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         ਕdШҧቃɰ᙮׵ҢࡁІʉf                   ၂ɻኪЗdԨಀ؂ਕ׵͎ࣧ                     2023ϋ10˜ࣨࡘவɓධͦᅺf
         ຅ݔᅵ؇Г᙮׵ЫࣛdЫึซ                   ٙࣧʾึଣԫึʿਿږึ໨                         ίཀ̘ٙ 25 ϋʕdࣦ౶
         ࠅމ̴ኧ৸jœᜫ̴ᇻۉ೯࢝                   ԫึf                              ၅ɓٜމ 6040 ήਜ€੗ᘽԢ
         ݊Ңٙப΂f຅Ы޶Ցҧቃ                        ࣦ౶၅݊˜ఘᔜ౶˰ޢ                  ψܸᅺ׌؂ਕࠇ೥ዄ΂˜ቨ
         νОމЫٙɛ͛੭Ըܵܩٙᅂ                   ॲ੭™(Global Ties KC) ٙଣ           ɿਢਢඟڗ™d༈ࠇ೥ၾˋд
 Olayinka H.   club profoundly changed Babalola’s   ԫึϓࡰd༈ଡ଼ᔌᒰ᙮׵ߕ਷         ॶ਷ყʮ̡ΥЪdீཀ˜ˋ
                                         traveled to Australia as a Rotary Foun-
         ᚤࣛdЫఱঐΣ˰ɛʱԮԟݬ
 Babalola  perspective. When people his own age   dation Ambassadorial Scholar, which
         ਗɛ݂ٙԫf™
                                         he called a “nine-month daily immer-
 President  appeared for classes, he was shocked to   ˰ޢॲ੭ (Global Ties U.S.)d  дॶ֘Յːᜳᗍቨ™(Buckner
                                         sion in Rotary.”
 Rotary Club of   learn that they couldn’t read or write.   ݊ɓࡈீཀ͏ග̮ʹԸڮආ਷  Shoes for Orphan Souls) ࠇ೥d
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             ˋˋᖯזᆠฌ৷ဧ˃
 Trans Amadi,   At graduation, a mother shared how she   Lunsford joined Rotary in 1991 and
                                         has held numerous global leadership
         ଢeದآeίಌ؍ʕ౳Ӊd˸
 Nigeria  could now read pharmacy labels for her   ყଣ༆ٙڢᐄлၣഖi˼Νࣛ          ࣏ᗍəڐ 50 ຬᕐቨɿf˼ಀ
        children’s medicine. “That grounded   roles, including RI director, aide to RI
         ʿשᙲථᄴҖًf˼ҎૐϞಃ
                                         President Mark Daniel Maloney, and
 Born in the city of   me,” Babalola says. “It took my feet and   ɰ݊຅ή઺ึਿږึٙ໨ԫf  ፋІ༶৔ቨɿՑε׼̵̋e͘
         ɓ˚ঐᑘ፬ᙲᅂ࢝אਗ਼๫˪ഐ
 Ibadan, Nigeria,   properly planted me in my community.”  Rotary Foundation trustee and vice chair.   ή৵זeٵԭdʿڶᖯ౶f
                                              ˼࿁ҧቃ؂ਕٙᆠઋ֐
 Olayinka H. Babalola received his engi-  As RI president, Babalola wants to   He has served on RI and Rotary Founda-
         ණࣣ̈f
 neering degree in 1988. He worked for 25   help restore members’ emotional con-  ׵ɽኪࣛಂf1981-82 ϋගd  ίɓϣۃֻڶᖯ౶ٙБ
                                         tion committees, including the RI and
                                         Foundation finance and executive com-
 years in the oil and gas industry, holding   nection to the organization and their   ˼˸ҧቃਿږึɽԴᆤኪږա  ೻ʕdࣦ౶၅ਗ਼ɓᕐཀྵɿ৔ഗ
             ˼ಀ࿲ᐏڢݲϵϋߵඪ
 senior positions at Shell PLC. He is the   sense of belonging.   mittees, and chaired the RI Membership
          “We do things for others, but Rotary is
                                         Growth Committee and Rotary Peace
 founder of two companies: an oil and gas   ᆤeೌʃՅ௦ຌ˰ޢਜਹ؂ਕ  ᆤɛԒʱۃֻዦݲd˼ਗ਼வݬ  əɓЗΤ̣ၪдε (Victor) ٙ
 infrastructure delivery company and an   also our own,” he says. “When something  Centers Committee.  Ӳ܀fɽߒɓϋܝί͘ή৵
         ᆤe਷ყҧቃ൴Ң؂ਕᆤd˸
                                         ຾ዝҖ࢙މ˜މಂ 9 ࡈ˜ٙӊ
 executive coaching and organizational   is your own, you want to fight for it: ‘It is   During a morning walk in Evanston
         ʿҧቃਿږึϞ̌؂ਕᆤf
                                         in August 2023, while he was serving as
 performance advisory group.  my duty to help it thrive.’ When you see   ˚ҧቃӐऍ᜗᜕™f  זd˼ɦΪމவධࠇ೥༾Ց̤
 Babalola’s professional affiliations   how Rotary has made a lasting impact on   a Rotary Foundation trustee, Lunsford   ɓЗΝΤٙ܀ɿf
                                              ࣦ౶၅׵ 1991 ϋ̋ɝҧ
             ˋˋᖯזၾΝމҧቃٟ
 include the Institute of Directors, the Ni-  your life, then you can tell that story.”  developed the idea to mirror the Foun-
