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A man of vision, he recognized the benefit of formalizing the meetings so the group could share in the knowledge and solutions each member could offer.
The first meeting of the Rotary Club of Chicago was held on February 23, 1905. It was named the "Rotary Club" because meetings were rotated at members' places of business. Membership grew rapidly and soon the Rotarians could no longer meet in business offices. So, they gathered once each week, as Rotarians do today at breakfast, lunch, and dinner meetings.
This first Rotary Club was the nucleus from which thousands of additional Rotary Clubs have organized around the world. Today, weekly meetings are held by more than 32,000 Rotary Clubs with over 1,000,000 members in 163 countries.
Rotary remains the world's first and foremost service club. It continues its long tradition of offering business/professional people the opportunity to provide service to meet special needs in local, national, and international communities.
Rotarians remain steadfast in their commitment to providing humanitarian service, promoting high ethical standards in all vocations, building good will, sharing in fellowship and working for peace throughout the world.