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MAY 3, 2018 TODAY’S PROGRAM LEN JESSUP CALENDAR SCRIBE MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Las Vegas Rotary Club Mission: Len Jessup UNLV President WHAT IS ROTARY? Rotary is a leadership organization of local business, professional and civic leaders. We meet regularly to form friendships and work together to improve the local and international community Las Vegas Rotary Club Celebrating 95 Years Len Jessup joined UNLV as its 10th president in January 2015. An accomplished leader in higher education, Jessup brought his experience as a university professor, administrator, entrepreneur and fundraiser and lead UNLV on its path to become a high- performing, community-engaged Tier One research university. Among his top priorities was the development of UNLV Medicine. He will soon be leaving UNLV to become President of Claremont Graduate University. Like many of UNLV’s students, Jessup was the first in his family to graduate from college. This experience informs his understanding of the crucial role universities play in transforming families and communities, and it has been a motivating factor in his career in higher education leadership. Prior to UNLV, Jessup served as dean of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona (2011-2014), where he was also professor of entrepreneurship and innovation and the Halle Chair in Leadership. He led Eller to become a self-sustaining college with higher national rankings that robustly contributes to the state’s economic development. As a founding board member of the University of Arizona Health Network, he also contributed to the rethinking and restructuring of the university’s academic medical center. Jessup is a leading researcher in management information systems, with a focus on the use of emerging technology in higher education and business, new venture strategies, and social entrepreneurship. He was instrumental in creating the University of Arizona’s technology transfer and commercialization program, Tech Launch Arizona. He led the development and expansion of online degree and executive education programs at Arizona and helped drive similar innovations in previous positions at Washington State University (2000-2011) and Indiana University (1995-2000). A former baseball player in the highly competitive California junior college system, Jessup received his B.A. in information and communication studies in 1983 and his MBA in 1985, both from California State University, Chico. He earned his Ph.D. in organizational behavior and management information systems from the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management in 1989, and was awarded the Outstanding Ph.D. Alumnus in 2004. Jessup resides with his fiancée Kristi Staab, a former broadcast industry executive who owns and operates a successful leadership and sales training and development business. Jessup has a daughter, Jamie, and a son, David. Teaching Youth to Succeed through Literacy, Education & Life Skills Development
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MAY 3, 2018
TODAY’S PROGRAM
LEN JESSUP
CALENDAR
SCRIBE
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
Rotary At A GlanceRotarians Members - 1,207,102; Clubs - 34,823; Districts - 538; Countries - 200+;
Rotaractors Clubs - 7,868; Members - 180,964; Countries - 162Interact Clubs - 18,005; Members - 414,115; Countries - 132
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LAS VEGAS ROTARY FOUNDATION 2017-2018BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Larry RousePresident Elect: Paul KrugerSecretary: Randy CampanaleTreasurer: Jerry EngelImmediate Past President: Thomas ThomasSenior Members: Paul Maffey Ty HilbrechtTrustees: Dan Adamson Michael Gordon Jim Kohl Bob Werner
May 3, 2018
Las Vegas Rotary Club Mission:
Len Jessup UNLV President
WHAT IS ROTARY?Rotary is a leadership organization of local
business, professional and civic leaders. We meet
regularly to form friendships and work together to improve
the local and international community
THE FOUR-WAY TEST OF THE
THINGS WE THINK, SAY OR
DO
1. Is it the TRUTH?2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
$1,975,000
$1,950,000
$1,925,000
$1,900,000
$1,875,000
$1,850,000
$1,825,000
$1,800,000
$1,750,000
$2,000,000GOAL
by 6/30/2018
Las Vegas Rotary Club
Celebrating 95 Years
Len Jessup joined UNLV as its 10th president in January 2015. An accomplished leader in higher education, Jessup brought his experience as a university professor, administrator, entrepreneur and fundraiser and lead UNLV on its path to become a high-performing, community-engaged Tier One research university. Among his top priorities was the development of UNLV Medicine. He will soon be leaving UNLV to become President of Claremont Graduate University.
