Scholar Talk with RC of Roding

Today, I suppose you could say that I had a Rotary "Breakfast Club" day. I awoke bright and early this morning--at 5:00 AM mind you. Why? Because I had another Scholar Talk to give, this time to the Rotary Club of Roding.

Unlike my previous ten talks, however, this one was special because it was my first time speaking to a London Rotary Club that meets in the morning; all the others have been either noon or evening meetings. I'm a morning person though, and in fact speaking to the Roding club was very similar to spending time with my sponsoring club, the Rotary Club of Johnson City-Morning. After all, both the JC-Morning and Roding clubs meet at a country club around the same time 7:30 AM.

So I caught pretty much the earliest Tube train this morning and made a 40 minute trip to Buckhurst Hill, which is northwest of central London. Jean, a very friendly Rotarian, met me at the station and took me to her club's meeting venue. After chatting with several Rotarians and enjoying a full English breakfast, I gave my speech and presented club banners with President Amal (above). Then I headed back into central London to complete a half-day of lectures and seminars on Economic Evaluation at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.