'The Rotarian' is the official magazine of world's leading voluntary body, Rotary International. This is perhaps one of the largest circulated magazine, along with its regional versions, that contains story of goodness, nobility, and selfless acts of kindness from around the globe.

1. Rtn C J Singh
Rotary District 3080 Public Image Chair
The Highlights of Rotary’s Official
Magazine, ‘The Rotarian’

4. Second Issue
July 1911
“The primary purpose of The
National Rotarian is to provide
a means for the exchange of
ideas….”
Paul P. Harris

7. Editors
First editor of the magazine (1911-1928) was Chesley
R. Perry , who was also the first secretary of Rotary
International. (1910 - 1942)
Vivian Carter of England was the
second editor (1928-1935).
Leland D. Case followed (1935-1950).
Karl K. Krueger next took the reins
1952-1973)
Karl was followed by Willmont L. White, who
served as editor (1974-1996).
Vince Aversano: editor-in-chief
2003-09
John Rezek, editor-in-chief, (currently)

8. Famous Contributors
 Seventeen Nobel Prize recipients and 19 Pulitzer
Prize recipients have written for the magazine. A partial list of
eminent contributors includes:
 Thomas Mann,
 Edith Wharton,
 Knute Rockne,
 Frank Lloyd Wright,
 Mahatma Gandhi,
 Winston Churchill,
 Helen Keller,
 Eleanor Roosevelt,
 Pearl S. Buck,
 Lowell Thomas, Betty Friedan, Willy Brandt, Javier Perez de Cuellar,
Arthur C. Clarke, Richard Armour, J. Edgar Hoover, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.,
Rabbi Harold Kushner,
 Isaac Asimov, Cleveland Amory, Octavio Pax
 Jimmy Carter.

10. Mahatma Gandhi
The Rotarian, February 1942
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11. The new website
www.therotarianmagazine.com
Printed Subscription: US$ 24
Online Subscription: US$ 12

12. Around the World
 The Rotarian published from RI
Headquarter has circulation of 5
Lakh copies
 31 Magazines in 20 languages
 32 Magazines read by 1.2 million
Rotarians

13. Regional Magazines
ROTARY NEWS/ROTARY SAMACHAR
www.rosaonline.org
Circulation:
97,000/14,000
Languages:
English/Hindi
Areas served:
Bangladesh, India, Nepal,
and Sri Lanka

14. Rtn C J Singh
Rotary District 3080 Public Image Chair
seejaysingh@gmail.com