President Phil Seipp welcomed everyone to today’s meeting. Jay Almeida gave an invocation and Angel Rodriquez led everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Guests and Visitors were introduced by Scott Richey:
Dorothy Malinin, wife of member Ted Malinin, joined us today to listen to today’s program;
Edgar Maldonado is Director of OsteoLife Biomedical and has been working with Dr. Malinin since he was 19 and is considered his right-hand man;
Tom Burke is with the UM Tissue Bank and has worked with Dr. Malinin for 27 years doing research;
Aldrick Dodds was a guest of Angela Deggs. He is Vice President of Mdalf Inc;
Patrick Pereira came to the meeting as a guest of Bryan Tschirhart and is Managing Director at Wells Fargo Advisors.
Announcements:
Another productive Board meeting was held prior to the meeting today;
Check with Robin Shelley about tickets to the UM vs. Pittsburgh Baseball Game on Friday, April 20. You should try to arrive at 6:30pm;
Our meeting next week will be held at the Miami Cemetery ON TUESDAY, APRIL 24.NO LUNCH MEETING THURSDAY APRIL 26. The Cemetery is located at 1800 NE 2nd Avenue. We will gather at noon. A light lunch with be provided and historian and soon-to-be honorary club member Dr. Paul George will give some historic highlights about our Club’s founders who are buried at this historic site;
15 members will be attending the Rotary Leadership Institute on Saturday, April 21;
15 members will also be attending the District Training Assembly on April 28.
Happy $$$$$$$$$$$$ were collected by Diane Stieber:
Jamie Tobin was happy to celebrate Rotary founder Paul Harris’ birthday today;
Marcia Brod was looking forward to the UM baseball game and also to celebrating her 44th wedding anniversary (yes, she was a child bride);
Randy Lichtman shared that MDC’s Rotaract Club received a Certificate of Participation and will also be doing a community service project at the Ronald McDonald House. Details to follow;
Robin Shelley is looking forward to hearing Dr. Paul George talk about our club’s founding members on Tuesday at the Miami Cemetery;
Robert Bull is back from a two-week river tour in Europe and is suffering from vacation lag – now realizing he has to do some things for himself;
Jay Almeida got to spend some more time with Patrick Aliu and his family celebrating a birthday and an anniversary;
Dave Anderson is looking forward to our May 31 evening event – should be fun – details to follow;
Norby Rudel enjoyed scuba diving in Key Largo and was glad his brother-in-law made it safely home to Spain after a month in Miami;
Phil Seipp was looking forward to hearing today’s talk from member Dr.Ted Malinin.
Today’s Speaker was introduced by Norman Kassoff:
Long-time club member Dr. Theodore Malinin graduated as an MD from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and completed his fellowship at the University of Virginia and University of Cambridge.
Dr. Malinin has written more than 200 articles on bone grafting, and has acted as a bone expert for major national news media. Dr. Malinin was the Director of the UM School of Medicine Tissue Bank and has been instrumental in the founding Tissue Banks all over North America. He is currently a Clinical Advisor of Research and Development at OsteoLife Biomedical.
Ted shared today remembrances of his friend and collaborator Charles Lindberg, the great aviator, whose flights woke everyone up to how important aviation would be to the world’s future. Lindberg completed the first non-stop flight between New York to Paris (33.5 hours) in a plane named the Spirit of Saint Louis (guess who funded his trip!);
Lindberg was a great aviator and very meticulous in his preparation and flying;
Another of Lindberg’s many talents was that of inventor. His work in biomedical research brought him into contact with our club member, Ted Malinin, and a long professional and personal friendship resulted;
Lindbergh invented a perfusion pump apparatus between 1931 and 1935. He developed it with Dr. Alexis Carrel, a French surgeon and biologist whose research included experiments in keeping organs alive outside the body. Lindbergh's device could pump the substances necessary for life throughout the tissues of an organ and led the way toward the "artificial heart";
Everyone in attendance appreciated learning something new about club member Ted Malinin and his relationship and work with Charles Lindberg. It was a great presentation!
With our 50/50 prize pot over $1100, our speaker Ted Malinin had the lucky number to draw for the lucky card. Ted didn’t pick the lucky Ace, but got $25 toward his EREY. Next time the pot begins at $1123 & should go over $1200!
Another spirited, high energy & most interesting meeting concluded with Norby Rudel leading everyone in the Four Way Test of the Things we Think, Say and Do.
