Special occasions and recognitions
in Chronological Order
Notice of
Admission to Membership in Rotary International of the Rotary Club
of Space Center (Houston), Texas, and U.S.A. (District 589) as of August
6, 1964 with the initials of G.R.M. dated August 11, 1964.” The
charter was not in the archives.
According to the Charter Presentation Program, the presentation of the
charter was held on September 28, 1964 at 7:00 P. M. at the Houston Yacht
Club Shoreacres, La Porte, Texas.
Club's Banner
Space
Center Rotary Club banner designed by Martin Gracey
and approved by the Board.
1965-66
No Report
1966-67
Earliest Newsletter
(Blastoff)
The earliest copy of the Blastoff in the archives is
March 2, 1967. There is no record prior to this date that the Club's
newsletter was named anything else.
Club Meeting Location
The Club started
meeting at the Nassau Bay Hotel, City of Nassau Bay, Texas September 18,
1967. It had met at the Kings Inn, City of Nassau Bay, Texas
since 1964.
1967-68
First Interact Club
Organized
1968-69
Club Banner Circumnavigates
the Moon
Frank Borman was
a principal speaker at Rotary International Convention in Honolulu,
Hawaii. He presented Rotary International President Kiyoshi Togasaki
of Japan, the club banner of Space Center Rotary. This miniature
banner was carried on Apollo 8, the first flight to circumnavigate the
moon. This banner now hangs in Rotary International headquarters in
Evanston, Ill. May 1969.
First Drug Awareness
A Drug Awareness Program was approved by the Board of Directors
Bob Wren is to
provide some info on the Apollo Program. View space views by the Apollo
spacecrafts.
1969-70
No Report
No Report
The Pan-Am
Interact International Convention was held in Houston. Quoting from
the document, “This meeting will mark the beginning of Interact as an
international organization, and will be the start of a new Interact.” June
8-10, 1972.
The 63rd Rotary
International
The 63rd Rotary International Convention held in Houston, Texas on June 11-15, 1972. The attendance to the Convention was expected to be 22,000 from 149 nations, however the official number was 13,287. District 589 had a goal for 5,000. Sixty Rotarians and eight guests registered from the Club.
No Report
1973-74
First Paul Harris
Fellow
The Club awarded
posthumously its first Paul Harris Fellow to Harry Smith following
his death in August 1972 to his wife, Pat, at the July 30, 1973 Club
meeting
A writeup dated
February 20, 1974 by Marvin Matthews noted the approval by the Board of
Directors of the first shrimp boil and auction.
The first Shrimporee was
held July 20, 1974 at the Galveston County Park. An unknown writer
has compiled information about preparations for the first Shrimporee
and a brief summary about other Shrimporees up to May 1994. The
complete write up can be viewed by clicking on Origin
of the Shrimporee. Visit the first Shirmporee in photos.
1975-76
Sergeant at Arms position
The office of the Sergeant at
Arms was established effective July 1, 1975
Club Banner Circled the Earth
The Board approved on July 9, 1975 that the small replica of the Space Center Rotary Club banner that went around the moon be the official banner of the Club
Club Meeting Location
The Club started meeting at the Holiday Inn City of
Nassau Bay, Texas March 1976. It had met at the Nassau
Bay Hotel City of Nassau Bay, Texas since September 18, 1967.
No Report
No Report
No Report
1979-80
Officer Position of
President Elect Was Established
First Shrimp Costume
The first shrimp costume was approved by the Board of Directors on August 12, 1980 at an estimated cost of $750 to $1,000 and expected to last 10 years. Delivery was scheduled September 9, 1980.
Requested
change to the Club's territorial limits was approved in a
letter and associated documents including a map dated May
21, 1982 from the Rotary International to Charles Hartman, Secretary. Floyd D. Boze became the first District 589 Governor
elected from Space Center Rotary Club The Club received a letter dated July 15, 1981 from
the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts stating that the Club was
exempted from sales tax effective June 17, 1981 The origin of "Rotary
Anns" Club Meeting Hours
The Club changed the meeting time from 12:15 pm to
12:00 noon in April 1983 to allow more time for the speaker. It had
met at 12:15 pm since 1964. The end time of 1 pm remained the same.
