ur “Rotarian of the Day” today is Bob Cales. He was born in Ralston, Okla., which is about an hour and a half northwest of Tulsa, at the corner of No and Where. Bob graduated from Ralston High School, and then attended Oklahoma A&M a couple of semesters.
The big war was going on, and the Navy sent him to attend Tulane in New Orleans in the V-12 Program, and there he finished pre-med and medical school. He interned at Charity Hospital. After a few years, the Navy courteously invited him back for the Korean conflict. He completed a residency program in the Navy for general surgery then thoracic surgery, and is board-certified in both specialties. He has toured in most of the Naval hospitals.
Bob’s foreign service was in Turkey and Naples, Italy, and he also spent a year on the USS Sanctuary AH-17. He was part of a mobile surgical team that could be activated in less than a day. Bob retired after a tour at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Newport, R.I., in 1976.
He was also part of the recovery team for the Gemini Mission GT3 in March 1965 with Grissom and Young, and GT4 in June 1965 with astronauts McDivitt and White. After his retirement, he worked as a medical director for three oil companies: Arco, Atlantic Refining, and Marketing and Sun. His lovely wife’s name is Minnie Jo. They have three children, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Bob, thank you for arranging today’s program.
This Week’s Program
Bob Perry
Our speaker today is another Bob: Bob Perry. He graduated from Oklahoma Christian University with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and went on to earn a master’s in education from East Central University. He is a lifelong Oklahoman, a former business owner and consultant, and currently works with Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee, Okla., as business and industry director.
Bob has authored four nonfiction books: Dynamic Thinking, Models for Organizational Leadership, Spiritual Renewal, and Transforming the Mind. He has also written two novels: The Broken Statue, based on the real-life legacy of oilman E.W. Marland, and his latest book, Mimosa Lane, about the tumultuous rise of Tulsa from small town to “The Oil Capital of the World.”
Bob, welcome to the Rotary Club of Southside Tulsa.
Southsider Quick Notes
Last week…
- The first board meeting of the new administration was Wednesday, July 16, at 7:00 a.m. They met at 2202 E. 49th St. The next board meeting will be on the third Wednesday of August.
- Brett Brough is looking for pictures from the Change of Horses. If you’ve got some, let him know.
- Jonathan Cox gave a report on the Konani water well that Southside helped build in 1993. Milton de la Cruz, one of the Bolivian engineers employed by Engineers in Action, is working with the Konani community to reseal the well. Don den Daas donated an IP phone to Engineers in Action to help keep the lines of communication open between Tulsa and La Paz, Bolivia.
