Our Rotarian of the Day today is Steve Glenn. Steve is a native of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, where he graduated high school before earning his B.S. degree at Oklahoma State University. He then attended dental school at the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry in Memphis, Tennessee, graduating in 1974.
Following graduation, Steve began his private practice in general dentistry in Tulsa and for a time practiced with former Southside President, Jim Saddoris, his proposer. He currently practices with another former Southside member, Nick Hunter.
Steve is #10 in the badge box because he has been a member of Southside for almost 33 years (in April). He served as president in 1985-86.
Steve has been very active in his professional organizations, having served as President of the Tulsa County Dental Association (1984-85) and President of the Oklahoma Dental Association (2003-04). He currently serves on the American Dental Association Council on Dental Practice.
He represents Oklahoma as an Alternate Delegate to the ADA House and is a member with oversight responsibilities on the Standards Committee for Dental Informatics, an ADA-sponsored ANSI organization that develops technical reports for the dental profession and establishes standards for the interoperability and integration of technology into dental practice and the electronic health record.
Steve is married to another former Southsider, Mella, and they have five children and six grandchildren.
Steve, thank you for arranging today’s program.
This Week’s Program
Mike Klemme
Twenty years of specializing in golf landscape photography has resulted in Mike Klemme being one of the most widely published photographers in his field. He has contributed thousands of photographs to Golf, Golf Digest, Golf Connoisseur, The Golfer, Links, Travel & Leisure Golf, Golfdom, Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine, USA Today, Men’s Journal, The Robb Report, Cigar Aficionado, and travel and inflight magazines around the globe.
On commissions from individual developers and publishers, he has tackled assignments in Japan, Korea, Kenya, Morocco, Taiwan, Italy, Ireland, Finland, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, producing work of such outstanding quality that many golf marketing professionals have come to regard him as the finest golf course landscape photographer working today. His aesthetic vision and knowledge of the subject matter are unlike those of any other photographer.
Klemme serves on a number of “Top 100 Panels,” including Golf Magazine’s panels to select the Top 100 in the World, Top 100 in the U.S., and Top 100 You Can Play. As a member of these panels and a photographer, Mike has traveled over four million miles and visited over 1,700 golf courses in 45 countries around the world.
In addition to commercial assignments for developers, advertising agencies, and magazine publishers, his photos have illustrated six books. These include Grand Slam Golf, George Peper; Golf Resorts of the World, McCallen; Golfwatching, Jim Frank; and Golf Courses of the PGA Tour, Peper, which were published by prestigious publisher Harry Abrams, Inc.
Mike’s own book, A View From the Rough, celebrates the marriage of golf and the environment. Mike is also a director Emeritus of The Academy of Golf Artists.
Mike’s most recent project is one born from another part of his heart. He was recognized in September 2005 as the Official Photographer of the Oklahoma Centennial. For two years, in addition to his golf photography, Mike has been traveling the roads of Oklahoma shooting the land, people, art, communities, businesses, and recreation that make his home state great.
The culmination of this project is the best-selling 400-image coffee table book titled Celebrating Oklahoma! His images are also in demand for large format prints for wall décor. To find out more, go to www.celebratingoklahoma.com or www.mikeklemme.com.
Mike, thank you for being with us today. The Rotary Club of Southside Tulsa welcomes you!
Southsider Quick Notes
Last week…
- We’ve been out for two weeks in celebration of the holidays. Hope everybody’s having a great New Year!
- The last time we met, Lynn Fesperman was our ROD and we were serenaded by the Memorial High School Choir.
- Happy belated birthday to David Hughes, Keith James, and Ray Orf!
- If you want to pick up some Topeca coffee for the fundraiser, see Tom Wilson and Josh Butts. We’re supposed to buy or sell 20 bags apiece.
- We had our final sports report of the year as Bob Winters picked the three bowl games. How’d he do?
- Sun Bowl: OU vs. Stanford
Bob’s pick: Stanford, 21-17. The real score: 31-27, OU. - Liberty Bowl: East Carolina vs. Arkansas
Bob’s pick: Arkansas, 31-14. The real score: 20-17, Arkansas. - Cotton Bowl: Mississippi vs. OSU
Bob’s pick: Ole Miss, 28-21. The real score: 21-7, Ole Miss.
- Remember to deliver your dictionaries. Fines will be starting soon, so get in touch with your schools!
- Be sure to check the Upcoming Programs for our speaker list through March 2010. Information on it is subject to change, but we’ll do our best to keep it updated!
- Next week we’ll have John Gaberino of Topeca Coffee as our speaker!