President William "Bill" Webb was selected the
District 589 Club President of the Year. "Rotary Anns" changed to
My Rotary Wife" The Rotary National Award for Space
Achievement (named in October 1, 1985 Club Board of Directors minutes)
Foundation was established in 1985 (the first official board meeting of
RNASA was October 15, 1985) by the Space Center Rotary Club to organize
and coordinate an annual awards event to recognize outstanding
achievements in space and create greater public awareness of the benefits
of space exploration . People who have made a preeminent
contribution to space exploration are nominated by government, industry,
professional organizations, and individuals. A ballot is voted upon
by the Foundation's Board of Advisors, leaders intimately involved in the
space program. The confidential votes are tabulated by an
independent accounting firm. The winner is presented with The
National Space Trophy. Write up on the trophy can be viewed by
clicking on RNASA Trophy History. The Foundation also selects
individuals or groups for special awards such as this year's Space
Communicator Award. The RNASA Foundation is a nonprofit organization
supported by sales of banquet tickets and program book advertisements.
The above write-up take from the
2003 RNASA Program. Bob Wren, one of the founders of
the RNASA Foundation and a past president of the Club, writes in his
own words a very personal history of RNASA in
May 2009 By action of the Board of Directors, Space Center Rotary
meetings were stretched slightly to be able to attend to all the fun
and business before the speaker starts without cutting into the speaker's
allotted half hour. Food service started at 11:45 am with the
meeting bell ringing shortly after 12 noon. This new plan was
to prevent either running overtime (i. e. past 1 pm) or cutting the
speaker short. The Board of Directors unanimously
accepted an official club project, the Space Flight Memorial
Foundation, with joint sponsor the High Flight organization March 4,
1986 and has undertaken the task of building a Space Flight Memorial
on or near the Johnson Space Center. Officials of the Space Center Rotary
Club and St. John Hospital announced the formation of the Rotary World
Health Foundation. The Foundation will provide plastic surgery,
hospital care, transportation and lodging for young people from around the
world who suffer from a physical deformity that prevents them from living
a normal life in their society. The genesis of the Rotary World
Health Foundation took place in the minds of Dr. Abdel Fustok, a plastic
surgeon at St. John Hospital and Mr. Raymond Khoury, the hospital's
administrator and a member of Space Center Rotary Club. Mr. Khoury
had been seeking avenues for achieving the Rotary Club's goals for service
to the international community. The International Youth Exchange was
formally established at District 589 and at the Club. First
Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Awardee Sister
Club The Aeropuerto Rotary Club of Mexico
City and Space Center Rotary Club began a cultural exchange in 1985 which
culminated in a Fraternity Declaration in 1986. This association had
a common theme which was the U.S. space program and resulted in many new
and long time friends in both clubs. In the fall of 1985, the
Governor of Mexico District 417 requested aid due to the devastating
earthquake which occurred in September 1985 and again in April 1986 in
Mexico City. As the result of the request, a project of
District 589 and the World Community Service Committee under Dick Moore,
acquired used hospital and medical equipment donated by South East
Memorial Hospital to be shipped to the area. The Club also assisted
the Aeropuerto Club of Mexico City acquire an exhibit from National
Aeronautical Space Administration on a loan basis. In the letter of
February 20, 1987 from Director Arg. Sergio Gonzalez de la Mora to
President Hargrove expressed his appreciation of the efforts that the
Club had made in acquiring the NASA exhibit. The
Space Center Women of Rotary was officially established June 18,
1987 The Club began meeting at the Nassau
Bay Hilton Inn, City of Nassau Bay, Texas on March 23,
1987. It had met at the Holiday Inn City of Nassau Bay, Texas
since March 1976. One of the most significant and historic events
during the year was the admittance of women into Rotary
International. An article in the August 10, 1987 Blastoff
noted that the Club was to start processing proposals for women
members. Dr. Myra Gochnour-Hooker was the first
woman inducted into the Club on November 16, 1987 (December 7,
1987 Blastoff). Shirley Battey was the second woman and Donnie P.
Johnson the third inducted into the Club. View photos from 1989-90 Club Directory. View photos as
red badgers, Gochnour-Hooker, Shirley Battey, Donnie Johnson Red
Badge Program The September 26, 1988 Blastoff noted that Eddie
