Rotary International District 5170

Dick and Kay were born and raised in San Francisco but discovered sunshine in Cupertino where they have lived since 1966. They have two children, Kristina and Kurt, and three grandchildren.

Dick became active in community service at the age of 22 by becoming Scoutmaster of one of the most active and largest Scout Troops in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received a Honorary Life Membership in the PTA, coached and referred soccer for seventeen years, was commissioner of a 2,000 member soccer league, served for eight years on the Cupertino Parks and Recreation Commission, treasurer for a bond campaign to purchase park space (we won!) and chaired many public meetings for park renovations.

Additionally, served as a Board Director of the local social service provider and coordinated the Cupertino Below Market Rate Housing program. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Cupertino, a New Models Rotary Club, since 1990, President in 1995-96, chair of their community festival, Oktoberfest, co-chair for the past ten years of the club's Crab Feed and secretary/treasurer of their very active and successful Club Rotary Foundation Committee. Kay is active in Inner Wheel and participates in the many activities of the Rotary Club.

Within District 5170 he has coordinated fund-raising efforts in 1998 and 2000 for polio immunization in Ghana. He was the coordinator of a 29 club grant to supply kidney dialysis machines to a hospital in Ghana and written, participated and traveled on many humanitarian projects in Turkey, Ghana, Chile and Mexico. As chair of the District Grant Sub-committee he was trained at The Rotary Foundation in Evanston and assists individuals and clubs with the preparation and management of grant projects. He chaired the 1998 District Conference in Monterey (You Otter Be There!) and will be back in Monterey as Chair of the 2007 District Conference. Dick is a recipient of many Club and District recognitions and recently received The Rotary Foundation's "Citation for Meritorious Service."

Dick was trained in electronics but quickly moved into manufacturing of microfilm duplicating equipment with a number of startup companies. Most recently he managed the development and construction of a commercial building and affordable housing for a social services. He retired in 2002 to improve his golf game but that hasn't materialized as he devotes most of the daylight hours on Rotary "business."