Rotary District 6920 2010
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Rotary District 6920 2010
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Speakers
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Friday Lunch Speaker Bill Curry In sports, in business and in life, an understanding of what it takes to be a top performer is crucial for success. As an NFL Super Bowl Champion, an elite college head football coach and an ESPN analyst, Bill Curry will share with you his understanding of what it takes to accomplish your goals. After graduation from College Park High School, Bill received a football scholarship to Georgia Tech, where he lettered for three seasons at center for Coach Bobby Dodd. In 1964, he was drafted by the Green Bay Packers, playing for legendary coach Vince Lombardi. Curry was an integral part of the team that won the 1965 NFL Championship and Super Bowl I in 1966. He was traded to the Baltimore Colts in 1967 where he played for Hall of Fame Coach, Don Shula. Under Shula, Curry played in Super Bowls III and V and was named to the All-Pro Team in 1971 and 1972. After playing briefly with the Houston Oilers and the Los Angeles Rams, Curry's ten-year NFL career ended in 1975 when a knee injury forced him to retire. Curry began his coaching career at Georgia Tech as an assistant coach. After a three-year stint as Offensive Line Coach with the Green Bay Packers, under coach Bart Starr, he returned to Georgia Tech in 1980 as Head Coach. While at Georgia Tech, Curry led his team to an All-American Bowl victory and was named the "ACC Coach of the Year" in 1985. In 1987, Curry agreed to serve as Head Coach at the University of Alabama. In his three seasons coaching the Crimson Tide, he posted a record of 26-10, including one SEC Championship and three bowl appearances. His 1989 squad shared the Southeastern Conference title, and Coach Curry received the "Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Award." Curry was further honored when the Associated Press named him as the 1990 "SEC Coach of the Year." In 1990, Curry left Alabama to serve as Head Coach for the University of Kentucky Wildcats. During his seven years coaching Kentucky, he compiled a record of 23-51, including a 1993 Peach Bowl appearance - his first bowl game in nine years. Academically, Curry's Wildcat football teams set the pace among SEC schools and led the SEC numerous times in academic all-SEC honor roll. In 1997, Curry embarked on his broadcasting career when he joined ESPN as a college football analyst for the Big Ten Game of the Week. Since then, Bill has come into millions of homes each football Saturday as an analyst for ESPN. Combining self-deprecating humor, riveting tales from his playing days and fiery, straight-from-the-heart passion, Bill has quickly become one of the most sought-after speakers in the country. Vince Lombardi...Bobby Dodd...Don Shula ...When Bill Curry talks of leadership, he speaks from a lifetime of mentorship by the all-time greats and with a voice that he, in turn, has used a thousand times over to communicate his own take on great leadership. Whatever the message you wish to communicate - sales, leadership, perseverance, some other topic in the "Wonder of You" Series, or even an agenda that you help design, Bill Curry will do so in a resounding manner the attendees will never forget. In September 2006, the American Football Coaches Association announced that Bill was the recipient of the 2007 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award in honor of his outstanding service toward the advancement of the best interests of football. In June 2008, Georgia State University announced that Bill Curry had signed a five-year contract to become the school's first football coach. Curry immediately began hiring staff and recruiting as GSU prepares to play its first season in 2010, competing at the level formerly known as Division I-AA, now the Football Championship Subdivision. |
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Donald W. Garner
Donald W. Garner
founded the LL.M. Law Group in 2003. Mr. Garner obtained his Master of
International Law degree cum laude while on a Fulbright Scholarship
for the European Union in 2001. While pursuing his LL.M. he wrote an award
winning international trade treatise and was elected class president of the
LL.M. students. He obtained his Juris Doctor cum laude from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000 where he served as Chief
Justice of the Moot Court program. Don is an active member of the American
Immigration Lawyers Association and a respected member of the Chicago legal
community. Don was the 2006-07 President of the Rotary Club of Chicago, the
world’s first Rotary Club established in Chicago in 1905. He is the Past
President and current Consular Corps Liaison of the
Chicago Chapter of the Fulbright Association and has recently formed the
International Volunteer
Network of Chicago in partnership with the Chicago Consular Corps and
Chicago International Trade Commissioners Association. Don’s work, passion,
and training are daily devoted to bringing people together from all over the
world. This is why the Chicago Sun-Times declared in 2006 that Don Garner is
a “top immigration attorney.” He has appeared on national and international
television, radio and newspapers. Don is called upon for advice and law
lectures by many local and multinational businesses and governmental groups. |
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Saturday Morning Speaker Allan I. Levey, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Levey is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Emory University, and he is Director of the Emory Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. Dr. Levey has secondary faculty appointments in the Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Levey received a BS from University of Michigan and an MD and PhD (Immunology) from the University of Chicago. He then trained in Neurology at Johns Hopkins, molecular biology at the National Institutes of Health, and then joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in the Departments of Neurology & Pathology. Dr. Levey has been at Emory University since 1991, where he has held a number of positions, including Director of Graduate Studies for the Neuroscience PhD Program, Founding Director of the Emory Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, and Director of the Emory MD/PhD Training Program. Dr. Levey is a neurologist and neuroscientist internationally recognized for his work in neurodegenerative disease. More than 200 of his research articles and chapters have been published. His work has contributed to understanding the brain systems and mechanisms involved in neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and in identifying molecular targets for new therapeutic strategies. He has received several awards including the Derek Denny-Brown Neurological Scholar Award from the American Neurological Association, the Heikkila Research Scholar Award from the National Parkinson Foundation, the Health Advancement Research Award from Community Health Charities, and the Team Hope Award for Medical Leadership from the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. Dr. Levey was also named an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Neuroscience and one of the Best Doctors in America. |
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Saturday Dinner Speaker
Cliff Dochterman
President's Representative
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He is the author of the booklet, “The ABCs of Rotary”, which has been
translated into more languages than any other Rotary publication. He has
had a lifetime association with the Boy Scouts of America and has received
three of the organization’s highest honors – the Distinguished Eagle, Silver
Antelope, and Silver Beaver. Cliff served as Chairman of Rotary’s Council
on Legislation in 2001. He has received The Rotary Foundation’s Citation
for Meritorious Service, the Distinguished Service Award and the Polio Plus
Pioneer Award.