Harold A. Rogers

Harold A. Rogers

Harold Allin Rogers, O.B.E., O.C., (January 3 1899 – September 15 1994) was the founder of Kin Canada. He is known by Kinsmen and Kinettes as Founder Hal.

Early life

Harold Allin Rogers was born in London, Ont. on January 3, 1899. Rogers moved to Hamilton, Ontariocite web| title = Kinsmen Clubs of Canada: Harold A. Rogers| url=http://www.kincanada.ca/about/history/| accessdate = 2007-01-25] to work for his father when he was appointed manager of the Standard Sanitary Co. Ltd. Soon after the move, in March 1916, at the age of 17, he enlisted with the 173rd Argyle and Sutherland Battalion. After further training in England, and anxious to get to the front lines, he transferred to the 54th Kootenay Battalion. He fought at Vimy Ridge, Lens, Hill 70 and Ypres, where his leadership skills in the field led to his promotion to the rank of corporal and a recommendation for a commission. Before it could be acted upon, he was gassed at the Paschendaele front (Ypres) and wounded at the Amiens front. After hospitalization in England, he returned home to Hamilton in January 1919.

Kin Canada

Missing the camaraderie of army life, Rogers decided to join the local Rotary Club where his father was a member. Because a once fundamental rule of the Rotarians was to only have one member from each employment classification and as he worked as a salesman in the plumbing industry for his father, his application was rejected.

Rogers, then 21-years-old, decided to create a new club. As a result of his initiative, a small group of like-minded men gathered for a dinner meeting on February 20, 1920 and formed what became known as the Kinsmen Club of Hamilton - Canada's first Kinsmen Club.

Education

Rogers dedication to the concept of education is evidenced in his many years as a trustee on the Forest Hill Board of Education and was recognised by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, which named him the first recipient of the Lamp of Learning Award in 1950. The Lamp of Learning is awarded annually to a non-teacher who has contributed to the furtherance of education in the Province of Ontario.

In 1994, The Hal Rogers Endowment Fund was established in his honour to fund bursaries to post-secondary students. By 2007, 564 awards of $1000 each had been presented. [cite web |url= http://www.bursary.ca |title= Kin Canada Bursaries |accessdate= 2007-10-29 | publisher= Kin Canada]

Recognition

Rogers died on September 15, 1994 at the age of 95.

Rogers was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1948 to recognise his efforts as the chairman of Kinsmen's Milk for Britain wartime project which raised about C$2.7 million and sent 50 million quarts of milk to Britain. [cite book | last = Tyre| first = Robert | title = The Cross and the Square | date = 1970 ] [cite web |url= http://www.kincanada.ca/about/history/service.html |title= Service History |accessdate= 2007-10-29 | publisher= Kin Canada] [cite web |url= http://www.bridgeheadfilms.com/Current_Projects.html |title= "Milk for Britain" |accessdate= 2007-10-29 | publisher= Bridgehead Films] [ cite web |url= http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/36th3rd/H0609P9.HTM|title= "The Family of Kin", Private Members Statements|accessdate=2007-10-29 |date=1999-06-09 |publisher= Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |pages=13459-13461 ]

In 1978, Rogers was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of his years of community service and founding of Kin Canada. [ cite web |url= http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1454 |title= Harold Allin Rogers, O.B.E., O.C. |accessdate= 2007-10-29 | publisher= Governor General of Canada]

The Ontario Heritage Trust erected a plaque at his birthplace in London, Ontario. [cite web | title = Harold A. Rogers, OBE, O.C. | publisher = Ontario Heritage Trust | url = http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_7354_1.html | accessdate = 2007-10-29] [ cite web | last = Brown | first = Alan L. | title =Harold A. Rogers | work = Ontario's Historical Plaques | url = http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_MNO/Plaque_Middlesex15.html | accessdate = 2007-10-29]

In 2004, he was voted number 22 on the list of The Greatest Canadian a program televised by the CBC. [cite web |url= http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/greatcanadians/index.html |title= The Greatest Canadian |accessdate= 2007-10-29 | publisher= Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ]

Notes

ee also

*Kin Canada
*Telemiracle


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