Honoring Hank Alkema
Posted by Jack Meyers
"Service above Self Award; Presented to Hank Alkema, January 23rd 2006, In recognition of your loyalty, untiring devotion and dedicated service to the Rotary way of life; Rotary Club of Stanwood Camano Island."
We had the pleasure of sharing our January 24th meeting with Hank and Margie. Hank was made a Honorary Rotarian. Just for your info some other famous Honorary Rotarians are listed below:
Albert I King of Belgium
Neil A. Armstrong
King Baudouin I
Prince Bernhard
Frank Borman
George W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Neville Chamberlain
Sir Winston Churchill
L. Gordon Cooper
Walt Disney
Thomas A. Edison
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I. K. Gujaral
King Carl VI Gustav
King Hassan II
Thor Heyerdahl
Sir Edmund Hillary
Herbert Hoover
John F. Kennedy
Charles Lindberg
General Douglas MacArthur
Florence MacBeth
Carl-Gustaf Mannerheim
Dr. Karl A. Menninger
General John J. Pershing
H. R. H. Prince Philip
Gen Augusto Pinochet
Prince of Wales
Prince Rainier III
Ronald W. Reagan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dr. Albert Schweitzer
Alan B. Shephard
Margaret Thatcher
Harry S. Truman
Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor
Woodrow Wilson
Many more Rotarians have achieved prominence, imparting a measure of their good reputations to Rotary itself, but Rotary is not just an organization of the famous. It is an organization of men and women of goodwill, in which the 4-Way Test and the ideal of "Service Above Self" are the really important measures of fame.
So you see Hank is in pretty good company.
Happy Dollar comments focused on honoring Hank; And, Hank received two(2) standing ovations.
Hank Alkema -- We Love You!
Albert I King of Belgium
Neil A. Armstrong
King Baudouin I
Prince Bernhard
Frank Borman
George W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Neville Chamberlain
Sir Winston Churchill
L. Gordon Cooper
Walt Disney
Thomas A. Edison
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I. K. Gujaral
King Carl VI Gustav
King Hassan II
Thor Heyerdahl
Sir Edmund Hillary
Herbert Hoover
John F. Kennedy
Charles Lindberg
General Douglas MacArthur
Florence MacBeth
Carl-Gustaf Mannerheim
Dr. Karl A. Menninger
General John J. Pershing
H. R. H. Prince Philip
Gen Augusto Pinochet
Prince of Wales
Prince Rainier III
Ronald W. Reagan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dr. Albert Schweitzer
Alan B. Shephard
Margaret Thatcher
Harry S. Truman
Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor
Woodrow Wilson
Many more Rotarians have achieved prominence, imparting a measure of their good reputations to Rotary itself, but Rotary is not just an organization of the famous. It is an organization of men and women of goodwill, in which the 4-Way Test and the ideal of "Service Above Self" are the really important measures of fame.
So you see Hank is in pretty good company.
Happy Dollar comments focused on honoring Hank; And, Hank received two(2) standing ovations.
Hank Alkema -- We Love You!