ur Rotarian of the Day today is David Dopp. David was born in Tulsa on November 11, 1943. He graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1961. After high school, he attended the Dallas Institute Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in Dallas, Texas, where he graduated in 1964. He is the general manager of The Fitzgerald Service, which serves Tulsa in two locations: 1402 South Boulder and 3612 East 91st Street. He sees dead people.
David is a past president of the Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association. He is married to Kathy, and they have two children: Laurie, a registered nurse, and Chris, a professional golfer.
David was a member of both the Southwest Rotary (1968-1972) and Will Rogers Rotary (1974-1996) before he got smart and joined the best darn Rotary club in Tulsa. David Hubbs proposed him for membership, and he was inducted into Southside Rotary on November 10, 1996. David is a Paul Harris Fellow, and he likes to golf, fish, golf, bowl, golf and golf some more.
Thank you, David, for arranging today’s program.
This Week’s Program
Lex Anderson and Richard Boone
oday’s speakers are Lex Anderson and Richard Boone of St. John’s. In 2003, Lex Anderson was named Executive Vice President and Chief Finance Officer of St. John Health System. Before joining St. John, Lex was managing partner of the local office of KPMG LLP. He is a certified public accountant and has worked in the healthcare industry for more than 30 years.
Lex is an active member of many trade organizations. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Drake University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He currently serves as a director of the Tulsa Medical Education Foundation, CommunityCare Managed Healthcare Plans, and on the Audit Committee of Via Christi Health System, Wichita, KS. He has served as a board member of numerous civic organizations.
In 1984, Richard Boone joined St. John Health System as Corporate Vice President, Marketing and later became President of St John Medical Center Foundation. Before joining St. John, he served as Vice President, Marketing, Bank of Oklahoma, City Plaza.
He has undergraduate and master’s degrees from Southwestern State University in Weatherford, OK. He is active with the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy and has served on the national cabinet. He is designated a Certified Fund Raising Executive. He is actively engaged in various civic and community activity, including board and executive committee positions on the Tulsa Area United Way and Metro Tulsa Chamber.
Thank you both for visiting us today. Tulsa Southside Rotary welcomes you!
Southsider Quick Notes
Last week…
- Our ROD was Larry Boyer, and our speaker was Elden Hoffman.
- We had visitors from Puerto Rico and Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
- Happy birthday to Tom Wenrick!
- Tom Wilson talked about the Green Project, which will now be known as the Henry Bellman Awards for Sustainable Development. We’re hoping to have the event in September or October of 2010. There was also a terrible joke about the air conditioning in the car.
- It’s time to pay your dues! Tracy has emailed statements to everybody.
- Remember to deliver your dictionaries. You don’t want to be this year’s Dopp and den Daas, do you?
- Last week, our new members gave classification talks, and made some more terrible jokes. They’ll fit in just fine. Don’t forget to say hi to our new members. For that matter, don’t forget to bring guests to the meetings!
- Here are the picks from the sports report last week. How’d Bob do?
- Arkansas vs. South Carolina
Bob’s pick: 28-24, Arkansas. The real score: 33-16, Arkansas. - TU vs. Houston
Bob’s pick: 35-28, Houston. The real score: 46-45, Houston. - OU vs. Nebraska
Bob’s pick: 21-17, Nebraska. The real score: 10-3, Nebraska. - OSU vs. Iowa State
Bob’s pick: 38-24, OSU. The real score: 34-8, OSU.
- Be sure to check the website for our speaker list through the end of the year. Information on it is subject to change, but we’ll do our best to keep it updated!
- Next week our speaker is Mitch Wilburn, minister of Park Plaza Church of Christ.
