This Week's Speaker
Dr. Kathryn McClymond, President, Oglethorpe University
Join us this Friday at the Embassy Suites to welcome Dr. Kathryn McClymond, President of Oglethorpe University. Dr. McClymond was appointed as the 18th President at Oglethorpe University in
November 2023 and is the university’s first female president. She previously served as Provost
and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Oglethorpe University as well as Associate Dean for
Faculty Affairs in the College of Arts at Georgia State University.
Dr. McClymond is a scholar
of comparative religions. Her most recent publication, Humanistic Perspectives on Moral Injury,
is a co-edited volume exploring how humanities disciplines contribute to research on moral
injury (Routledge 2024). She has authored Beyond Sacred Violence (Johns Hopkins University
Press, 2008) and Ritual Gone Wrong: What We Learn from Ritual Disruption (Oxford University
Press, 2016), as well as numerous articles and chapters on religion, sacrifice, and violence. She
has served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Religion and the American
Society of the Study of Religion, and she currently sits on the Governance and Leadership
Development Committee of the American Academy of Religion.
Oglethorpe University has long been the home of our GRSP students, and over the last five years, we have partnered with the university to select a student directly from university applicants.
Whiskey Raffle Update
2024 Rotary Club of Dunwoody Whiskey Raffle is Live!
Help us raise money to support our work in the community! How? By sharing the link and the postcards for our annual Whiskey Raffle with your friends,
family, colleagues, neighbors, and everyone else in the community - https://whiskey-raffle.com/.
Raffle tickets are $25 each and we will only sell 400 tickets. Raffle night is Thursday, November 14 at Bar[n] booze [n] bites. On raffle night, we will pull six tickets from the raffle bin and award six prizes.
Each week we will highlight one of the prizes to be
awarded. This week's highlighted prize is the is the Speyside and Blend Prize. Special thanks to Jackie Cuthbert for donating the
bottle of Dewar's which she purchased in Scotland. And thanks
to Ken Levy for donating the bottle of Glenlivit. Also included is a $140
gift certificate to Gate City /Artillery Room (a Roswell-based craft cocktail experience location
owned by Rotarians).
Getting to Know You
Bob O'Brien, Fundraiser Extra-Ordinaire and More!
When Bob O'Brien visited our Rotary club's booth at the Dunwoody Arts
Festival in 2014, he was seeking networking opportunities for his new Farmer's
Insurance agency. Rick Woods introduced Rotary to Bob as well as promoted the
club's opportunities while he took him to lunch three times. Bob's father was a
Kiwanis member and Bob later joined that organization and served as president
of the Kiwanis Club of Fairfield, CT.
Though initially planning to focus solely on service projects, Bob's natural
leadership abilities quickly emerged. He dove headfirst into various
initiatives, including Junior Achievement, Special Olympics, and Bounds Garden.
He served on several committees and then his first large project was the club's
BBQ fundraiser, which he laughingly refers to as a lesson in "how not
to do a fundraiser." This experience, however, proved invaluable when
Carter Stout tapped him to become fundraising chairman and launch the club's
golf tournament — roles he has successfully held for three years.
A 28-year Dunwoody resident, Bob recently sold his Farmer's agency and
enjoys more traveling time with his wife Andrea, who is an office manager at
Parker, Hudson, Ranier & Dobbs LLP. They are pictured here in the California wine country last April. They have three adult children and
three grandchildren.
Fellowship Opportunity
Join Dunwoody Diners at Carbonara - Nov. 23
We hope you can join us for the next Dunwoody Diners' Event on Saturday, November 23 at Carbonara in Dunwoody Village. Please let Dottie know if you plan to attend - we have a table for 12 reserved at 6:00 pm. You can reach Dottie at toneydot@me.com or at 404.583.4799.