Like many of UNLV’s students, Jessup was the first in his family to graduate from college. This experience informs his understanding of the crucial role universities play in transforming
families and communities, and it has been a motivating factor in his career in higher education leadership. Prior to UNLV, Jessup served as dean of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona (2011-2014), where he was also professor of entrepreneurship and innovation and the Halle Chair in Leadership. He led Eller to become a self-sustaining college with higher national rankings that robustly contributes to the state’s economic development. As a founding board member of the University of Arizona Health Network, he also contributed to the rethinking and restructuring of the university’s academic medical center.
Jessup is a leading researcher in management information systems, with a focus on the use of emerging technology in higher education and business, new venture strategies, and social entrepreneurship. He was instrumental in creating the University of Arizona’s technology transfer and commercialization program, Tech Launch Arizona. He led the development and expansion of online degree and executive education programs at Arizona and helped drive similar innovations in previous positions at Washington State University (2000-2011) and Indiana University (1995-2000).
A former baseball player in the highly competitive California junior college system, Jessup received his B.A. in information and communication studies in 1983 and his MBA in 1985, both from California State University, Chico. He earned his Ph.D. in organizational behavior and management information systems from the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management in 1989, and was awarded the Outstanding Ph.D. Alumnus in 2004.Jessup resides with his fiancée Kristi Staab, a former broadcast industry executive who owns and operates a successful leadership and sales training and development business. Jessup has a daughter, Jamie, and a son, David.
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Michael GordonPresident 2017-2018
CLUB OFFICERS 2017-2018 President Michael GordonPresident-Elect Jim Kohl Immediate Past President David ThorsonSecretary Jackie ThornhillTreasurer Tom Brooker
ELECTED DIRECTORSKirk AlexanderJaime GoldsmithRosalee HedrickJanice LenckeDave LesterJanet LinderAnil MelnickMelanie MuldowneyRob TellesPast President RepresentativeKaren Whisenhunt
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Dear Rotarians
As the stewards of our local Foundation, the Las Vegas Rotary Founda-tion board oversees the investment of our nearly $2million endowment. An annual distribution is made from this fund and those distributed dollars must be spent in the local community. That means that every dollar you donate will benefit our valley. In the spirit of transparency, I’m including the rationale and calculation that was used at last Thursday’s Foundation board meeting
“The intention of having a base or floor is to not be able to spend con-tributions, only ‘growth’ from the investments. This was done because of the opinions expressed by a number of Club members who feel that if they donate a dollar, it should never be spent. As prescribed by the Endowment and Distribution Policy adopted by the Foundation, distributions to the Las Vegas Rotary Club, Inc. from the Endowment Fund are determined each year by the Foundation Board (subject to the Endowment Base limitation), up to a maximum of 3% of an average of the portfolio balances on March 31st of the prior three years. The calculation is:
portfolio balance 3-31-2016: $1,657,976.17 portfolio balance 3-31-2017: $1,840,644.00 portfolio balance 3-31-2018: $1,998,178.60
subtotal: $5,496,798.77 ÷ 3 = $1,832,266.26 3 year rolling average
x .03 = $54,967.99 2018 tentative distributable amount
Since there is a positive spread in excess of the 2018 amount available for distribution, a distribution of up to $54,967.99 can be made for the coming Rotary fiscal year.”
