Rotary International downtown Chicago, United States, at Harris's friend Gustave Loehr's office in the Unity Building on Dearborn Street on February 23, 1905. In addition to Harris and Loehr (a mining engineer and freemason), Silvester Schiele (a coal merchant), and Hiram E. Shorey (a tailor) were the other two who attended this first meeting. The members chose the name Rotary because initially they rotated subsequent weekly club meetings to each other's offices, although within a year, the Chicago club became so large it became necessary to adopt the now-common practice of a regular meeting place. The next four Rotary Clubs were organized
Rotary English Medium School, Ranibennur Rotary English Medium School, Ranibennur Rotary English Medium School, founded in 1979, was the first English medium school in Ranibennur. Started by the local chapter of the Rotary International Club, this school has played a pioneering effort in advancing the educational needs of the people around Ranibennur taluk. The school, that started with just two classrooms, is now a junior composite college with a bachelors program spreading over . Among the founding members of the school were Mr Veerabhadra Shetty, Dr K. S. Nadiger, Dr C. V. Punit and other eminent local personalities. The first head mistress of the school