Harris was the "Father" of the Red Badge Program First Child Treated under Rotary
World Health Foundation The first child treated under the Rotary World Health
Foundation was August 10, 1987 Owen Morris received a 5-star, Paul Harris pin in
recognition for his dedication to the Polio Plus campaign for raising
$39,000. A summary of the activities of the World Understanding
Committee is shown in letter dated January 25, 1988. Drug Awareness Essay
Contest In
early 1989, Carson Stephens, Youth Committee Chairman, found an
article in the January 1989 Readers Digest that powerfully outlined the
debilitating effects of drug abuse on individuals and society. This is the first year that the Rotaract was a committee in the
avenues of service and the beginning of Rotaract for the
Club. This date is further verified by Dr. David Taylor, past
president of the Club, who actually started the club. The
October 17, 1988 Blastoff contains a picture and a brief write up on
the Rotaract Club of University of Houston-Clear Lake. Dr. David Taylor
Received District 589 Award Dr. David Taylor received District 589 Award for his
work at the District and the Club levels in the International Youth
Exchange program The first Excellence in Education
Awards for teachers in the Clear Creek Independent School District
were given in May 1991 . Dr. David Taylor, originator of the
award, noted in 2008 how it came about: "I started the Excellence in
Education Awards in the Fall of 1990 (I think). It was in response
to a school tax rate hike that was rolled back by an election, and because
of the new construction commitments the board was talking about making up
the deficit from the teachers pay, and other ways that would affect
students. Maybe the Exchange News can confirm the year that
occurred. I was dating a social studies teacher and was very aware
of how demoralized and unappreciated this was making the teaching
community. Consequently I designed a selection process for honoring
teachers who demonstrate excellence in their field."
The Space Center Rotary Club
Endowment Foundation was established February 15, 1991 with
Club President Billy R. Smith (1990-91) as President of the
Foundation. Project Free enterprise had its
beginning recalls Dr. David Taylor in 2008 as follows":
"International Youth Exchange started about 1985, and was headed in the
district by Harold Jones. I served on that first district committee,
and my son was on the first exchange we arranged and was sent to England
as part of a group of four. I chaired Youth Exchange at our club for
some time, served as the District chairman, and then in 1987 or 1988
managed to arrange exchanges with Hungary and East Germany using
non-Rotarian contacts (they were still communist and did not have
Rotary). We also sent two students to Moscow the next year.
The Youth Exchange objective is to foster world peace through
understanding. The many countries we had exchanged with did not have
peace issues with us so an effort was made to exchange behind the Iron
Curtain. My contacts for this were Gert and Marta Bahlo.
Marta’s sister still lived in Hungary and she contacted her and got the
pastor of her church to make the arrangements, and Gert was a native of
East Germany and still had family there. Marta was the mother of one
of my patients and her accent tipped me off. Moscow university
became the source in the Soviet Union as a result of my letter writing.
When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, I used some of these same contacts
to start an international project to go to the Eastern bloc and give
seminars on small business and free enterprise. This was called
Project Free Enterprise. This
was a Rotary project funded by a matching grant, and some of the speakers
on these trips came from our own club – such as Gonzalo Montoya.
These were 2-day free seminars to hundreds of people arranged by Rotary
clubs in Hungary and Poland. We spoke in 16 cities in four years,
and gave talks covering the business plan, management, marketing, finance,
quality assurance, business ethics, management information systems, ISO
standards, etc. A typical team was 8 people. After NAFTA was
passed by Bill Clinton, there seemed to be a similar need for finding
common ground in our business practices with Mexico business men, so I
took a Project Amigo seminar team to Mexico City in 1995 and gave five
seminars at various places around the city, arranged by our sister club
there, Aeropuerto, and one of its past presidents, Umberto
Orozco." Rotary Club of
Space Center named Best Large Club Space Center Rotary Club
Endowment Foundation Logo Space Center Rotary Club Endowment Foundation has a
new logo
which it began using at the time of the Floyd Boze Fellowship Awards at
the June 22, 1992 meeting. The design combines the Rotary
International logo with the Space Walker that appears on our club banner.
