Paul Percy Harris

…in 1905 by American attorney Paul P. Harris. For having created the organization, Harris is credited with initiating the idea of a civilian service club, an organization of men or women from varied business and professional backgrounds that is dedicated to fellowship among its members and to voluntary community service.…

…club originated in 1905 with Paul P. Harris, a young attorney in Chicago. His plan of organization envisioned all the essential features of the present-day service club and included the classification principle that restricts membership in a given club to a quota from each business or profession. Because meetings were…