Michael Gordon95th President Rotary Club of Las Vegas
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
MAY BIRTHDAYS5/1 Gregory Maguire5/1 Jordan Micev5/4 Susan Jones Walker5/4 Michael Sexton5/5 Steve Parikh5/9 Randall Campanale
5/9 Christopher Emanuel5/11 Carey Grohs5/11 Rodney Tucker5/24 David Squier5/26 Lawrence Rouse
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PAST PRESIDENTS*Deceased
Les Saunders* 1923-24Bill Ferron* 1924-25A.A. Hinman* 1925-26Frosty Mildren* 1926-27Fred Hesse* 1927-28Dr. F.M. Ferguson* 1928-29Dr. William S. Park* 1929-30Charlie Dimock* 1930-31Leo McNamee* 1931-32A.E. Cahlan* 1932-33Douglas Dasheil* 1933-34Marion Earl* 1934-35Dr. Roy Martin* 1935-36K.O. Knudson* 1936-37Frank Gusewelle* 1937-38Tom Connolly* 1938-39Archie Grant* 1939-40Otto Underhill* 1940-41Bryan Bunker* 1941-42Cyril Wengert* 1942-43Fred O’Donnell* 1943-44Frank Case* 1944-45Victor Shurtiff* 1945-46Max Kelch* 1946-47Ed Ciliax* 1947-48Lorin Ronnow* 1948-49Leonard Fayle* 1949-50Allye Lawson* 1950-51Harry Allen* 1951-52Les Edwards* 1952-53Wayne Kirch* 1953-54George Boman* 1954-55Spence Butterfield* 1955-56Walt Hunsaker* 1956-57Ted Brandt* 1957-58Julian Moore* 1958-59Ray F. Culley* 1959-60C.T. Harris* 1960-61Ollie Gardner* 1961-62Tom Underhill* 1962-63Vern Willis* 1963-64Ward Wengert* 1964-65Bill Southard* 1965-66Dr. Vince Sanner* 1966-67Walter Wehner* 1967-68Dr. Robert Robinson* 1968-69Harold Wandesforde* 1969-70
Mark C. Mielke* 1970-71Dr. Harold Boyer* 1971-72Angelo J. Manzi* 1972-73Keith Ashworth* 1973-74Robert E. O’Connell* 1974-75Don Ashworth* 1975-76David F. Welles 1976-77James J. Corey* 1977-78Darrell Luce* 1978-79Albert H. Purdue* 1979-80Michael Hoover 1980-81Donald L. Aikin 1981-82Joseph J. Buckley* 1982-83Irwin Kishner* 1983-84James Cashman III* 1984-85Mike Meyer 1985-86Doug L. Peterson 1986-87M.J. Wiens, Jr. 1987-88Keith W. Bassett* 1988-89Kenneth E. Miller* 1989-90James M. Gamett 1990-91Robert L. Moore 1991-92Robert L. Forbuss* 1992-93Gary A. Martin 1993-94John A. Smith 1994-95Caty Crockett 1995-96Clifford R. Beadle 1996-97Ralph J. Rohay 1997-98Dr. James M. Jones* 1998-99Tom A. Thomas 1999-00Tom J. Krob 2000-01James E. Hunt 2001-02James R. Tucker 2002-03Kathy Dalvey 2003-04Steve Casey 2004-05Ned Phillips 2005-06Brock Fraser 2006-07Randy Campanale 2007-08Russ Swain 2008-09Karen Whisenhunt 2009-10Tom Axtell 2010-11Sharon McNair 2011-12Randy Donald 2012-13Ginger Anderson 2013-14Steve Linder 2014-15Mary Ann Avnet 2015-16David Thorson 2016-17
2017- 2018RI President Ian Riseley
District 5300 GovernorRaghada Khoury
APRIL 26, 2018SCRIBE
• President Michael Gordon called the meeting, honoring 30 Years Of Women In Rotary, to order. PP Caty Crockett, our Club’s first female President, gave the invocation. Ted McAdam (standing in for Arleen Sirois) led the club in singing America The Beautiful, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The Sergeant at Arms was Gina Gentleman.
• There were (5) International Rotarians, (7) visiting Rotarians and (4) Guests of Rotarians introduced.
