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
Martin Keating
Our speaker today is Martin Keating.
From NBC News:
Martin Keating has been an attorney, businessman, and a governor’s big brother, but his latest technological venture began all the way back at Guttenberg’s press.
Keating wrote a book several years ago and got to wondering how he could tell the story in a more modern way.
“I was thinking, ‘What if we could create these scenes in people’s homes and they could actually live the book?’” he said. “And of course, there was no way to do that.”
Doctors James Sluss and Hazem Refai didn’t know it at the time, but they were about to begin a collaboration that may change the way we watch electronic entertainment.
Keating’s idea was a full three-dimensional image, something a viewer could see from any angle.
“Full color, 3D, walk around, better than HDTV,” Keating said. “It will change the way the world communicates. You could put the Super Bowl live on your tabletop.”
Dr. James Sluss put it into technical terms. “What we do is project invisible infrared laser beams up from the base through this image space material that we’re perfecting.”
Sluss, Refai, and several other University of Oklahoma engineers and researchers put their heads together. The result was a company called 3DIcon. Thanks to new technology and good collaboration, the results came faster than anyone thought.
“You can connect our C-space display with any available 3D graphic engine in the market now,” said Refai.
Their research goes on in the basement of building Four West at the OU-Tulsa campus, but the company’s work did catch the attention of venture capitalists like Lawrence Field.
“We felt like the concept, the research was at such a point that it could in fact become commercial,” Field said.
A few spinoff products have already hit the marketplace, and their first full three-dimensional product is mere months away.
You won’t want to miss this program. Martin Keating is an excellent, witty, and humorous speaker.
Martin, you should know that some of us still have trouble getting the DVD player to work. And thank you so much for taking your time to speak to the Southside Rotary Club today.
Southsider Quick Notes
Last week…
ast week we had a fantastic patriotic program. Brett read a very moving poem about the American flag, and the Rotary Men of Note blessed us with a wonderful performance. If you missed, you missed a lot!
Don also took the time to review fines for those of us new members who haven’t quite figured out when and why we’re supposed to put dollars on the table.
Fines:
Not wearing badge or wearing the wrong badge: $1.00
Not wearing a Rotary pin: $2.00
Cell phone ringing: $5.00
Articles in the paper: Depends on size and how prominently the member is covered
Making a business-related announcement: $5.00
Not showing up when you’re ROD: $50.00
Not showing up when you have volunteered for a project: $10.00
Not showing up or being late when you have been assigned to be at the door: $5.00
Remarks about Don’s height, hairline, or intellectual capacity: $1.00
Donations to Southside Foundation for birthdays and anniversaries: $1.00 per year (so if you’re 45 and have been married for 15 years, you pay $60)
This year, board meetings will be on the third Wednesday of each month. All members are invited to come.
We’re also shooting for 100 percent of our members donating $100 to the Rotary International Foundation this year.
