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Iqaluit Rotary Club History
(Officially chartered on September 23, 1978)

The following were the founding members of The Frobisher Bay Rotary Club:
Peter Stuempel Robert Carson
Barry Brown William Stapleton
Willy Kungl Paul Vautour
Lorne Sinclair Robert Doherty
Robert Tustian Raymond Philibert
Desmond Miklos Jr. George Saad
Gordon Rennie John Paton
James Sanders David Moores
William Hartery Andrew Lane
Marshall Coman Fred Coman
Claude Denault David Hurley
Dennis Servant Les Crout
John Sleeth Ross Craig
James Harding David Maxwell
Michael Moore Murray Horn*
David Martin

*Murray Horn is the only remaining founding member of the Iqaluit Rotary Club currently on the active member roster.
He is in the photo above, on the extreme left.

The Governor of District 7790 at the time was Louis-Philippe Matte from the Trois-Rivières Rotary Club which was also our sponsoring Club. We were officially chartered on September 23, 1978 in the dining room of the Frobisher Inn. Bryan Pearson, Mayor of Frobisher Bay at the time gave the welcoming address.

The following Rotary Clubs sent representatives to our Charter Night:
Bethel, Maine; Biddeford, Maine; Brunswick, Maine; Old Town, Maine; Portland, Maine; Rockland, Maine; Waterville, Maine; Westbrooke, Maine; Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Grand Mere, Québec; La Tuque, Québec; Québec, Québec; Québec Est, Québec; Shawinigan, Quebec; St. Georges, Québec; Trois-Rivières, Québec; Yellowknife, N.W.T (District 536)