Rodger Wagner The Rotary Club of Scottsdale

Scottsdale Rotarian Rodger Wagner was elected to the 2004-2006 Rotary International Board of Directors!

Rodger passed away during the spring of 2005, just a year after assuming the office of Rotary International Director.

Rodger will be greatly missed.

NEWS COVERAGE

RODGER'S ROTARY BIO:

Joined The Rotary Club of Scottsdale (1975)
Scottsdale Rotary Club Foundation Chairman (1977-78)
President of the Rotary Club of Scottsdale (1986-87)
Charter District 5510 Governor (1990-91)
District 5510 Foundation Chairman (1991-92, 97-98, 01-02)
R.I. President's Representative to District Conferences
Chairman of The Zone Institute's District Governor Training
General Vice Chairman of The Zone Institute
District Representative to the Council On Legislation in New Dehli, India (1998)
Co-Founder of Tri-District Presidents-Elect Training Sessions (PETS) in Arizona
National Advisor for the Rotary Foundation Permanent Fund Initiative (1996-99)
Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator for Zones 25-26 (1999-2000)
Annual Giving Strategic Advisor for the Rotary Foundation (Currently)
Rotary International Foundation Alumni Resource Group Chairman, Zone 25 (Currently)
Keynote Speaker for numerous Foundation Dinners and Foundation Seminars
Multiple Paul Harris Fellow
Benefactor to the Rotary International Foundation
Charter Member of the Rotary International Bequest Society
Rotary International Foundation Major Donor
Scottsdale Rotary Club Foundation Rolly Fellow
Group Study Exchange (GSE) Host for Teams from England, Brazil, Korea and Bangladesh
Rotary Peace Mission to India and Pakistan
"Service Above Self Award" Recipient
"Citation for Meritorious Service" Recipient
"Distinguished Service Award" Recipient

RODGER'S FAMILY BIO: The light of Rodger's life and dedicated Rotary Partner was his wife Peg Wagner. Peg stood shoulder to shoulder with Rodger and was an invaluable source of inspiration and support for many of Rodger's activities and Rotary accomplishments. Rodger and Peg had three sons, Frank, Doug and Richard (deceased) - and one "special son" from Mexico City, Ricardo, who is now a U.S. citizen. Rodger and Peg also have five grandchildren. The Wagners represnt three generations of dedicated Rotarians.

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Wagner feted at dinner
Elected to top directorship at Rotary

By Lois McFarland
Special for the Scottsdale Republic
Dec. 14, 2002

SCOTTSDALE - Rotarian Rodger Wagner and his wife, Peg, are looking forward to the next two years when they'll be packing their bags for such far-off places as Brisbane, Australia, and Osaka, Japan.

In 2003, he will be installed "director elect" of Rotary International in Brisbane, and in 2004 he will take office in Osaka.

A dinner honoring the Wagners and his election to the top Rotary International directorship was held last weekend at the Paradise Valley Country Club.

Dinner hosts were Greg Podd, incoming Rotary District 5510 governor, and his wife, Pam, of Scottsdale, and immediate past district governor Barbara Feder and her husband, Abe, of Mesa.

Rodger will be representing Rotary as one of the six international directors from the United States and one of 17 overall. He also has the distinction of being the first Arizona Rotarian in 68 years to fill the top position. The last was Karl Barfield of Tucson, who was appointed in 1934, not elected.

"I've known Rodger for many, many years," said incoming governor Podd. "He's an incredible man and well-deserving of this position. There are only 17 directors elected every two years from out of 1.2 million Rotarians worldwide. He's going to be a wonderful director, and we're looking forward to it."

Wagner is responsible as an international officer to represent 68,000 Rotarians in Zones 25 and 26, including parts of Texas and Minnesota as well as New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas and Arizona.

The new director, who served as president of Scottsdale Rotary Club in 1985 and District 5510 governor in 1990, is known for his resourcefulness in getting goods shipped to needy countries around the world. Wagner says that Rotary clubs in Russia are making strides in teaching the people about the free enterprise system.

The Wagners, owners of Wagner Realty and Property Management, lived in Scottsdale from 1967 until four years ago, when they moved to Fountain Hills.