 gerian Society of Engineers, the Institute   ࡰٙֈɿ౷ᑜГ (Precy) ֛֢  ቃdԨዄ΂ཀεධΌଢჯኬᔖ  ࣦ౶၅Ⴍj ˜ՇϋeՇሲ
                                         dation’s successful US$2.025 billion by
          Babalola enjoys golf, swimming, walk-
 of Safety Professionals of Nigeria, and   ing in the forest, and photographing cloud  2025 Endowment fundraising campaign   Б೻eՇࡈ਷࢕eՇЗၪд
                                         ਕdܼ̍਷ყҧቃଣԫe਷ყ
         ׵۞߅तಥf˼ࡁீཀڿΤ͑
 the Association of Change Management   formations. He hopes to someday exhibit   with a membership goal: 1,250,000
         ɮਿږ˕ܵҧቃਿږึdԨ˲
                                         Rotarians by Rotary’s 125th anniversary
 Professionals. He is a member of Jericho   his photos or publish them in a book.  ҧቃٟڗ৵д‧ૠඤ̵ (Mark   εfவҁΌΙᗇҢ͍Ԑί͍ᆽ
                                         in 2030. The RI Board adopted the goal
 Businessmen Club, an organization in   ݊ڛփ‧ݚᔝ˃ึึࡰf  Daniel Maloney) ٙतпd˸ʿ   ٙ༸༩ɪfίҧቃʕdҢࡁ̥
          He has received the Africa Centennial
 Ibadan that advocates for economic and   Heroes Award, the Regional Service Award  in October 2023.
 social policy with governments.  for a Polio-Free World, the RI Service   ҧቃਿږึڭ၍։ࡰʿਓ˴  ცࠅί͍ᆽٙࣛග̈ତί͍ᆽ
                                           For the past 25 years, Lunsford has
                                         served as the “shoes cheerleader” for
 His first experience with Rotary was   Above Self Award, and The Rotary Foun-  ࢩf˼ಀ΂ᔖ׵਷ყҧቃʿҧ  ٙή˙f™
         朗斯福
 through a decade of service in Rotaract.   dation Citation for Meritorious Service.  the signature service project of District
                                         6040 (Missouri), which has donated
          Babalola and his wife, Precy, a Rotary
 Babalola was the charter president of his   Larry A. Lunsford  ቃਿږึٙεࡈ։ࡰึdܼ̍  ࣦ౶၅ɽኪࣛಀ݊ಏଢ
 university Rotaract club and participated   member, live in Port Harcourt. They sup-  ਷ყҧቃၾਿږึٙৌਕ։ࡰ  ၾᘫଢ༶ਗࡰdɰ݊ɓЗΌ˙
                                         nearly 500,000 pairs of shoes through
         國際扶輪社長當選人
 in cultural exchanges and twinning with   port The Rotary Foundation through a   the Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls
         美國密蘇里州
 clubs in Japan and Côte d’Ivoire. During   named endowment and as Arch Klumph   ึʿੂБ։ࡰึdԨಀዄ΂਷  Зٙ᜗ԃ৖f
                                         project in partnership with Buckner
                                         International. He has gone to the Do-
 his Rotaract days, he organized extra-  Society members.  ყҧቃٟࡰϓڗ։ࡰึၾҧቃ      ˼ה࿲ᐏٙڌ࿎ܼ̍ҧ
         Kansas City-Plaza 扶輪社
 mural classes for disabled children at a   minican Republic, Guatemala, Kenya,
                                         and Russia to deliver the shoes
 Cheshire Home supported by local clubs.   ձ̻ʕː։ࡰึٙ˴։f.                   ቃਿږึϞ̌؂ਕᆤeҧቃਿ
 Babalola joined the Rotary Club   Larry A. Lunsford  During a delivery trip to Russia, Lun-  ږึतᎴ؂ਕᆤd˸ʿ਷ყҧ
                         ፠๿‧ࣦ౶
                                              2023 ϋ 8 ˜ίͺ˖౶౱
 of Trans Amadi in 1994. He went on   President-elect  sford gave a pair of boots to a boy whose
                         ၅݊ɓЗൗ
 to serve on committees including the   Rotary Club of   ٙɓϣોග౳Ӊʕdࣛ΂ҧ     ቃ൴Ң؂ਕᆤf
                                         name was Victor. About a year later in
 End Polio Now: Countdown to History   Kansas City-Plaza,   ቃਿږึڭ၍։ࡰࣦٙ౶၅      ˼ၾֈɿΛՅ (Jill) ԃϞ
                                         Guatemala, he met another child through
                         ̅ึࠇࢪd
 Campaign Committee and the Nigeria   Missouri  the initiative who shared that name.
