BRC History: The Historians

BRC History: The Historians

Much of the material you have been hearing in these vignettes about the early history of Boulder Rotary has come from reporting done by two men over the first 50 years of its existence. I’d like to tell you about them. Frederick O. “Rep” Repplier was the first....
BRC History: The World Wars

BRC History: The World Wars

* As reported by F.O. “Rep” Repplier in 1956 and John B. Schoolland in 1969. The First and Second World Wars had a great impact on the Club. As mentioned before, World War I had just ended when Boulder Rotary was founded. In 1920, a meeting on Nov. 12 was devoted to...
BRC History: Rotary Anns

BRC History: Rotary Anns

*  As reported by John B. Schoolland in 1969. It wasn’t until around 1987 that women were actually able to become Rotarians. Before that, the all-male clubs referred to their spouses as Rotary Anns. Get it? John B. Schoolland, writing in 1969, gushed, “Our Rotary Anns...