• The head table included PP Randy Donald, our program speaker PDG Sylvia Whitlock, and First Lady Amanda Gordon and ‘Rotarian In Training’ (Rotary tie and all) Samuel Gordon.
• Feedback of events by President Michael included: announcement that our club’s entrant, Wesley Chen, took 2nd Place in the Dan Stover Regional Competition; and a ‘well done’ for the article about our club appearing in this month’s Rotarian Magazine – if you don’t plan to keep your copy, members are encouraged to bring their copy to our meeting to be used to help with recruitment into our club.
• President Michael presented a check from the club for $25,000 to Spread The Word Nevada representatives, Lisa Habighorst and Pam Lang to continue our club’s support of Beckley Elementary School; LVRF President Larry Rouse presented a check for $2,500 to the 2018 Tiberti Scholarship winner, Elizabeth Martinez.
• President Michael presented a 4-Way Test coin to PE Kim Kohl, Ryan Hamilton, Kirk Holmes & Stu Lipoff for their work ‘above and beyond’, helping to make the Annual Car Show such a success.
• The weekly drawing began at $1,680 plus this week’s donations. The Ticket Winner was Francesca Gilbert who won $10 and the Lawry’s Bucks Winner was PEE Jackie Thornhill.
• Lynn Moser from the Summerlin Rotary Club shared the message of DG Reghada Khoury introducing Wheels In Heels, encouraging a challenge to men and a corresponding donation to the Rotary Foundation for our Paul Harris fund to ‘walk in women’s shoes’, honoring ‘30 Years of Women In Rotary’. The first challenge was met by PP David Thorson, carefully walking in a pair of sparkly high heeled T-straps, showing off his refined ‘bend and snap’!
• PP David Thorson reminded the club of the exciting debunking planned for President Michael scheduled for June 28th and also announced, with Andrea Roe from the Las Vegas Lights FC, that our club, the USO and the Lights are working together to raise $1,700 to provide tickets to local airmen to attend the Lights FC game on June 2nd – so far $750 has been donated from the club board.
• Membership chair Rosalee Hedrick reminded the Club of the New Member Orientation, open to all members, to be held on May 2 at 6 p.m. at Jerry Engel’s home; President Michael read a lovely letter of thanks from our Argentinian Youth Exchange Student Pilar for the opportunities she has experienced; PP Karen Whisenhunt announced the Putting Tournament on May 6th and golfers are still needed; Ted McAdam provided updated information for the Creech AFB tour on Tuesday May 29.
• PP Randy Donald introduced our speaker program, PDG Sylvia Whitlock, a pioneer for Women In Rotary. Dr. Whitlock shared her educational and professional background, leading up to the day she was invited to attend/join a Rotary meeting at the Duarte Club in the mid-1980s, at a time when women weren’t allowed to join Rotary, through the removal of the Duarte Club’s Charter, the birth of the Ex-Rotary Club of Duarte, the litigation in the Appellate and Supreme Courts to change the rules regarding women in Rotary that followed, the reinstatement of Duarte’s Charter (the “mouse that roared”) and allowing women to join Rotary, ending sexual discrimination in Rotary, and then becoming the first female Club President (and sole female at PETS) and later District Governor for District 5300. It was never intended as a ‘women’s issue’ but was more of a civil rights issue, referring to the Unruh Act.
• President Michael Gordon presented our speaker with a “Share What You Can” award to benefit a female veteran in need and then adjourned the meeting.
* Deceased
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Outside class, Michelle has served as a nationally recognized social justice advocate, Resident Assistant, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation volun-teer, Student Rec Building Manager, Honors College Mentor, Alpha Gamma Delta Alumni Relations, and Alpha Psi Rho Sweetheart. Off campus, she is an International Powerlifting Champion and Crossfitter.
On direct route to a Ph.D., Michelle has earned more than $825,000-worth of scholarships to top Bioengineering graduate programs. She has selected the Georgia Institute of Technology, nationally ranked #2. Michelle was named a President’s Fellow, an honor presented to only the top 10% of applicants, across all of Georgia Tech’s graduate programs.