Our banner has become known in various parts of the Rotary world for its
unique history of having been carried to the moon on one of the
flights. The purpose of the program is to provide strong role
models for school age boys and girls in the Clear Lake area. The mentoring
committee, in cooperation with Bridgeport Communities in Schools,
qualifies and trains Space Center Rotarians to be mentors, then matches
Rotarians to youth based on common interests. Mentoring is an
opportunity for Rotarians to provide one-on-one adult companionship to
interested boys and girls during important formative years. The mentoring
program enables Rotarians to have a positive impact on the youth of our
area by spending as little as an hour every other week. Several of our
members are already qualified as mentors and are actively working with
youth in our community." Law Enforcement
Distinguished Service Award Five local police officers were awarded
the first Distinguished Law Enforcement Award, the first year of
the program, on April 12, 1993. The Law Enforcement
Distinguished Service Award was developed by Dr. David Taylor utilizing
the organizational model he developed for the excellence in teaching
award. One outstanding feature was that it was not an award for
"bravery", as important as that sometimes is in law enforcement, but an
award for excellence in upholding the law in a professional way and
serving the community. The criteria were: professionalism,
effectiveness, community involvement, and valor. Dr. Taylor recalls
in 2008 how it came about:"I think it was the following year that Rodney
King was beaten in Los Angeles and caught on video (March 3, 1991), and
police were being bashed in the media and painted as a bunch of
thugs. So I began the same sort of recognition for Law Enforcement,
but it had to be based on professional achievement and not heroism.
It extended to all law enforcement agencies that served the Clear Lake
area. Detective Rusty Herrera of Pasadena Police Department was our
first Officer of the Year." 25th Anniversary of
Apollo 11 Hilmar Zeissig District
5890 GSE Chairman Hilmar Zeissig District
5890 GSE Chairman Hilmar
Zeissig District 5890 International Service Chairman Hilmar Zeissig District
5890 International Service Chairman Sheila Self named Club
Rotarian of the Year Four-Way Test Recited at Club Meetings
The Club started meeting at the NASA/JSC Gilruth
Center Houston, Texas July 2, 2001. It had met at the Nassau
Bay Hilton Inn, City of Nassau Bay, Texas since March 23,
1987. The Club started meeting at the Holiday Inn, City of
Nassau Bay, Texas in October, 2001. The Club had to use
another meeting place due to the increased security requirements following
the September 11th attack on the World Trade Towers in New York City
(re: Minutes in October 2001 noted that a contract had been
signed with the Holiday Inn in the City of Nassau Bay, Texas). Rotary Club of
Space Center named Club of Year Hilmar Zeissig District 5890 International
Service Chairman Hilmar Zeissig District
5890 International Service Chairman Alan Wylie elected
President of the Southwest Rotary Youth Exchange Space
Center Rotary Club became a 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club Suzi Howe became the third District
5890 Governor from Space Center Rotary Club Club Meeting Location Hilmar Zeissig received
the Rotary International Service Award Pat
Doughty received the Rotary Foundation Service Award
Floyd D. Boze
Elected District 589 Governor
Sales Tax Exemption
The
origin of the term "Rotary Anns" is contained in the
September 13, 1982 Blastoff.
1983-84
Club President of the Year
The Board of Directors dropped the
title of "Rotary Anns" for the Rotary wives to "My Rotary Wife" on June 4,
1985
Best Club in District
The Club was voted
one to the five BEST clubs in District 589
Home of the
Shrimporee
September 5, 1984 the L.D. “Cap”
Landolt Pavilion was dedicated and became the home of the Shrimporee
1985-86
Rotary National
Award for Space Achievement Foundation (RNASA)
Nominations for Stellar Awards for individual and
team achievements are solicited from NASA, the military, and industry
leaders in human and unmanned spaceflight programs. There are four
categories of award nominations: early-career (to age 33), mid-career (age
34-50), late-career (over age 50), and teams. Nominations are
reviewed by a distinguished panel whose decisions are based on which
accomplishments hold the greatest promise for furthering future successes
in space. Top ranked nominees receive Stellar Awards.
Words by Bob
Wren on
Rotary National
Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Foundation
Club Meeting Hours
Space Flight Memorial Foundation 
World Health Foundation
International
Youth Exchange Formally Established
The Rotary National
Award for Space Achievement presented
Dr.
