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The Spindle THE ROTARY CLUB OF MARION DR. E. GORDON GEEOHIO – PRESIDENT OF P.O. BOX 1091 THE OHIO MARION, STATE OH 43301-1091UNIVERSITY May 22, 2012 Dr. E. Gordon Gee is president of The Ohio State University, a world-class public research institution and one of the nation’s most distinguished land-grant universities. As chief executive officer, he oversees Ohio State's six campuses, 65,000 students, and nearly 48,000 faculty and staff. Gee is among the most highly experienced and respected leaders in higher education, having been named in 2009 by Time magazine as one of the top 10 university presidents in the United States. Prior to his service at Ohio State, he led Vanderbilt University (2001-2007), Brown University (1998- 2000), The Ohio State University (1990-97), the University of Colorado (1985-90), and West Virginia University (1981- 85). Dr. Gee was born in Vernal, Utah and graduation from the University of Utah with an honors degree in history, and he earned his J.D. and Ed.D. Degrees from Columbia University. He clerked under Chief Justice David T. Lewis of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals before being named a judicial fellow and staff assistant to the U.S. Supreme Court. In this role, he worked for Chief Justice Warren Burger on administrative and legal problems of the Court and federal judiciary. Gee returned to Utah as an associate professor and associate dean in the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and was granted full professorship in 1978. One year later, he was named dean of the West Virginia University Law School, and, in 1981, was appointed to that university’s presidency. In addition to being a member of a number of education-governance organizations, he serves on the boards of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the National 4-H Council. He is secretary on the Board of Directors for Ohio’s economic development program, JobsOhio. He is co-author of eight books and numerous articles on law and education. His daughter, Rebekah, is the Director of the Louisiana Birth Outcomes Project and an assistant professor of Public Health and Medicine at Louisiana State University. Three Minute Vignette Schedule: May 1 - None Jun 5 - Howie Smith July 3 - Sally Byrnes May 8 - Don Hall Jun 12 - Chuck Speelman July 10 - Rob Howard May 15 - None Jun 19 - Gary Mauk July 17 - Teresa Ballinger May 22 - None Jun 26 - Nicole Workman July 24 - Luke Henry May 29 - Chad Snyder July 31 - Jim Barney

Please contact the Secretary if you are bringing guests for this meeting at: 740-341-4842 or [email protected] by Friday May 18th.

MESA BICYCLE TOUR Our Club is hosting the start of the Mesa Bicycle Tour on June 8th. Scott Yancey is in charge of this event, and it will begin from Wyandot Snacks rear parking lot heading north on route 423 for Upper Sandusky about 1:30PM. We will also provide lunch for the approximately 16 riders. The Marion Rotary Club is proud to be of service in providing help for MESA in this endeavor.

The Invocation today will be by Phil Reid and Bill Young will greet you.

NOTE: Directors, there is a Monthly Board Meeting Monday May 21st, @4:00PM, at the Smith Clinic. " Service Above Self” OFFICERS PROGRAM CHAIRS 2011-2012 President President Elect July Tina Salamone January Dan Wigton James Barney Howard Smith Phones B 387-3300 Phones August John Sanders February Phyllis Butterworth C 341-3034 B 382-3639 ext 234 H 3605626 September Scott Shawver March Ron Scharer

Treasurer Secretary October Nikki Workman April Chuck Speelman Diane Watson William A. Probst Phones B 389-9770 Phones November Theresa Lubke May Scott Yancey H 389-1728 B 382-2076 or H 389-4592 December Mary Longo June Diane Watson

Assistant Secretary Secretary Emeritus Phones Catherine Ferguson Patti Garner B 382-9737 or 382-2076

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Club Treasurer, Diane Watson, Office 389-9770, email: [email protected] Email preferred. Bo ard of Directors Term Expires - June 30, 2012 Term Expires – June 30, 2013 Term Expires – June 30, 2014 Scott Shawver Howie Smith Scott Ruth Jim Barney Phil Reid Scot Gray Karen Ream Larry Hall Nikki Workman

Immediate Past President Brooks K. Brown Past Presidents 1922 Fred E. Guthery* 1945 Wendall Wiant* 1966 J. Arthur Hamilton* 1989 Douglas Loudenslager 1923 Arthur J. Berry* 1946 Alfred Donithen* 1967 Phillip W. Smith* 1990 Charles Garvin 1924 Josiah Bindley* 1946 Henry A. Mickley* 1968 Everett H. Granger* 1991 Thomas A. Frericks 1925 Carl Sawyer* 1947 Frank M. Foster* 1969 Paul E Lyon 1992 Fred K. White 1926 Charles B. King* 1948 D.W. Brickley* 1970 Robert W. Wopat* 1993 John W. Scharer 1927 Jesse H. Mason* 1949 William F. Ehrick* 1971 Marion E. Shank* 1994 William L. Young 1928 Clarence O. Brown* 1949 A. Merle Hamilton* 1972 John L. Ashworth 1995 James C. Beaver 1929 James Crawmer* 1950 Carl H. Knirk* 1973 Robert C. Ludwig 1996 Gary K. Sims 1930 Levi Stang* 1951 Francis B. Huber* 1974 John P. Courtney 1997 G. Scott Drew 1931 Don A. Howard* 1952 Carroll H. Bachelder* 1975 Frederick T. Merchant* 1998 F. Dominic Dottavio 1932 Earl N. Hale* 1953 James S. Greetham Sr.* 1976 John C. Keggan 1999 S. Elaine Merchant 1933 Dr. Eben L. Brady* 1954 Odell Thompson* 1977 Jacob S. Fuller* 2000 Robert H. Thiede 1934 James E. Frew* 1955 Ralph Howard* 1978 James P. Waddell 2001 W. Michael Springer 1935 Gene Hill* 1956 Lewis Ashworth* 1979 Robert J. White* 2002 J. Weston Jones 1936 W.D. Brown* 1957 Vernon L. Street* 1980 David L. Miller 2003 Nick R. Chilton 1937 Edgar W. Barnhart* 1958 Jack A. Maxwell* 1981 Donald G. Hall 2004 Scott Yancey 1938 Dr. Otis M. Young* 1959 Dr. Charles W. Wilson* 1982 Theodore B. Myers* 2005 Ted M. McKinniss 1939 John J. Stafford* 1960 Theodore L. Hufert* 1983 John C. Bartram 2006 Ted B. Babich 1940 George Planck* 1961 Paul W. Kohler* 1984 D. Warren Brown* 2007 Ronald J. Scharer 1941 John K. Bartram* 1962 C. Robert Martin* 1985 Francis E. Hazard 2008 Fran Voll 1942 Wilson Tway* 1963 George K. Brown* 1986 Lowell E. Thurston 2009 Kathy S. Masters 1943 Edward E. Holt* 1964 Francis W. Hamper* 1987 Lyle H. DeVilling* 2010 Brooks K. Brown 1944 Adrian F. Busick* 1965 Donald J. Yoder* 1988 John M. Conrath *Deceased Past District Governors 1949 Henry A. Mickley* 1962 Wayne H Kuhn* 1969 Francis W Hamper* 1989 Lowell E. Thurston