and Diane have three daughters. Their oldest daughter Kathleen and her husband Ryan Ludwig are teachers in Reno, Nevada. Their middle daughter Erin is finishing her education at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, and will also be a teacher. Youngest daughter Kerry is a student at Azusa Pacific University where she is majoring in communications.

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David Gallagher is District Governor Nominee for District 5220 in Central California. He has been a member of Modesto Sunrise Rotary Club since 1987 and served as Club President during 1997-1998.

David is an Optometrist and has a private practice in Modesto. He received his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Optometry degrees from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. He is a member of the American Optometric Association and the California Optometric Association. He is a Past President of the San Joaquin Optometric Society.

He has served the City of Modesto on the Planning Commission and was the Chairman from 1988 through 1990. David also has volunteered as a youth soccer and softball coach for many years.

David has been a member of The Flying Samaritans since 1986. He has served as their President and has been elected Flying Samaritan of the Year. The organization provides free medical care to the poor in Mexico. The first trip that he took to provide free eyecare was in 1986. David just completed  trip number 47, which was to Romania. The trips have been with Flying Samaritans, Rotary, and his church. He has dispensed over 10,000 pairs of eyeglasses to the poor in third world countries.

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Photo taken in 1984 or 1985.

In 1968 Nick began his career in commercial insurance after working in the trucking industry and farming. He started as a payroll auditor in Redding for workers compensation insurance, and worked his way up to sales and sales management. He then went on to two other insurance companies where he furthered his career in key management positions.

Nick is a native Californian born in Martinez and educated in Concord where he graduated from Mt. Diablo High School. In addition to completing a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Marketing at Chico State, Nick also achieved the professional designation of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter and is a lifetime member of the Society of CPCU.

Nick met and married his wife Cathy while still in college. This year they will be celebrating 41 years of marriage. They have three daughters and four grandchildren.  Cathy enjoys spending much of her time as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society and Nick enjoys golf in his free time.  Getting away to the mountains is something they both look forward to.

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"To the immediate left of the entrance rests not a continent, but instead the representation of the Western Hemisphere—both North and South America. The seated, alert young woman holds the torch of Liberty, while stalks of corn lie in her lap. The figure of Labor crouches at her side, setting in motion a winged wheel of Fortune. In his other hand, Labor holds mechanical tools of knowledge: a magnet and a prism. Although intended to represent the whole hemisphere, the sculpture does not reference other nations and cultures in a positive manner, and mainly portrays the prosperity of the United States."

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In 1986, soon after moving to Modesto for a career opportunity, Nick was invited to join Modesto Sunrise Rotary.  He saw this as a way of getting involved in the community and meeting other business people.   After serving on various club committees, Nick became club president for the 1993 -1994 year.  He then went on to become involved in District 5220 operations as well.  Today after stints in 1998-1999 as Assistant District Governor and in 2001 as Club Service Team Captain, he serves as 2003-2004 District Governor.

Over the years Nick has also devoted time to Rotary as District Insurance Chairman, Area representative for Area 6, Chairman of the 1997 and 1998 District Assemblies, Chairman of the District Disaster Relief Committee, Chairman of the Foundation Alumni Committee, and Chairman of the International Friendship Exchange Committee. Nick has volunteered in his community and in World Community Service eye clinics and projects in Mexico and Honduras. Now in 2003/2004, Nick will follow PDG Leonard Bartlett 1980/1981 as the second District Governor from Capax/Giddings, Corby, Hynes, the Modesto insurance brokerage firm where Nick is a commercial insurance broker and partner serving as senior vice president and director.

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[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

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Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16409

Call Number: LC-B2- 3123-4

“Service above self” is a way of life for Bob.  He is currently Chairman of the Citizen Oversight Committee for the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District as well as being a member of many civic organizations.  In Southern California he was a Trustee of the South Pasadena Unified School District for 12 years, serving two terms as President. He was also active in many leadership roles including Boy Scouts, Little League, PTA Booster Clubs and various scholarship programs.  Bob was South Pasadena’s Distinguished Citizen for 1993.

Marge, Bob’s wife, has also been very active in community and youth activities.  She was a special education teacher for over twenty years.  Marge was honored by the Tahoe City Rotary Club with a Paul Harris Fellowship for her civic activities. The Hartsfield’s have four children and 15 grandchildren.

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America Sings, as seen from the second floor of the Space Mountain Pavilion outside the Starcade.

Photo taken in 1984 or 1985.

Bob Hartsfield has been a Rotarian for over 35 years with three Rotary Clubs.  For the past four years he has been a member of the Tahoe City Rotary Club where he served in many leadership roles which includes being club president for 2001-02 year.  Bob started his Rotary experience with the Hermosa Beach Rotary Club. In 1970, he joined the South Pasadena Rotary Club and was president of their in 1989-90. Bob’s District 5190 activities include District Conference Chairman in 2000 and District Award Chairman in 2001.  Prior to moving to Tahoe he was active in many District 5300 positions in Southern California.

Bob is a graduate of the University of Colorado with a degree in finance and accounting.  After a short experience in banking and being a controller of a small company, he spent 30 years as assistant controller of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) where he handled all their Federal Financial activities.  After retiring in 1998, he moved to Tahoe and continued his community activities.

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