Good day, fellow Rotarians, past members, Rotary Minute subscribers, and guests.
Our Field of Honor and Gratitude Committee will be on hand to give us a briefing and review the final planning strategy. This is the largest project undertaken by the Glendale Sunrise Rotary Club and it will be begin on Saturday May 18th and will conclude on May 28th. The Field of Honor and Gratitude will be staffed by Rotarians each day who will be helping the public learn about this community project and how they can help support and participate. So please come and join us at this Friday's Rotary meeting for the final touches on this great project: May 17th @ 7:00 am at the Oakmont Country Club. We look forward to seeing you there!
First Women in Rotary, Dr. Sylvia Whitlock, Ph. D.
Dr. Sylvia Whitlock was born in New York City but was educated, through high school, in Kingston, Jamaica. After returning to New York City, she earned a B.A. in Psychology from Hunter College. Sylvia worked for the United Nations, as a Statistical Clerk, at the Secretariat Building in New York, before moving to California to start a career in Education. In California, she went on to earn a Masters Degree, cum laude, in Education from Cal Poly, Pomona, and a Ph.D., cum laude, in Education, from Claremont Graduate School. Subsequently, she earned another Masters Degree, in Marriage and Family Therapy, from Azusa Pacific University, and began a second career as a therapist. She is licensed by the Board of Behavioral Sciences in California.
In 1982, while an Elementary School Principal in Duarte, CA., she was invited to join the history-making Ex-Rotary Club of Duarte. Sylvia became President of that club in 1987, the year the United States Supreme Court ruled that the club be reinstated, thus making her the first woman in the Rotary World to head a club as President. She has served as President twice, Secretary, Treasurer, and Foundation Representative.
At district level, she chaired the Four Way Test Speech committee for six years, the Ambassadorial Scholarship Committee for six years, receiving a Service Award from DG Don Aikin, and Simplified Grants for two years. She has been an assistant governor, presenter in Governors Institutes, and speaker in Rotary Clubs conventions and meetings, here and overseas, including South Africa, Jamaica, Washington and Texas.
Sylvia considers Rotary to be the best vehicle she knows for humanitarian ventures in service to mankind. Some favorite club projects, while in Duarte, have included sinking water wells in Nigeria, setting up an AIDS Center in Jamaica and supporting an orphanage in Mexico.
She continues to be inspired by the many Rotarians who have taken the organization to the edge of tomorrow and is committed to using the opportunity she has been given to further the cause of Rotary, in her community, in her country, and in the world.
Sylvia is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow and benefactor.
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Saturday, May 18th the largest project undertaken by the Rotary Club of Glendale Sunrise begins, concluding Tuesday, May 28th. Everyday the field will be staffed by Rotarians who will be helping the public learn about this community project and how they can support and participate. This morning the committee members will review the details that all club members should be aware.
