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July 27, 1999 |
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Substituting for a vacationing President Worth, Bill Wood opened the meeting with a
recollection of Worth's days at Davidson College. Patricia Baldwin welcomed
visitors and visiting Rotarians. WBT Station Manager Rick Jackson introduced a new feature to the weekly meeting, bringing a number of news items from the WBT Radio newsroom. Among them, he noted that the mortality rate for church-going Americans is 26% lower than that for those who stay at home. Rusty Brink brought Health and Happiness, Chuck Lineberry baffled the club leading a pronoun-less version of "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" and Harley Dickson led the invocation. Annamarie Phillips joined the club as a new member and past member Buddy Collins re-joined the club. Both are in the executive search business. Bobby Cockerham, Brenda Lea, and Fitz Dove joined Bill at the head table. Ed Kiser, the new chairman of the Charlotte Rotary Foundation Scholarship Committee, provided an overview of the foundation's work as an introduction of the day's program. He introduced two recent recipients of international grants from the Foundation: Dr. Nancy Fairley and Dr. David Martin, both of Davidson College. Anthropologist Dr. Fairley began by thanking the club for its support of her daughter (two years ago) and her own work in Ghana. She began by addressing why the African continent is so war-torn, going on to explain that the ethnic conflict is about the distribution of economic resources among the ethnic groups of Africa. Regarding Ghana, she said Charlotte is a sister city to Kamasi, Ghana, and that the N.C. government has been considering ways to expand trade with Ghana. Ghana is about the size of Oregon with a population of about 18 million and currently is governed by a democracy. The future of the democracy will be tested in the 2000 Ghanaian election, she said. Rotary's support has furthered her study of the causes of ethnic conflict in Ghana, much of which occurs in rural areas. She will teach courses in ethnic studies and create a new center for the study of ethnic conflict. The center will look at causes for regionalism in Africa, including investigating existing stereotypes. Dr. David Martin thanked the club for funding the visit by him and his wife to Trichy, India. Trichy is in the southern sector of India with a population of 400,000. He worked from Bishop Heber College and underscored that the Rotary connection was instrumental in helping him navigate the multiple cultures in India. His speaking engagements at Rotary clubs there provided personal contacts and friendships that helped in avoiding cultural mistakes. The unique focus of the grant on teaching in developing countries also proved valuable, allowing him to teach from his expertise — economic environmental policy. His focus on economic environmental policy brought a new dimension to the local graduate students' training, he said, and his western teaching style broadened the local faculty's view of teaching techniques. He reassured the club that the Rotary grant is a valuable teaching and cultural asset. After a few questions, Rev. Wood adjourned the meeting. * * * |
New Member
Joined 1999 Management Consulting Manchester Partners International 370-3162 Annamarie Phillips is the senior vice president & assistant market leader for the Southern Market (N.C., S.C., Ga.) for Manchester Partners International, a global management consulting firm. She has been with Manchester, formerly Schwab-Carrese Associates, since 1990. Annamarie is active in our community as she volunteers for many community activities and also serves as a board member on our local relocation division of ERC (Employee Relocation Council) which is CMARC-Charlotte Metrolina Area Relocation Council. Annamarie started her career 17 years ago in the human resources field in Spartanburg, S.C. She relocated to Charlotte 14 years ago to work in the Human Resources division of the corporate headquarters of Ivey's. Her experience consists of executive recruitment and placement, relocation, career transition/management and executive coaching. Annamarie grew up in Spartanburg and attended USC Spartanburg and Converse College. She lives at Lake Norman and enjoys water sports, snow skiing, golf and most of all riding her Harley to the mountains and beach. Theresa Evans introduced Annamarie Phillips to our group. Welcome to Charlotte Rotary, Annamarie. * * * |
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Mary Stuart Brooks, a past president of the Junior League of Charlotte, was recognized as a leader still in action in the article "Five Decades of Service." E. K. Fretwell was twice elected president of Charlotte Rotary. After his election in 1991, he was called to serve as interim president of the University of Massachusetts in Boston, prior to the beginning of his term. He was later elected and served as president 1994-95. During his tenure the practice of saying the pledge of allegiance was introduced. Julian Aldridge was given a Distinguished Alumnus Award at Davidson College at his 40th class reunion. Edgar Love has been named a vice president of the North Carolina Bar Association. Leroy Robinson was featured in an ad for Central Piedmont Community College in the Business Journal. He has served both as a trustee of the college and member of the college foundation board.Phil Van Hoy in a letter to the "Observer" chided the "barons of downtown" for floating the idea of partial funding for an arena by taxation of rental vehicles. The late Herschel V. Johnson was a career diplomat who was elected to honorary membership in Charlotte Rotary after his retirement. His name was not mentioned by Ambassador Mark Ervin when he mentioned other Charlotte diplomats. Gene Bratek was pictured in the "Leader" at a starlight serenade benefit for the Rising Musical All Stars Camp. * * * |
Rick Jackson and Tom Revels were mentioned in the Table Talk Column of the Business Journal. Rick had a program matter, Tom a personal matter. Christie Taylor, Katie Tyler and David Zimmerinan's mom were among the 25 women who made outstanding achievements in business in our area during the past year, and were featured in the Business Journal. Bob Culbertson's family is featured in the annual report of the Foundation for the Carolinas. Other Rotarians pictured in the report: the late Pat Gilchrist, the Foundation's first president. Bill Barnhardt, Gordon Berg and Bill Spencer. Hal Bouton, CEO at WTVI, in a letter to the editor of the "Observer" says the station has never shared its donor lists, as some other public TV stations have done.Bill Kinney is recovering from back surgery and expects to be fully recovered in two or three weeks. Don Sanders is confined in a wheelchair with a broken ankle sustained on a golf course in the western N.C. mountains. Bill Spencer is on crutches following corrective surgery on his ankle which fused bones that were rubbing together. Leland Park was walking with a cane due to having twisted his knee while shagging at a dance party. * * * |
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