Maxime A. Faget with the first National Space Trophy March 12, 1987
Aeropuerto Rotary Club of Mexico City and
Space Center Rotary Club
Space Center Women of Rotary
Club Meeting Location
Hilmar Zeissig GSE Team Leader to Mexico
Hilmar Zeissig District 5890 (589) GSE
Chairman
1987-1988
Women in Rotary International
Polio Plus
Campaign - Owen Morris
Hilmar Zeissig District
5890 (589) GSE Chairman
1988-89
Rotary Club of Space Center received an
"Outstanding Club" Award
The Youth Committee, then
made up of Carson Stephens, Dr. Huey Barnett, Dr. Sam Marullo, Joe Skelly,
Steve Waldner, Julia Vidal and Billy Weseman, agreed that the article
would make an excellent teaching tool for young people in public schools.
They also agreed that one way of disseminating the information would be
through an essay contest conducted in cooperation with the schools but
under the auspices of the Rotary Club. Thus was born the Space Center Rotary Drug Awareness Essay
Contest.
The above
was taken from Making a
Difference by Tom Wier.
Note from Dr. David Taylor in 2008.
As for the Drug Essay Award, a teacher friend
was involved in the DARE program, and asked if I could front some prizes
or gifts to award to the students. That led to the idea of doing a
drug essay to earn the award, and I went to our club’s youth committee
chairman with the idea, a young preacher whose name escapes me right
now, (Carson ??) and he fully embraced it and did most of the
ground work and arrangements with the schools.
Rotaract
Hilmar Zeissig District
5890 (589) GSE Chairman
1989-90
The Rotary Club of Space Center received the
Rotary International Presidential Citation
Hilmar Zeissig District 5890 (589) GSE Chairman
1990-91
Excellence in Education Awards
Space Center Rotary Club Endowment Foundation
Project Free Enterprise
Hilmar Zeissig District
5890 (589) GSE Chairman
Billy
Weseman named District 589 Rotarian of the Year
1991-92
That also makes
it entirely appropriate that we incorporate it in the masthead of the
Blastoff. There it is right above this column. We thank John
Francis for working out this elegant design. It also appears on the
certificates issued by the Foundation to donors. When a pin is
authorized, this design appears to be one that will be useable for that
purpose.
Write up
and logo from the July 13, 1992 Blastoff
Club Rotarians Mentoring
Program
Write-up by Ron Blilie, Chairman of the Youth
Committee in the November 16, 1992 Blastoff.
Seabrook Rotary Club
sponsored by Space Center Rotary Club
The Club sponsored
a major new Club in District 5890, the Seabrook Rotary Club which began
with over 56 charter members.
Hilmar Zeissig District
5890 (589) GSE Chairman
1992-93
District 589 became
5890
Hilmar Zeissig District
5890 GSE Chairman
Officer Position
President-Elect also called Vice-President
The State of Texas
required that an organization have a vice presient. Board of
Director's meeting mnutes April 6, 1993.
1993-94
Billy D. Weseman Elected District 5890 Governor
Billy D. Weseman
became the second District 5890 Governor from
Space Center Rotary Club
Hilmar Zeissig District 5890 GSE Chairman
Hilmar Zeissig drafts new GSE Guidelines
Hilmar Zeissig was
invited to Evanston, Illinois by the Rotary Foundation as a consultant for
drafting Rotary’s new GSE guidelines
Alan Wylie Chairman District 5890 Long Term
International Youth
Dr. David Taylor
received The Freedoms Foundation At Valley Forge Award
"Dr. Taylor is definitely an idea man, who not only
conceives and develops those ideas but is successful in having his rotary
club adopt and pursue those programs to their proper conclusion" was the
quote from Lucy Eisenhower in regard to The Freedoms Foundation At Valley
Forge award to
Club member Dr. David Taylor.
