The Rotary Club of Chapel Hill was established in 1928 as a dinner club and has always been a mix of business, professional, and university leaders from the local communities with a strong history of service to the community.

Our club has a rich tradition of producing leaders. Eminent past members include:

• Luther Hodges, Governor of North Carolina from 1954 to 1960. Hodges served as president of Rotary International in 1967, the only North Carolinian ever to hold the title.

• James Peacock, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at UNC, was the founder of the Rotary Peace Scholars Program at Carolina and Duke University. 

• Ken Morgan, past district governor and member of the Board of Directors of Rotary International. 

And the list goes on...

The Rotary Club of Chapel Hill was one of the first clubs in the country to admit women as members. In fact, one of our past club members was a strong advocate for Rotary International to allow women into clubs worldwide. 

Sharon Finch was the this club's  first female member. Legend has it that, at her first meeting in 1987, she and fellow club members were treated to an illustrated talk on diseases of the prostate!