Rotary Club of Buffalo

Rotary Club of Buffalo Installs New President and Board of Directors.

Buffalo, NY – As Rotary Club of Buffalo winds down its 100th year of service to Buffalo, the not-for-profit organization that fosters the ideal of “Service Above Self” has announced the installation of its new president and board of directors, effective July 1, 2011. Ronald H. Caruso has been installed as Rotary Club of Buffalo’s 101st president and will serve a one-year term. Mr. Caruso is the president of R.H. Caruso & Co., Inc. and has been a member of Rotary Club of Buffalo since 2004. He has served on the board of directors since 2008.
David E. Knauss, president, Lehigh Construction Group, Inc., has been installed as vice president; Joseph P. Brennan, commercial loan officer for M&T Bank, has been installed as treasurer; Charles Telford, partner, Damon & Morey, LLP, has been installed as secretary and Michael J. Grimaldi, partner, Lumsden & McCormick, has been installed as president-elect.
Directors include Bryce Bixby, architect, Foit-Albert Associates; Megan Burns-Moran, executive director, Lancaster Chamber of Commerce; Brian Casey, financial services professional, New York Life Insurance Company; Joyce DeLong, owner, Insty-Prints of Cheektowaga; Anthony N. Diina, president, Metrodata Service, Inc.; Robert D. Eck, area manager, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.; James E. McNicholas, retired Buffalo Board of Education & U.S. Army; Carolyn M. Murray, associate broker, Ellicott Development Company, and Charles C. Martorana, partner, Hiscock & Barclay, LLP and past president of Rotary Club of Buffalo.
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About Rotary Club of Buffalo
The mission of Rotary Club of Buffalo is to provide fellowship and networking opportunities for business, professional and community leaders, to provide service to the community, and to promote high ethical standards and to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace. In 2010-11, the Rotary Club of Buffalo officially marked 100 years of service to Buffalo, with 150 current active members serving the local and international communities. In addition to distributing many one-time grants, Rotary Club of Buffalo has contributed to such significant projects as the founding of the Boy’s and Girl’s Club (1926); establishing Sunshine Day at Cradle Beach (1945); Rotary Lane next to Mirror Lake (now Hoyt Lake) in Delaware Park; Rotary Rink in Fountain Plaza; Rotary Park next to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fontana Boathouse (for which Buffalo Rotary was a large contributor) and installing the 100-foot-high Rotary Flagpole with 30’ x 60’ flag in the Naval and Military Park in downtown Buffalo. Rotary Club of Buffalo is part of Rotary International, a worldwide organization founded in 1905 in Chicago. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 33,000 clubs in 200 countries and geographical areas. Rotary Club of Buffalo was the 28th club in the world. For more information about Rotary Club of Buffalo, visit www.buffalorotary.org.