|
1905 |
The first Rotary Club in
the world was organized by Paul P. Harris and his friends in Chicago ,
Illinois , USA (23 February) |
|
1916 |
The
district concept of Rotary was established by RI Pres. Arch C. Klumph |
|
1919 |
The Rotary Club of
Manila, the first Rotary Club in Asia and in the Philippines , was
chartered (1 June) |
|
1933 |
The
Rotary Club of Iloilo was chartered (27 April), the third Rotary Club
established in the Philippines after the Rotary Club of Cebu |
|
1936 |
District 81 was created
by RI, comprised of the 22 Clubs in China , Hongkong and the 3 Clubs
in the Philippines |
|
1937 |
District 81 was changed to District 96; Rotary Club of Bacolod was
chartered (16 June) as the 4th Club in the Philippines |
|
1938 |
District 81 was created
for the five Rotary Clubs in the Philippines , with George A. Malcolm
( Manila ) appointed as the 1 st District Governor |
|
1948 - 1949 |
Benjamin Gaston ( Bacolod ) served as District Governor, the 2 nd
non-Manila Rotarian to serve in the position |
|
1950 |
Philippine District
number was changed from District 81 to District 48, composed of 21
Rotary Clubs |
|
1957 |
Philippines became District 385 effective 1 July, composed of 35
Rotary Clubs
1964 Growth of Rotary in the Philippines led to the redistricting of
District 385, creating District 380 for Luzon and Palawan (27 Clubs)
and District 385 for Visayas and Mindanao (25 Clubs), with MAT Caparas
( Caloocan ) and Leonardo Gallardo ( Bacolod ) serving as Governors,
respectively |
|
1974 |
RI approved the
redistricting of District 385, with Western Visayas and Western and
Central Mindanao remaining in District 385 (30 Clubs) and Eastern
Visayas and Eastern Mindanao forming the new District 386 (22 Clubs) |
|
1984 |
The
redistricting of District 385 was approved after reaching 86 Clubs,
with District 385 composed of Western Visayas and Western Mindanao (
Zamboanga provinces, Basilan , Sulu and Tawi-Tawi ), including Misamis
Occidental; and District 387 composed of the provinces in Central
Mindanao |
|
1991 |
District 385 became
District 3850 |
