Make-ups 7/21/15
Joel Alberts 07/16 Edmond Blvd David Battles 06/23 Video Makeup Jim Daniel 07/07 West OKC Richard Farris 06/22 North OKC Richard Farris 07/02 Sulphur Dick Hefton 07/14 Midwest City Steve Kime 07/07 Enid Barry Koonce 06/16 Video Makeup Clayton Taylor 07/07 Crested Butte, CO James Waldo 06/30 Video Makeup
Welcome From the President
I am so humbled and excited to be your President of Rotary Club 29 for 2015-16. The legacy of Past Presidents is not lost on me, including following in the footsteps of immediate Past President Jerome. I will do my best to uphold that legacy and prove worthy of the trust you have placed in […]
Chairman of the Day – Carol Troy
Carol Troy began her professional career as Director of Public Affairs and later as Vice President of Community Relations for KOCO-TV, Channel 5 in Oklahoma City, and later joined the parent company of Gannett as a Vice President of Community Relations. Troy then became Chesapeake Energy’s Director of Corporate Communications during a time of exciting […]
Foundations of Democracy (Part 1)
– Bart Binning, Ed.D. The Arab Spring has come and gone, with the hope for democracy in many of those lands being replaced with ISIL’s Caliphate, whose objectives seem to be very anti-democratic. Why do we lose this opportunity? I would submit that we have lost sight of what makes democracy work, and therefore don’t […]
Club 29 International Matching Grants Projects
During the 2015-16 Rotary year, Oklahoma City Rotary Club will be involved with several Rotary Clubs in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Uganda, Panama, Columbia, Peru, Turkey and Rwanda to change the lives of people in those Countries and Rotarians around the world. We are working to establish new relationships with Rotary Clubs in Montenegro, Latvia and Bhutan to expand our activities […]
Lawrence K. Hellman
Wrongful Convictions: Real Stories from Real People Special Guests: Nancy Vollertsen and Julie Baumer Lawrence K. Hellman is dean emeritus and professor at Oklahoma City University School of Law. A native Oklahoman, his bachelor’s degree was earned at Washington & Lee University, and he holds M.B.A. and J.D. degrees from Northwestern University. After law school, he […]
David Boren
President, University of Oklahoma David L. Boren, who has served Oklahoma as governor and U.S. senator, became the thirteenth president of the University of Oklahoma in November 1994. He is the first person in state history to have served in all three positions. Boren is widely respected for his academic credentials, his longtime support of […]
Quality Matters
Cathy O’Connor By now we all probably know which New Year’s resolutions we are truly going to keep and which didn’t make it. The list more than likely contained two of my favorites, lose weight and get back (as if you ever were) in shape. I hope all of you also included and left on […]
Oklahoma City More Than its Downtown
Cathy O’Connor Downtown Oklahoma City’s renaissance receives much of our attention thanks to MAPS, TIF districts and the many other developments that make up OKC’s core. What goes on across the rest of the metro can sometimes get lost in our day-to-day discussion. However, these developments outside of downtown represent an incredibly important part of […]