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PP Caty Crockett, our club’s first Female President gave the
invocation.
Anil Melnick and his guest Shellie joined for lunch.
Ted McAdam led us in song with America the
Beautiful.
Ted McAdam reminded us our upcoming Creech AFB
tour on May 29th.
President Michael recognized our speaker Sylvia Whitlock a pioneer
first lady in Rotary.
Michael’s head table included his wife Amanda, baby Samuel, PP Randy
Donald and our speaker PDG Sylvia Whitlock.
It was nice to see Ed Lepere joining us for lunch.
President Michael presented a check for $25,000 to Spread the Word Nevada to Pam Lang and Lisa Habighorst to continue our
support of Beckley Elementary.
Francesca Gilbert missed her chance for the Joker and the Pot.
Michael presented 4Way Test coins to Ryan Hamilton and Stu Lipoff for
their above and beyond work.
PP Dave Thorson participates in recognizing Wheels in Heels honoring
women in Rotary. Go Dave.
Chris Way was joined for lunch by his wife Nicole.
PP Karen Whisenhunt announced our putting
tournament on May 6th.
President Michael introducing Samuel into the ranks of Rotary.
PEE Jackie Thornhill won the Lawry Bucks.
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CHRIS BENNETTSenior Vice President of Client Development
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ROTARY’S MISSIONThe mission of Rotary International is to support its member clubs in fulfilling the Object of Rotary by:
• Fostering unity among member clubs; • Strengthening and expanding Rotary around the world; • Communicating worldwide the work of Rotary; • Providing a system of international administration.
Michael GordonPresident 2017-2018
CLUB OFFICERS 2017-2018 President Michael GordonPresident-Elect Jim Kohl Immediate Past President David ThorsonSecretary Jackie ThornhillTreasurer Tom Brooker
ELECTED DIRECTORSKirk AlexanderJaime GoldsmithRosalee HedrickJanice LenckeDave LesterJanet LinderAnil MelnickMelanie MuldowneyRob TellesPast President RepresentativeKaren Whisenhunt
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702-260-0770 • fax 702-260-6983
Palm Southwest Mortuary
Dear Rotarians
As the stewards of our local Foundation, the Las Vegas Rotary Founda-tion board oversees the investment of our nearly $2million endowment. An annual distribution is made from this fund and those distributed dollars must be spent in the local community. That means that every dollar you donate will benefit our valley. In the spirit of transparency, I’m including the rationale and calculation that was used at last Thursday’s Foundation board meeting
“The intention of having a base or floor is to not be able to spend con-tributions, only ‘growth’ from the investments. This was done because of the opinions expressed by a number of Club members who feel that if they donate a dollar, it should never be spent. As prescribed by the Endowment and Distribution Policy adopted by the Foundation, distributions to the Las Vegas Rotary Club, Inc. from the Endowment Fund are determined each year by the Foundation Board (subject to the Endowment Base limitation), up to a maximum of 3% of an average of the portfolio balances on March 31st of the prior three years. The calculation is:
portfolio balance 3-31-2016: $1,657,976.17 portfolio balance 3-31-2017: $1,840,644.00 portfolio balance 3-31-2018: $1,998,178.60
subtotal: $5,496,798.77 ÷ 3 = $1,832,266.26 3 year rolling average
x .03 = $54,967.99 2018 tentative distributable amount
Since there is a positive spread in excess of the 2018 amount available for distribution, a distribution of up to $54,967.99 can be made for the coming Rotary fiscal year.”