1994-95
Certification of
Incorporation
of
The
Rotary Club of Space Center, Houston, Texas
Charter No. 1311422-01
A
photo and vita gallery on members of the
Space Center Rotary Club involved with Apollo 11
Hilmar Zeissig District
5890 GSE Chairman
1997-98
Rotary Club of
Space Center named Club of Year
Hilmar Zeissig District 5890
International Service Chairman
President Baldwin stated in an interview in October
2008 that he re-instated reciting the Four-Way Test at the Club meeting.
re: Club Meeting Minutes September 5,
2000
Sheila Self named Club
Rotarian of the Year
Hilmar Zeissig District 5890 International Service
Chairman
Hilmar Zeissig District 5890 International GSE
Chairman
Alan Wylie receives "Service
Above Self" Award
Hilmar
Zeissig Rotary Discovery Grant Team Leader to Chile
2004-05
Club received Presidential Citation
Happy Birthday Rotary!
Rotary
International Proclamation
Unanimously approved
and read at the 109th U.S. Congress
WHEREAS, Rotary
International, founded on February 23, 1905 in Chicago, Illinois USA, is
the world' service;
WHEREAS, there are over 1.2 million Rotary club
members comprised of professional and business leaders in over 31,000
clubs in more than 165 countries; and
WHEREAS, the Rotary motto "Service Above Self
inspires members to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical
standards, and promote good will and peace in the world; and
WHEREAS, Rotary funds club
projects and sponsors volunteers with community expertise to provide
medical supplies, health care, clean water, food production, job training,
and education to millions in need, particularly in developing countries;
and
WHEREAS, Rotary in
1985 launched Polio Plus and spearheaded efforts with the World Health
Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF
to immunize the children of the world against polio; and
WHEREAS, polio cases have
dropped by 99 percent since 1988 and the world stands on the threshold of
eradicating the disease; and
WHEREAS, Rotary is the world's largest
privately-funded source of international scholarships and promotes
international understanding through scholarships, exchange programs and
humanitarian grants; and
WHEREAS, more than 35,000 students from 110 countries
have studied abroad since 1947 as Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars; and
WHEREAS, Rotary's Group Study Exchange program has helped more than 46,000
young professionals explore their career fields in other countries; and
WHEREAS, 8,000
secondary-school students each year experience life in another country
through Rotary's Youth Exchange Program; and
WHEREAS, there are over 387,000 Rotary club members
in more than 7,700 clubs throughout the United States sponsoring service
projects to address such critical issues as poverty, health, hunger,
illiteracy, and the environment in their local communities, and abroad.
Therefore, we, the United
States Senate/House of Representatives, do hereby proclaim February 23,
2005, as Rotary International Day and encourage all citizens to join us in
recognizing Rotary International for 100 years of service to improving the
human condition in local communities around the world.
Hilmar Zeissig District 5890 International Service
Chairman
Hilmar Zeissig Tsunami Relief Chairman
Hilmar Zeissig received Rotary International
"Service Above Self" Award
Hilmar Zeissig District 5890
International Service Chairman
April 2007
Susan "Suzi" C. Howe
Elected District 5890 Governor
The Club began
meeting at the Bay Oaks Country Club Houston, Texas on September
11, 2006. It had met at the Holiday Inn (Brentwood
Inn) in the City of Nassau Bay, Texas since October 2001.
Hilmar
Zeissig received the Rotary Foundation Service Award for serving 10 years
as International Chairman of Rotary District
5890
Hilmar Zeissig Discovery Grant Team Leader to
Thailand
Hilmar Zeissig
District 5890 International Service Chairman
Hilmar Zeissig received The Rotary Foundation
"District Service Award"
David Coney and Jerrold Dewease
received the
Rotary Foundation Service Award
for their contribution to the Club attaining a 100% Paul Harris Fellows status
Club received the Governor's Cup
The Club received the Governor's Cup for outstanding support to
District Governor Howe
2007-08
Club received
Presidential Citation
Hilmar
Zeissig District 5890 International Service Chairman
Mike Dennard lead Group
Study Exchange Team to
Johannesburg, South
Africa
2008-09
The Rotary Club of Space Center received Large Club of the Year Award
The Rotary Club of Space
Center received Presidential Citation
Jon McKinnie named the District Rotarian of the
Year
Micki
Czarnik named the Club Rotarian of the Year
2009-10
The Rotary Club of Space Center named Mega Club of
Year
Jon R. McKinnie
Day
Proclamation by the City of Houston,
Texas "On
June 28, 2010, Rotary Club of Space Center will honor Jon. R. McKinnie in
recognition of his community spirit, and involvement in local, state, and
national civic activities. Jon R. McKinnie’s honors include
“Outstanding Young Business Leaders to Watch” in America, and “Rotarian of
the Year” for Arkansas (2005) and Houston (2009) among many
others."
