FACT SHEET from ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

CLIFFORD L. DOCHTERMAN,
North Stockton, California, U.S.A.  

President-elect, Rotary International, 1991-92.
Vice-President, Rotary International, 1984-85.
Director, Rotary International, 1983-85.

Cliff Dochterman recently retired after 18 years as executive vice president of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.

Mr. Dochterman's 40 years in higher education administration included 20 years with the University of California in Berkeley and two years with the nationwide Education Commission of the Sates in Denver, Colorado.

Cliff Dochterman has been active in many national, civic and professional organizations, during which he served as president of the 49er Council of the Boy Scouts of America; president of the Stockton Chamber of Commerce; and chairman of the San Joaquin Country Parks and Recreation Commission. He is the recipient of the George Washington Honor Medal of the Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge for his contributions to the American way of life. The Boy Scouts of America has given him two of their highest honors-the Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope Awards.

Cliff has been involved in Rotary International for 33 years and was district governor of District 516 in Northern California during 1968-69. Cliff received The Rotary Foundation's Distinguished Service Award for his continuing humanitarian work throughout the world.

He was one of the architects of Rotary's 3-H (Health, Hunger and Humanity) program and has been recognized for his initial leadership in creating the Polio Plus program. He has served as Chairman of virtually all of Rotary's planning committees in the past dozen years - the New Horizons Committee, the Planning and Research Committee, the Public Relations Committee, the Strategic Planning Committee and the Twenty-First Century Committee, seeking future directions for the worldwide organization.

During 1983-85 he was a director of Rotary International and in 1984-85 he was worldwide vice president of Rotary. Cliff has been selected to become worldwide president of Rotary International for 1992-93.

He is currently president-elect of Rotary International.

August 1991.

CLIFFORD L. DOCHTERMAN
Real Happiness is Helping Others

What first attracted you to Rotary? Was it just to enjoy the fellowship or to become part of something significant in your community? Did you think it would be an opportunity to put new meaning in your life? Think for a moment about the members of your Rotary club- people with whom you are proud to associate. Have you observed these Rotary members actually becoming Rotarians? What is it that makes Rotarians? What is it that makes Rotarians special men and women? Why do Rotarians seem to find a special kind of happiness and deep satisfaction in their lives?

The search for individual joy, satisfaction, and happiness is a universal goal. True Rotarians are men and women who have discovered the great Satisfaction and enduring rewards in life that come from serving and helping others.

In a profound way, often unspoken, Rotarians recognize that among the happiest people in the world are those who find a cause or need so compelling that they are willing to give a major portion of lives to fulfill that purpose. Rotarians discover that REAL HAPPINESS IS HELPING OTHERS.

The essence of Rotary's Ideal of Service is to help others willingly and without any thought of personal return or benefit. The surprising thing is that many of our own greatest moments of happiness are found in giving freely of our time, effort, and financial resources to benefit other people or for purposes which will last long after our earthly work is completed.

How many times has your life been enriched by merely reaching out in kindness to those in need? How many of your closest friendships have grown when you work side by side in serving others Isn't it amazing what a unique feeling of satisfaction comes to us when we respond to a real call for help? Rotarians share a tremendous secret and a universal truth: that real happiness- perhaps the deepest of human longins - may be found most easily by helping others.


Cliff Dochterman
President of Rotary International 1992/1993