The first Rotary club was founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 23 February 1905.
Membership reflects a wide cross section of community representation.
Rotary is widely regarded as the world's largest private provider of international educational scholarships. More than one billion children in developing nations have been immunized against polio through PolioPlus Grants. The Object of Rotary can be considered the foundation stone on which the Rotary house is built. By 1910 there were five objects in the statement and by 1915, six. It was created by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932 when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy.