During his visit, Rotary District 7120 Governor J. Gaven Hurley “pinned” club president-elect John Egan as the club’s most recent member to receive the honor of becoming a Paul Harris Fellow.
DG Hurley talked about the honor as being given an IOU, to pay forward the money that had been gifted to Rotary International (RI) in their name. Paul Harris monies are the prime fundraiser for RI and the amount, $1,000 for the fellowships, has not changed since they were created after RI founder Paul Harris’s death decades ago.
New Fellow John Egan expressed a desire to honor that IOU and stated that he has “bought into the importance of Rotary at home and abroad.”
Hanging behind the men is this year’s RI motto which was the work of new RI president Sakuji Tanaka of Japan.
