Four members named Paul Harris Fellows
Posted by Keith Tyo
on Oct 22, 2015
The Rotary Club of Plattsburgh honored four members on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Cornelia Forrence, Stanley Ransom, and Leigh and Stephens Mundy were named Paul Harris Fellows during the annual dinner.
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Stephens Mundy, Leigh Mundy, Cornelia Forrence and Stan Ransom were named the newest Paul Harris Fellows by the Rotary Club of Plattsburgh on Wednesday, Oct. 21. |
This month, Stan Ransom is celebrating 41 years of membership with the club. Although he is retired, Stan Ransom is active on many of the club's committees.
While Leigh Mundy is an active member of the Rotary club since joining in 2009 and Stephens Mundy is an honorary member of the club because he is CEO of the University of Vermont Health Network - Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, both are being honored for their active roles both within Rotary and the community.
Paul Harris (April 19, 1868–January 27, 1947) was a Chicago, Illinois, attorney best known for founding Rotary International in 1905, a service organization that currently has well over one million members worldwide. Many Rotary clubs honor individuals as Paul Harris Fellows who meet high professional and personal standards set forth by Paul Harris and others who have contributed more than $1000 to the Annual Program Fund, the Polio Plus Fund or the Humanitarian Grants Program of the Rotary Foundation.