Rodger Morris, long time Rotarian in our Club and Foundation, passed away on Monday Sept 18 in Hospice. Arrangements are not yet finalized for Memorial Service etc. Rodger was a Past President and Treasurer for our club. His generosity included making 16 people Paul Harris Fellows including the first woman in Africa to become a PH Fellow: Christine Kijange who is the Director of the Victoria Montessori School in Entebbe Uganda. The school has over 600 students including poverty level from pre-school through 6th grade. Our Club/Foundation helped start the school and helped Ms Kijange come to the US and receive Montessori Teacher Training and Internship in Deerfield , Illinois.
Rodger was also President of The Winnetka Bank (now the Chase Bank).