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扶輪領導學院台灣分部
Rotary Leadership Institute Taiwan Division

扶輪的簡史

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROTARY

扶輪是於 1905 年 2 月 23 日在美國伊利諾州由保羅‧哈理 Rotary was founded on February 23, 1905 in Chicago, Illinois,
USA by Paul Harris, an attorney with three business friends.
斯律師與他的三個朋友所創立的。因為其初期會議是在其
Because the first meetings of the group rotated among the
四個人之工作地點輪流舉辦，因此這個機構就被取名為扶 business locations of the members, the organization came to
be known as Rotary. Three years later a second club was
輪(Rotary)。三年之後，第二個扶輪社在美國加州舊金山成
formed in San Francisco, California, USA and Rotary began a
立，以後扶輪社持續地成長。1911 年在加拿大曼尼托巴省 steady path of growth. In 1911 Rotary became international
with the founding of a club in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
的溫尼伯成立了扶輪社，因此扶輪成為國際性的機構，如
Today Rotary has grown to more than 32,000 clubs in over
今扶輪己成長為 32,000 個扶輪社，分佈在 200 個國家及區 200 countries and territories with approximately 1.2 million
members.
域，大約有 120 萬社員。

From left: Silvester Schiele, Paul Harris, Hiram E. Shorey, and Gustavus H. Loehr

扶輪的座右銘為“超我服務”。 The motto of Rotary is: "Service Above Self”.

國際扶輪的扶輪基金會於 1917 年創立，但是一直至保羅‧ The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International was initiated in
1917, but remained a relatively small project until Paul Harris'
哈理斯於 1947 年去世前它都是很小的計劃。但在那時以紀
death in 1947. At that time contributions rose dramatically in
念保羅‧哈理斯捐款而有戲劇性地增加，並且至今扶輪基 memory of Paul Harris and today the Foundation is one of the
largest and most effective of its kind in the world and is truly
金會成為全球最大也是最有效率的機構，同時它真的是我
the pride of all Rotarians.
們所有扶輪社員的驕傲。

扶輪領導學院手冊 3
RLI MANUAL