Newton Rotary Meeting Tuesday Feb 4 2014
Our President, Mary Kern, started the meeting at 12:30 pm.
Burt Martinson led us in the Pledge of Allegiance
Mary Kern gave us the invocation
Marie Presti led us singing My Country Tis of Thee
Sue Peghiny filled in as sergeant of arms and introduced our guests:
Today's visitors were Glenn Rosengard from the Boston Club and Scott Harvey from the Boy Scouts of America, who submitted his application to join today! Also, our speaker, Dr. Zaleznik is the Commissioner of Health and Human Services for the City of Newton. She is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Physician at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where she performs consultations and teaches part-time in the Division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Zaleznik received her BA magna cum laude from Yale University in 1971, was a special student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1972-1973, and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1977. She completed training in internal medicine at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She joined the Harvard faculty in 1983. She has published 37 articles and textbook chapters as well as 25 topic reviews for UpToDate. She is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Massachusetts Infectious Diseases Society, and the American Society for Microbiology and holds one patent.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Paul Kerrissey: NO MEETING on Tuesday 12-1:30 in lieu of this Paul Harris celebration. Instead, we're celebrating our Paul Harris members at Vecchia Roma with 6PM cocktails and 6:30 for meals. Anyone needs a ride, let Paul know. And he is getting a ride from Sue so maybe Sue can pick up others too.
HAPPY DOLLARS
Indira: happy
Tony: 4 grants this morning
Paul: Glen, 2 days temp came up bees came out.
Sue: Dori, Seattle Seahawks
Scott: Boy Scout, happy
Mary: scott, lost first chicken last week but another one who was hanging is going to make it,Syracuse
Mark: prepets
John: northeastern beat harvard
Peggy: visiting rotarians and for speaker
Chris: just because,
Bill: $2 (haven't run out yet), Glen, northeastern alumnus but if bc wins its good too
Glen: great to be back to oriignal club. at least 9 members from back then.oldest daughters bday
Bert: Bu and u North Carolina
Tom: daughter back from South Africa, 85th bday with mother, sad to be missing meeting
Marie: Glen, Scott, Dori, and Mary because of the Y's support of the WIN chamber health fair last week
Jim: Sorry to miss meeting since he'll be in Italy. (can we come with you in your luggage?)
The mission of the Department of Health and Human Services is to protect, promote and sustain the health, harmony, and well-being of all Newton residents, in a culturally-sensitive, customer-friendly manner.
Mary adjourned at 1:30 pm.
Submitted by Marie Presti.
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