ROTARY CONVENTION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22143, 24 June 1935, Page 9

ROTARY CONVENTION

NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED DR. STANLEY FOSTER'S POST (Received June 23, 5.5 p.m.) MEXrCO CITY. .Tune 22 The Rotary Convention completed its sessions to-day with the election of Mr. Edward Johnson, of Roanoke, Virginia, as president. District governors elected include Dr. P. Stanley Foster, of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Dr. P. Stanley Foster succeeds Mr. J. M. llott as district governor of Rotary in New Zealand. A well-known Christchurch surgeon, Dr. Foster was nominated for the position at the last Rotary Conference held in Timaru in February, and on his way to Mexico in April he was a guest at the Auckland Rotary Club, where he met many members. Born in Timaru in 1885, he was educated at Wanganui College, the Otago Boys' High School and the Otago University, later proceeding to England, where he continued his course at the London Hospital. Following periods of service as house surgeon at the Wellington and Christchurch hospitals. Dr. Foster engaged in private practice in Christchurch in 1911. He has been an honorary surgeon at the Christchurch Hospital since 1914. Dr. Foster has been a prominent member of Rotary for many years, and in 1927 and 15)28 was president of the Christchurch Rotary Club. An enthusiastic sportsman, he was a cricket representative of Otago and Canterbury. On his return to New Zealand in July Dr. Foster will address the Auckland, Whangarei and Rotorua Rotary Clubs.