Paul Harris Awards

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.

 

Past Paul Harris Recipients

 

CURRENT MEMBERS

Don Bishop, Mike Bonnewell, Bill Diehl (+4), Marlee Diehl (+4), Bill Downey (+1), Becky Karls, Kelly Kiebala, Alexandra Krebs (+3), Bruce Landis, Bonnie Malakie (+1), Fred Nesbitt (+1), Cindy Perry, Dick Pilon (+1), Dick Remley, Tom Rivers, Brad Shelp (+2)

 

PAST MEMBERS

Dick Bloom, John Merrill, Sid Eddy, Jim Parke, Diane Arsenault, Carl Bergerson, Conrad Cropsey, Ahmad Abdullah, Charles Pulley, Walter Shelp, Harlan Harvey, Lee Maine, Curtis Lyman, Wells Harrison, Paul Miles, Don Nesbitt, Ed Archbald, Ron Sodoma, Jim Neilans, Meg Pearson, Al Raymond, Winton Hatch, Sandy Church, Gary Saunders, Tom Heard, Gordy Gardner, Stan Allen, Dick Eddy (+1), Don Butts, Ada Grabowski, Mike Bonafede, Scott Hess, Mike Pilon, Erling Maine, Chris Haines, Ashley Ward, Everett Downey, Roland Kast, Ed Fancher (+2), Grace Denniston, Karen Sawicz, Charlie Nesbitt

 

NON MEMBERS

Harriet Bishop, George Gutherie, Patricia Shelp, Marian Adrian, Terry Kelly William Washington, Ray M. Lissow, Evelyn Lyman, David Spierdowis, Kevin Doherty, Ted Church, Rho Mitchell, Mildred Gavenda, Bill Lattin, Sue Starkweather, Pat Wood, Gail Lyman, Bill Tillman, Tim Archer, Gary Simboli, Kathy Ludwick