Michael Gordon95th President Rotary Club of Las Vegas
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
MAY BIRTHDAYS5/1 Gregory Maguire5/1 Jordan Micev5/4 Susan Jones Walker5/4 Michael Sexton5/5 Steve Parikh5/9 Randall Campanale
5/9 Christopher Emanuel5/11 Carey Grohs5/11 Rodney Tucker5/24 David Squier5/26 Lawrence Rouse
Greg MaguireVice President, Sales & Marketing
[email protected]: 571-435-1899
2355 Paragon Drive, Suite D, San Jose, CAwww.adarapower.com @adarapower
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PAST PRESIDENTS*Deceased
Les Saunders* 1923-24Bill Ferron* 1924-25A.A. Hinman* 1925-26Frosty Mildren* 1926-27Fred Hesse* 1927-28Dr. F.M. Ferguson* 1928-29Dr. William S. Park* 1929-30Charlie Dimock* 1930-31Leo McNamee* 1931-32A.E. Cahlan* 1932-33Douglas Dasheil* 1933-34Marion Earl* 1934-35Dr. Roy Martin* 1935-36K.O. Knudson* 1936-37Frank Gusewelle* 1937-38Tom Connolly* 1938-39Archie Grant* 1939-40Otto Underhill* 1940-41Bryan Bunker* 1941-42Cyril Wengert* 1942-43Fred O’Donnell* 1943-44Frank Case* 1944-45Victor Shurtiff* 1945-46Max Kelch* 1946-47Ed Ciliax* 1947-48Lorin Ronnow* 1948-49Leonard Fayle* 1949-50Allye Lawson* 1950-51Harry Allen* 1951-52Les Edwards* 1952-53Wayne Kirch* 1953-54George Boman* 1954-55Spence Butterfield* 1955-56Walt Hunsaker* 1956-57Ted Brandt* 1957-58Julian Moore* 1958-59Ray F. Culley* 1959-60C.T. Harris* 1960-61Ollie Gardner* 1961-62Tom Underhill* 1962-63Vern Willis* 1963-64Ward Wengert* 1964-65Bill Southard* 1965-66Dr. Vince Sanner* 1966-67Walter Wehner* 1967-68Dr. Robert Robinson* 1968-69Harold Wandesforde* 1969-70
Mark C. Mielke* 1970-71Dr. Harold Boyer* 1971-72Angelo J. Manzi* 1972-73Keith Ashworth* 1973-74Robert E. O’Connell* 1974-75Don Ashworth* 1975-76David F. Welles 1976-77James J. Corey* 1977-78Darrell Luce* 1978-79Albert H. Purdue* 1979-80Michael Hoover 1980-81Donald L. Aikin 1981-82Joseph J. Buckley* 1982-83Irwin Kishner* 1983-84James Cashman III* 1984-85Mike Meyer 1985-86Doug L. Peterson 1986-87M.J. Wiens, Jr. 1987-88Keith W. Bassett* 1988-89Kenneth E. Miller* 1989-90James M. Gamett 1990-91Robert L. Moore 1991-92Robert L. Forbuss* 1992-93Gary A. Martin 1993-94John A. Smith 1994-95Caty Crockett 1995-96Clifford R. Beadle 1996-97Ralph J. Rohay 1997-98Dr. James M. Jones* 1998-99Tom A. Thomas 1999-00Tom J. Krob 2000-01James E. Hunt 2001-02James R. Tucker 2002-03Kathy Dalvey 2003-04Steve Casey 2004-05Ned Phillips 2005-06Brock Fraser 2006-07Randy Campanale 2007-08Russ Swain 2008-09Karen Whisenhunt 2009-10Tom Axtell 2010-11Sharon McNair 2011-12Randy Donald 2012-13Ginger Anderson 2013-14Steve Linder 2014-15Mary Ann Avnet 2015-16David Thorson 2016-17
2017- 2018RI President Ian Riseley
District 5300 GovernorRaghada Khoury
APRIL 26, 2018SCRIBE
• President Michael Gordon called the meeting, honoring 30 Years Of Women In Rotary, to order. PP Caty Crockett, our Club’s first female President, gave the invocation. Ted McAdam (standing in for Arleen Sirois) led the club in singing America The Beautiful, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The Sergeant at Arms was Gina Gentleman.
