Paul Harris Awards
Recognizing Contribution
The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation.
Rotary established the recognition in 1957 to encourage and show appreciation for substantial contributions to what was then the Foundation’s only program, Rotary Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Study, the precursor to Ambassadorial Scholarships.
The first Paul Harris Fellows included past RI Director Allison G. Brush, who served during the 1937-38 Rotary year, and longtime RI Treasurer Rufus F. Chapin, both for donations made in 1946. Mrs. Adan Vargas was the first woman to receive the recognition, for a gift made in 1953. Mrs. Harry L. Jones was the second, and one of only five people recognized for contributions actually made in that inaugural year.
The number of Paul Harris Fellows reached the 1 million mark in 2006, including the following from the Whitby club!
OUR CLUB RECIPIENTS
Jim Ashley
Karen Bibeau
Jeff E Callery
Sophia Cal
Mary Carr
Jennifer Clark
Bryan Davies +
Judith H Davies
Reginald C Davis +
Sean Dionne
Geno Diraddo
Thomas J. Durand
Christine J Elliott
Mike Ewles
James M. Flaherty +
Karen Fleming
Suzane Fry
Larry Giofu
Geno Guatto
Danielle Harder
Wellington Craig Hobbs
Cheryl Jack
Annette Janca
Esperanza Leone
Joan Littleford
Sean Lockhart
George Lomax +
Niki Lundquist
John Garfield Patte
Mabel G. Ross +
William S. Nurse
Kenneth Craig Hobbs +
Bill Irwin
D. Marion O'Donnell +
Narendra Sethi
Joanne H. Ashley
Mikaela Malta
Diane Marks
Dianne McKenzie
David Meadwell
Joseph Millage
Don Mitchell
Carole Murkar
Neil Murkar +
Ashley Murphy
John Nickson
Al Palladini +
Elizabeth Parise +
Paige Pedlar
Patricia Perkins
Donna Raetsen-Kemp
Kurt Rasmus +
Greg Reid
Susan Lynn Reid
Hans Rempel
Rick Roberts
Gerald T D Robinson +
J. M. Roblin +
Vernon Rowe +
Alan Roy
Pamela Schmitz
Michael Silverman
Joseph H. Southwell
Paul Thistle
Harry Town +
Herb Tran +
Kenneth Chapman
David A. Comery
Kenneth Craig Hobbs +
Bill Irwin
Lee McKittrick +
Betty Vetere
Margaret Webber
Donald A Wilson +
Helen Winter
William D Winter
Faye Wynistorf
Joanne H. Ashley
Peers W. Davidson +
John Kunetsky +
Brandon Lambert
Barrie Lennox
Joe Murray
Desmond G. Newman
Mary Nurse
Catherine Smith
Neil A. Smith
James E. Speers +
Mark V. Wafer
Brian Winter
Robert B. Collins +
Joe Dale
Brian Barton
John Dale
Douglas Freeman
Marion E Irwin
Ravi Joshi
Ray E Richardson
Dwight E Swerdfeger +
Grant Souter, Sr.
Fred Wynistort
Narendra Sethi
Catherine Smith
Neil A. Smith
Grant Souter, Sr.
Mark V. Wafer
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