Life & Times of Paul Harris
“The thought persisted that I was experiencing only what had happened to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of others in the great city … I was sure that there must be many other young men who had come from farms and small villages to establish themselves in Chicago … Why not bring them together? If others were longing for fellowship as I was, something would come of it.”
– Paul P. Harris, My Road to Rotary
Click below to browse through this touching and insightful look at the Founder of Rotary International, Paul Harris. From boyhood to business man, and back again…don’t miss this very personal glance at the origins of Rotary International!
- Introduction
- Boyhood in Vermont
- Finding his calling
- Service to Rotary
- His bonnie lassie
- Penned by Paul
- Death of a Legend
- Timeline