• There were (5) International Rotarians, (7) visiting Rotarians and (4) Guests of Rotarians introduced.
• The head table included PP Randy Donald, our program speaker PDG Sylvia Whitlock, and First Lady Amanda Gordon and ‘Rotarian In Training’ (Rotary tie and all) Samuel Gordon.
• Feedback of events by President Michael included: announcement that our club’s entrant, Wesley Chen, took 2nd Place in the Dan Stover Regional Competition; and a ‘well done’ for the article about our club appearing in this month’s Rotarian Magazine – if you don’t plan to keep your copy, members are encouraged to bring their copy to our meeting to be used to help with recruitment into our club.
• President Michael presented a check from the club for $25,000 to Spread The Word Nevada representatives, Lisa Habighorst and Pam Lang to continue our club’s support of Beckley Elementary School; LVRF President Larry Rouse presented a check for $2,500 to the 2018 Tiberti Scholarship winner, Elizabeth Martinez.
• President Michael presented a 4-Way Test coin to PE Kim Kohl, Ryan Hamilton, Kirk Holmes & Stu Lipoff for their work ‘above and beyond’, helping to make the Annual Car Show such a success.
• The weekly drawing began at $1,680 plus this week’s donations. The Ticket Winner was Francesca Gilbert who won $10 and the Lawry’s Bucks Winner was PEE Jackie Thornhill.
• Lynn Moser from the Summerlin Rotary Club shared the message of DG Reghada Khoury introducing Wheels In Heels, encouraging a challenge to men and a corresponding donation to the Rotary Foundation for our Paul Harris fund to ‘walk in women’s shoes’, honoring ‘30 Years of Women In Rotary’. The first challenge was met by PP David Thorson, carefully walking in a pair of sparkly high heeled T-straps, showing off his refined ‘bend and snap’!
• PP David Thorson reminded the club of the exciting debunking planned for President Michael scheduled for June 28th and also announced, with Andrea Roe from the Las Vegas Lights FC, that our club, the USO and the Lights are working together to raise $1,700 to provide tickets to local airmen to attend the Lights FC game on June 2nd – so far $750 has been donated from the club board.
• Membership chair Rosalee Hedrick reminded the Club of the New Member Orientation, open to all members, to be held on May 2 at 6 p.m. at Jerry Engel’s home; President Michael read a lovely letter of thanks from our Argentinian Youth Exchange Student Pilar for the opportunities she has experienced; PP Karen Whisenhunt announced the Putting Tournament on May 6th and golfers are still needed; Ted McAdam provided updated information for the Creech AFB tour on Tuesday May 29.
• PP Randy Donald introduced our speaker program, PDG Sylvia Whitlock, a pioneer for Women In Rotary. Dr. Whitlock shared her educational and professional background, leading up to the day she was invited to attend/join a Rotary meeting at the Duarte Club in the mid-1980s, at a time when women weren’t allowed to join Rotary, through the removal of the Duarte Club’s Charter, the birth of the Ex-Rotary Club of Duarte, the litigation in the Appellate and Supreme Courts to change the rules regarding women in Rotary that followed, the reinstatement of Duarte’s Charter (the “mouse that roared”) and allowing women to join Rotary, ending sexual discrimination in Rotary, and then becoming the first female Club President (and sole female at PETS) and later District Governor for District 5300. It was never intended as a ‘women’s issue’ but was more of a civil rights issue, referring to the Unruh Act.
• President Michael Gordon presented our speaker with a “Share What You Can” award to benefit a female veteran in need and then adjourned the meeting.