 PolioPlus Committee prior to joining   ͦۃί੗ᘽ  ഼͛əɓࡈซجjਗ਼ਿږึ               ՇΤɿɾʿɓΤ࢑ɿɾfࣦ౶
                                           “Two years, two trips, two countries,
                                         two Victors,” Lunsford says. “It was a
 the RI Board as a director and later as   Larry A. Lunsford,   ί 2025 ϋۃ෍੻ 20.25 ᄂߕ  ၅ၾΛՅɽɢ˕ܵҧቃਿږ
                         Ԣψఘᔜ౶
 vice president.         a certified pub-  complete reinforcement that I was on the
                         ̹ (Kansas
                                         right track. In Rotary, we just need to be
 In the early 2000s, Babalola helped   lic accountant,   ʩٙ͑ɮਿږ෍ಛݺਗٙϓ̌    ึd̶݊ᕘਿږ࣏ᘠɛe͑ɮ
 launch the Safe Blood Africa project to   serves as executive vice president and   ຾᜕dᔷʷމٟࡰϓڗͦᅺ   ਿږ࣏ᘠɛe˸ʿڭᖯ‧۞Ԣ
                                         in the right place at the right time.”
         City) ٙЬࢸ౶վഺࢸᄿѓʮ
 improve the availability of safe blood in   chief financial officer of Bernstein-Rein   Lunsford is a former college baseball
         ̡ዄ΂ੂБਓᐼ൒ࡒৌਕڗf
 hospitals in Nigeria and across the con-  Advertising Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri.   ―― ί 2030 ϋҧቃϓͭ 125  ౶ึe࣬ৰʃՅ௦ຌഃशषࠇ
                                         and basketball player and all-around
 tinent. The initiative has installed blood   A recipient of bachelor’s and master’s   sports fan.
         ˼׵Ӂኁژψͭɽኪ (State
                                           His honors include The Rotary Foun-
 banks and donated bloodmobiles that are  degrees in accounting from Truman State   ඄ϋࣛdྼତ 125 ຬΤٟࡰ  ೥ึdʿ፲ᗍึึࡰf
         University) ՟੻ึࠇኪኪɻʿ
 still operating today.  University, he has served his alma mater   ٙͦᅺf਷ყҧቃଣԫึ׵
                                         dation Citation for Meritorious Service,
 Babalola provided local Rotary leader-  on its Alumni Association Board and its   The Rotary Foundation Distinguished
 ship for polio eradication in Nigeria’s   Foundation Board.  Service Award, and the RI Service Above
 conflict-affected northeast. Through   Lunsford is a board member of Global   Self Award.
 unannounced site visits with local officials   Ties KC, part of Global Ties U.S., a non-  He and his wife, Jill, have two children   臺灣扶輪 2026.7  25
 that ensured accountability in vaccine   profit network that advances international  and one grandchild. Larry and Jill sup-
 distribution, Babalola made his own con-  understanding through citizen diplomacy,   port The Rotary Foundation as Major
 tribution to help eradicate polio in 2020 in   and of his local church’s foundation.  Donors, Benefactors, and members of the
 Nigeria and by extension in Africa.  His passion for Rotary service began   Paul Harris Society, PolioPlus Society,
 An adult literacy project led by his   during his college years. In 1981-82, he   and Bequest Society.
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