On Thursday, October 29, the Rotary Club of Potomac-Bethesda's speaker will be the eminent U.S. historian, William E. Leuchtenburg. Dr. Leuchtenburg spent most of his career as a professor of history -- first at Columbia University and then at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He will speak about selected topics covered in his new book, The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton, which will be published by Oxford University Press this December.
Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Leuchtenburg served as a consultant on many of Ken Burns' productions for PBS, including "The Civil War," "The Dust Bowl," "The Roosevelts," and "The Viet Nam War." His new book, his 15th, is the main selection by the Book of the Month Club for December 2015. His other books include: (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal (1963), (2) In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan (1983), (3) The White House Looks South: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson (2005), and (4) Herbert Hoover (2009).
President Bob Fuhrman presents the Rotary Cookbook to Rotary District Membership Chair Rich Glover for leading the club discussion on membership growth.
President Bob Fuhrman thanks guest speaker Dr. Dean Pruitt for his talk on International Negotiations. Accompanying Dean was his wife France (Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotarian) and son Paul. Guests included Benjamin Viray, Ed Feroli and Francine Schwartz.
The above children have all undergone middle ear surgery for restoration of hearing in the past two weeks through Ear Care Nepal at Nidan Hospital, Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal. Funding for 30 children was provided by the Potomac-Bethesda Rotary Club in the amount of $3700. This project is being done in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Katmandu-Midtown.
The Dictionary and Gazetteer is a comprehensive reference book including not only 32,000 words, but also treaties about the environment, facts about land and water conditions in worldwide countries, information about animals that live in nine habitats on seven continents and information about the Earth and its atmosphere. Let us, as committed Rotarians, make a difference in the quality of life of third grade students and help them, “To Learn to Read and Read to learn.” It is through this literacy program that students can improve their communication skills as well as their quality of life and that of the community-at-large. District Contact: Nancy C. Mason, District 7620 Coordinator, The Dictionary Project, nszlasa@aol.com
Rev. Anne Benefield from the Potomac Rotary Club described her experiences at a National Immunization Day in India. Past President Tom Leuchtenburg presented a Rotary Cookbook to Anne for her excellent presentation.
President Bob Fuhrman invited local author Sara Taber Thomas to speak about her book "Born Under an Assumed Name", which is a memoir of her early years. Her dad was a covert CIA agent who tried to run spies into Red China 50 years ago. She periodically lived in Taiwan, Japan, Holland, Bali, and elsewhere "undercover," as it were. Photos by Tom Lewis.
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