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2018 NV CENTENNIAL MEDALLION RECIPIENT
Michelle Quizon graduates summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering. Her accolades include concurrently taking pre-med and engi-neering coursework and four fully-funded research experiences, including an Amgen Scholar internship at Stanford, an NSF PIRE fellowship in South Korea, an Honors Thesis, and numerous presentations spanning the interna-tional, national, state, and university levels. UNLV Innovation magazine called Michelle a protégé.
Outside class, Michelle has served as a nationally recognized social justice advocate, Resident Assistant, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation volun-teer, Student Rec Building Manager, Honors College Mentor, Alpha Gamma Delta Alumni Relations, and Alpha Psi Rho Sweetheart. Off campus, she is an International Powerlifting Champion and Crossfitter.
On direct route to a Ph.D., Michelle has earned more than $825,000-worth of scholarships to top Bioengineering graduate programs. She has selected the Georgia Institute of Technology, nationally ranked #2. Michelle was named a President’s Fellow, an honor presented to only the top 10% of applicants, across all of Georgia Tech’s graduate programs.
Michelle intends to cure diseases with regenerative medicine, using biomateri-als and drug therapeutics.
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MAY 3, 2018
TODAY’S PROGRAM
LEN JESSUP
CALENDAR
SCRIBE
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
Rotary At A GlanceRotarians Members - 1,207,102; Clubs - 34,823; Districts - 538; Countries - 200+;
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LAS VEGAS ROTARY FOUNDATION 2017-2018BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Larry RousePresident Elect: Paul KrugerSecretary: Randy CampanaleTreasurer: Jerry EngelImmediate Past President: Thomas ThomasSenior Members: Paul Maffey Ty HilbrechtTrustees: Dan Adamson Michael Gordon Jim Kohl Bob Werner
May 3, 2018
Las Vegas Rotary Club Mission:
Len Jessup UNLV President
WHAT IS ROTARY?Rotary is a leadership organization of local
business, professional and civic leaders. We meet
regularly to form friendships and work together to improve
the local and international community
THE FOUR-WAY TEST OF THE
THINGS WE THINK, SAY OR
DO
1. Is it the TRUTH?2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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by 6/30/2018
Las Vegas Rotary Club
Celebrating 95 Years
Len Jessup joined UNLV as its 10th president in January 2015. An accomplished leader in higher education, Jessup brought his experience as a university professor, administrator, entrepreneur and fundraiser and lead UNLV on its path to become a high-performing, community-engaged Tier One research university. Among his top priorities was the development of UNLV Medicine. He will soon be leaving UNLV to become President of Claremont Graduate University.
Like many of UNLV’s students, Jessup was the first in his family to graduate from college. This experience informs his understanding of the crucial role universities play in transforming
families and communities, and it has been a motivating factor in his career in higher education leadership. Prior to UNLV, Jessup served as dean of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona (2011-2014), where he was also professor of entrepreneurship and innovation and the Halle Chair in Leadership. He led Eller to become a self-sustaining college with higher national rankings that robustly contributes to the state’s economic development. As a founding board member of the University of Arizona Health Network, he also contributed to the rethinking and restructuring of the university’s academic medical center.
Jessup is a leading researcher in management information systems, with a focus on the use of emerging technology in higher education and business, new venture strategies, and social entrepreneurship. He was instrumental in creating the University of Arizona’s technology transfer and commercialization program, Tech Launch Arizona. He led the development and expansion of online degree and executive education programs at Arizona and helped drive similar innovations in previous positions at Washington State University (2000-2011) and Indiana University (1995-2000).
A former baseball player in the highly competitive California junior college system, Jessup received his B.A. in information and communication studies in 1983 and his MBA in 1985, both from California State University, Chico. He earned his Ph.D. in organizational behavior and management information systems from the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management in 1989, and was awarded the Outstanding Ph.D. Alumnus in 2004.Jessup resides with his fiancée Kristi Staab, a former broadcast industry executive who owns and operates a successful leadership and sales training and development business. Jessup has a daughter, Jamie, and a son, David.
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