Rotarian of the Week 12-01-10
Our Rotarian of the Week grew up in Billings, Montana and his high school mascot was the Broncs. After high school, our special Rotarian earned his Bachelor of Science from Montana State University and earned his Master’s degree from Indiana University. His first job was working as a valet parking attendant at a hospital for $6 an hour. Today, Jamie Markus is the Library Development Manager for the Wyoming State Library. He has been married to his wife Jennifer for six years, who is the East High School Librarian. They have a three year-old daughter named Emerson. His favorite food is Greek food. Rotary runs in Jamie’s family. His great-grandfather was the President of the Duluth, Minnesota Club in 1942. His grandfather was also a Rotarian along with six other family members. Jamie believes Rotarians are always willing to roll up their sleeves to accomplish projects – both locally and internationally. He cannot help but feel good when he thinks that the little he can provide is leveraged in such a way that it eventually brings water to a village in Central America or saves children from polio. Jamie’s most memorable Rotary experience was being a student of the month in high school. He also enjoys placing readers in our local classrooms as part of our Club’s Read-to-Me program. Other than family, his proudest accomplishment was being the youngest librarian in 40+ years to be elected as President of the Wyoming Library Association. Jamie has been a member of our Club for a little over a year when he was sponsored by Lori Schoene. Since that time, Jamie has chaired our Read-to-Me program and also co-chairs our New Member Committee. In recognition of his service to our Club, the Sergeant at Arms presented Jamie with a gift certificate to Poor Richards and a special book.
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