John Dugaw

Rotary Stats

Club: Rotary E Club of SW USA
Been a Rotarian since: Oct 10, 1984

Achievements: Paul Harris Fellow

My Rotary Info

How long have you been in Rotary? Estimate if you do not know exact dates.
Since 1984

List the Rotary clubs you've belonged to.
Sedro-Woolley Rotary Club, Rotary Club of La Conner

What club offices or leadership positions have you held?
President, Board Member, Chair major fund raisers, Exchange Student Counselor, Vocational chair,

Which was your favorite? What roles would you be interested in pursuing?
The Rotary Club of LaConner

Have you held district or int'l offices?
Yes

If yes, list them:
I am Vice Chair of the Rotary International Fellowship of Physicians

What other Rotary involvement have you had? (Exchange, Friendship exchange, GSE, etc.)
Exchange students as a Rotary son and Rotarian, Friendship Exchange to South Africa 2005, Hosting multiple GSE teams, Hosting Friendship Exchange from Turkey, Three RI Conventions, Rotary International Fellowship of Physicians, Project scouting in Guatemala,

eClub works for me because...
I live 120 miles from the nearest Rotary Club and have 20 miles of dirt road to get to paved highway.

About Me

How would you describe yourself? List qualities that friends might use to describe you.
I am almost 2 Meters (6'5") tall, not very quiet, extroverted (Meyers-Briggs ENFP)

Some least favorite things?
1. People who decide they cannot 2, Lutefisk 3. Roasted Sheep's Head, never again

What are your favorite things, in personal and work life?
1. My Family 2. My Work 3. My Friends

Is there a quotation that gets you through the day, or is very meaningful to you?
When one is doing the right thing and someone wants to abuse you do the right thing anyway.

What type of vehicle do you drive, or doperfer another mode of transportation?
I walk to work, but we have a 4WD Chevy Blazer and a comfy Toyota Sienna

What type of pets do you prefer?
Sam the minature poodle. My Rotary Club knew he was coming before I did. He enjoys Rotary gatherings

My special skills and talents are...
1. I organize systems, and reorganize and reorganize so things work. 2. I can handle large amounts of data and come to fairly valid conclusions quickly 3. I have taken faculty development programs and like to teach 4, As a physician I can research medical projects and trips for validity, safety and provide information on safe practices.

Education and Occupation

Level of traditional education:
Doctorate/Emeritus

Do you have a specialty degree?
Yes

Describe it:
I am board certified in Family Medicine and Geriatrics.

Where did you attend High School?
Chehalis Washington

Where did you attend college?
University of Portland, Portland Oregon Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha Nebraska University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha UC Davis Family Medicine, Modesto California

I use my degree in my current occupation:
True

What is your current occupation?
Medical Officer for US Public Health Service- Indian Health Service

How long have been at your current occupation?
39 years practicing Medicine, 14 month in Pinon

What was the least favorite job you've ever had?
Working with a medical group in Jackson Mississippi

Entertainment/Interests

What are your hobbies?
Reading, cooking for friends, geneaology, writing, travel

Do you watch sport? Who are your favorite teams/players?
Baseball, Seattle Mariners University of Portland Pilots Washington State University Cougars

Do you play sport? List them.
Walking, hiking

Do you like to camp?
No

Do you prefer books or movies?
Books

Food

Do you like to cook or go out for dinner?
Cook

What is your favorite meal?
Lutefisk with cream sause with peas, absolutely the nastiest thing I have ever put into my mouth.

Miscellaneous

What is your favorite book and why?
Bernal Diaz, The Conquest of Mexico

If you could meet your great-great grandparents, what would you ask them?
Why did you move from Quebec to Kankakee Illinois??

If you could be anyone for a day, who would it be and why?
Ben Franklin, interesting man, fascinating life and friends.

If money were not an a concern, what profession would you choose?
I still like being a physician. Three days a week with five day a week salary would be nice.

What is your favorite movie? Why?
Blazing Saddles--because I have no couth or taste

What might surprise people about you?
My last honest job was as a railroad conductor

If you could muster the courage, what would you like to do?
Get on airplane for more than a 12 hour flight. I would love to go back to Africa but my height really makes flying steerage uncomfortable.

If you relive one day, which would it be?
My fiftieth birthday trip on the dinner train with family and friends.,

If you could take only three items with you to a space colony, what would they be? (Your family is already coming with.)
A Bible, as it has every human virtue and failing to remind me that the others with me are not crazy MP3 player with lots of classical music A Basil plant

What is the best advice your parents gave you?
Ignore the superstitious Irish nuns

What is the best advice you have given your children?
Ignore the idiots, you do have to live with them and still do the right thing.

If you could be any animal, what would it be and why?
a pet dog, obvious reasons, just watch a pet dog.

Describe the most beautiful sight you have ever seen:
Mount Rainier in Washington State rising up from the Nisqually Flats on an increidible summers day on Puget Sound

Family secret for treating a cold?
Whiskey, I hated it as a kid

Where would you like to retire?
Maybe Mexico

The world will be a better place when…
We have enough bed nets for people in Africa suffer from one less parasit.