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Rotary
International began in 1905 in Chicago with four
friends who rotated a weekly meeting in their offices—thus
the name. Today there are 29,000 clubs with 1.2 million
men and women providing community service
in virtually every nation in the world.
Rotary Club of West Austin was founded more than fifty-three
years ago. A small group met at the Hitching Post restaurant
on March 25, 1953 to discuss forming the second Rotary
Club in Austin. Less than three months later, on June
18, 1953, District Governor Howard O. Smith presented
the charter to Club President Carl Stautz at the installation
banquet at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. We celebrated
our 50th anniversary with a special Anniversary meeting,
on June 19, 2003 at Westwood Country Club.
Our membership reflects
a wide cross-section of community representation. Some
of us are business owners or professionals, and some
of us are in private industry or are government officials.
A Message from the President
One of the joys of being in Rotary is that Rotary Clubs
are like a home away from home when traveling—and
because each club is autonomous, no two clubs conduct
their meetings the same way. I look forward to greeting
you when you are in Austin and visit one of our next
Thursday noontime meetings.
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