Space Center Rotary Club received national
recognition with
ABC's TV
Extreme Makeover - Home
Edition
Space Center Rotary Club received
Presidential Citation (Club)
Space Center Rotary Club
received Presidential Citation
(Interact Dr. Greg
Smith)
Space Center
Rotary Club received Presidential Citation
(Rotaract Dr. Ted
Cummings)
Stan Galanski
received" Self Above
Service" Award
Stan Galanski named Rotary Club of Space Center
Rotarian of
Year
Club members who not only contributed to
the Club's activities, but participated in District positions
were:
President Jon McKinnie,
Director of Technology and District Web Master
Past District Governor Suzi Howe,
Director of District Rotary Foundation (DRFC) Alan
Wylie, Youth Exchange Director
Stan Galanski, Water Resource Director
Mike Dennard, Group Study Exchange Committee
Courtney
Lindberg, Earth Day
Chair
Hilmar Zeissig, District 5890 GSE
Advisor
2010-11
A fifth avenue of service, New Generations of
Service, was added by Rotary International to the other four avenues
focusing on the younger generation. The Club's Bylaws were revised and
approved
President Coney receives
"Certificate of Special Recognition "
from City
of Houston Council Member Mike Sullivan
Rotary Club of Space Center received
The Rotary International Presidential
Citation
Suzi Howe received
"Citation of Meritorious Service Award "
from The Rotary Foundation and
"Past District Governor of the Year Award "
Jon Mckinnie received "Governor's Award"
Alan Wylie received "Governor's
Award"
Outstanding Youth
Exchange District Award
The North
American Youth Exchange Network conference awarded District 5890
Rotary Youth Exchange committee the outstanding youth exchange
district award for all of North America – United States, Canada, and
Mexico.
Hilmar Zeissig District
5890 International Service Chairman
Jon R. McKinnie District 5890 Chief of
Staff-Committees
Jon R.
McKinnie District 5890 Technology Chairman
Jon R. McKinnie Disrict 5890 Lt Governor - Committees
Susan C. Howe District 5890 Rotary Foundation
Alan D. Wylie District 5890 Youth Exchange Advisor Emeritus
President Dennard announced that the Group Study Exchange (GSE) Program would likely be phased out by Rotary International. The email from Steve Coleman, R.C. Danbury, Texas describes concerns about the program and efforts to kept
Rotary Club of Space Center received 2012-13 Rotary International Service Through Peace Presidential Citation
Rotary Club of Space Center received 2012-13 District 5890 Peace Award
Rotary Club of Space Center received Community Partner of the Year Award presented by Clear Creek Independent School District
Early Act First
Knight
One of the most important new
service projects initiated for the year was the Early Act First Knight
(EAFK) program at Whitcomb Elementary. Whitcomb Elementary, with its
very capable principle, Mark Smith, was identified as the ideal school for
the EAFK program to be administrated. The school had students with 26
different ethnicities, was a Title one school, and had a great need for
this type of character building activities.
Past Club president Dr. Vissett Sun was appointed Assistant Governor Vissett assuming the duties for the Rotary Clubs of Deer Park, La Porte and Highlands
Alan Wylie served on the Rotary International Rotary Youth Committee
Jon McKinnie District 5890 Chief of Staff, Committees
Alan Wylie selected by Rotary
International President Ron Burton to chair the Rotary International Youth
Exchange Committee.
Alan
Wylie sat on the Rotary International New Generations Committee
Jon R. McKinnie District
5890 Chief of Staff-Committees
Dr. Vissett Sun appointed District 5890 Assistant
Governor
Suzi Howe
General Chair Zone 21B & 27 Institute
Suzi Howe International Assembly Training Leader
Jon R. McKinnie, Chief of
Staff Committee Chairs
Suzi Howe, Zone Challenge Coordinator
Suzie Howe received the
Disrtict 5890 "Service Above Self" Award
Jorge
Hernandez received the Club's "Rotarian of Year" Award
2014-15
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