Ink Spot 29: Rotary's Famous 711

Ink Spot 29: Rotary’s Famous 711
Rotary History
<1> Why is 711 significant to Rotary?
▪    Number 711 is significant – why?
▪    Not the Store Chain
▪    Room 711, Unity Building
▪    127 North Dearborn St. Chicago
▪    Birthplace of RI in 1905
<2> The Room
▪    Room belonged to Gus Loehr, Engineer
▪    Location of “the” first Rotary meeting
<3> A Meeting of 4 Friends
▪    A meeting between Paul Harris
▪    …and 3 friends
<4> Room 711 Preserved as a Museum
▪    Originally, preserved as a mini museum
▪    By Rotarians around the world…
▪    …contributing to the “Paul Harris 711 Club”
<5>           Unity Building Destroyed
▪    1989 - Unity Building was to be torn down
▪    Members of 711 club dismantled the room piece by piece
▪    Placed contents in storage
<6> Room Re-created
▪    1994, Room 711 re-created after painstaking research…
▪    …at RI Headquarters in Evanston
<7> Now a Mecca for Rotarians
▪    Now visited by Rotarians around the world
<8> A Fitting Reminder