Rotary Club of Carbondale
History :
The Club was chartered on October 17, 1988, with twenty-seven members. The charter ceremony was held on November 4, 1988, in the Old Main Room of the SIU Student Center in Carbondale. On November 12, 1988, the President of Rotary International, Royce Abby of Australia, visited southern Illinois and presented the club charter in person at a dinner held in his honor.

