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REPUBLIC BOLIVARIANA OF VENEZUELA
MINISTRY OF POPULAR EDUCATION
U.E. COLLEGE “PAUL HARRIS”
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PAUL P. HARRIS BIOGRAPHYTeacher:Mariana Toro Student: |Dariela Veitia Ramos # 27 Grade 4 SectionA |
Caracas 26 - 04 - 2011 |
PAUL P. HARRIS BIOGRAPHY
Paul P. Harris, a lawyer, was the founder of Rotary, the first andmost international service club. Born in Racine, Wisconsin, USA on April 19, 1868, Paul was the second of six children of George N. Harris and Cornelia Bryan Harris. At age 3 he moved to Wallingford,Vermont where he grew up in the care of his paternal grandparents. Married to Jean Thompson Harris, had no children. Received a L.L.B. University of Iowa and received a L.L.D. Emeritus at theUniversity of Vermont.
Harris worked as a newspaper reporter, a finance professor, cowboy, and traveled extensively in USA and Europe selling marble and granite. In 1896 he went to Chicago topractice law. One evening Paul visited the home of a friend in a suburb. After dinner they strolled through the neighborhood, Paul's friend introduced him to various tradesmen in their stores. That's whenhe got the idea of forming a club that could recapture the friendly spirit among businessmen in small communities.
On February 23, 1905, Harris formed the first club with three otherbusinessmen: Silvester Schiele, a coal merchant, Gustavus Loehr, a mining engineer and Hiram Shorey, a merchant tailor. Paul Harris named the new club "Rotary" because members met in rotation at their...
MINISTRY OF POPULAR EDUCATION
U.E. COLLEGE “PAUL HARRIS”
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|
PAUL P. HARRIS BIOGRAPHYTeacher:Mariana Toro Student: |Dariela Veitia Ramos # 27 Grade 4 SectionA |
Caracas 26 - 04 - 2011 |
PAUL P. HARRIS BIOGRAPHY
Paul P. Harris, a lawyer, was the founder of Rotary, the first andmost international service club. Born in Racine, Wisconsin, USA on April 19, 1868, Paul was the second of six children of George N. Harris and Cornelia Bryan Harris. At age 3 he moved to Wallingford,Vermont where he grew up in the care of his paternal grandparents. Married to Jean Thompson Harris, had no children. Received a L.L.B. University of Iowa and received a L.L.D. Emeritus at theUniversity of Vermont.
Harris worked as a newspaper reporter, a finance professor, cowboy, and traveled extensively in USA and Europe selling marble and granite. In 1896 he went to Chicago topractice law. One evening Paul visited the home of a friend in a suburb. After dinner they strolled through the neighborhood, Paul's friend introduced him to various tradesmen in their stores. That's whenhe got the idea of forming a club that could recapture the friendly spirit among businessmen in small communities.
On February 23, 1905, Harris formed the first club with three otherbusinessmen: Silvester Schiele, a coal merchant, Gustavus Loehr, a mining engineer and Hiram Shorey, a merchant tailor. Paul Harris named the new club "Rotary" because members met in rotation at their...
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