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June 7
Ying Nian Wu
Professor- UCLA
June 14
Richard Jackson
“Built Environment”
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This Week...
June 7
Ying Nian Wu- Professor,
UCLA
"NTD TV- An Independent
Station Delivering
Uncensored Chinese News,
Chinese Culture, and
Performing Arts"
Upcoming...
June 12
Rotary Auxiliary Meeting
Installation of New
Officers
June 14
Richard Jackson- Chair,
UCLA Environmental
Health
““Built Environment,”
Two Recent Books and a
PBS Television Series”
June 21
Lynn Cheney and Eric
Davidson
“Craft Talks”
June 23
Ed Jackson’s Demotion
Party
Beach Club- Santa Monica
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The last week of Promote
International Convention Month
started with our May 31 meeting.
It was another lovely day in
Westwood Village, and we were
greeted by Mark Block as we came in.
The pledge was led by Past
President (PP) Eric Loberg, and
President Elect (PE) Dwight Heikkila
gave the invocation.
Jane Mulato was a guest of Peggy
Bloomfield.
Head Table:
Toshi and PP Yoshi Setoguchi, PP
Mike Newman, President Ed Jackson
and PE Dwight Heikkila.
PP Steve Scherer presented Cadet
Edson Diaz, winner of the army saber
in UCLA ROTC, to the club.
Announcements:
Sally Phillips’ son requests
that we do not phone Sally or visit
her in the hospital because she
needs more rest.
The chemo is helping with the
pain but she has limited energy.
He suggests that notes to
their home (1368 Jonesboro Drive,
Los Angeles 90049) or emails to him
(firemedic1@gmail.com)
will get to her quickly and be
received gratefully.
Incoming leaders attended the
District Assembly on Saturday, and
are looking forward to using what
they’ve learned to continue
improving our club.
The annual District Rotaract Ciao
Awards & Installations is just
around the corner!
They will be recognizing
high-achieving clubs, officers, &
members, as well as digging in to a
delish Mexican cuisine buffet.
We have had the honor of bringing
home every award consecutively for
the past 2 years & this will be the
best year yet!
Just a few of the awards Bruin
Rotaract has been awarded are:
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Club of the Year
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Best International Service
Project
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The Spirit of Rotaract
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District Rotaract Advisor's
"Club of the Year"
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Best Community Service Project
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Meredith Olsen Scholar Winners
Meredith Olsen Scholar winners will
also be honored that night & we have
a few of our very own phenomenal
Bruin Rotaractors who were
nominated!
Please come celebrate the end of the
AMAZING Rotary year with the entire
Rotaract District of South Bay &
Greater Los Angeles, Wednesday
night, June 13th, from 7-9pm, at El
Torito Restaurant in Santa Monica.
PP and 4th Quarter
Program Chair Michael Newman
introduced our speaker, Dr. Yoshi
Setuguchi.
The Yosh Setoguchi story is one that
we would like to see happen again
and again and again and again and
represents what should happen when
we reach out in the community.
In 1954, Yosh was student body
president at University High School
and received an honorary membership
in the Westwood Village Rotary Club.
By the time he was to
graduate he had no idea that he
would be working in medicine.
But Dr. Milo Brooks of the
Westwood Village Rotary Club saw
that Yosh had great capabilities in
medicine, becoming his mentor.
Yosh became the foremost doctor in
pediatric prosthetics, having
a stellar career at UCLA medical
school and hospital.
After completing his career UCLA, he
started a similar program at
Shriners Hospital in Los Angeles.
In between the two careers Yoshi
created an exceptionally exciting
career with the Westwood Village
Rotary Club, leading and running
several district programs for
decades.
Yosh had much more to talk to us
about his work, but as a veteran
past president of the club, he
looked at the clock and decided to
end his program with a summary.
—YOE Ed Jackson
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