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City of Palm Springs
C A L I F 0 R N I A
ROBERT C. ALLAN, WHO WAS bORN iN GUThRiE, OklAHOMA 74 YEARS AGO, hAS RESidEd iN
PA[M SPRINGS FOR THE [AST 48 YEARS WITh his WIFE CARRiE. ThEy RAVE TWO SONS, SCOTT ANd SEAN
ANd TWO GRANdchi[dREN, CAYIEY ANd RYAN, AS WEI[ AS FIVE AdOPTEd CHURCh GRANdchi[dREN.
Bob GRAdUATEd FROM CA[iFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITy iN Los ANGELES WiTh A BAChELOR OF ARTS -
dEGREE iN PhySICAL EdUCATION, fOILOWEd by ObTAINING A GRAdUATE dEGREE iN PhySICAI ThERAPY
FROM ThE UNIVERSITY OF SOUThERN CA[iFORNiA. HE RETIREd AFTER A SUCCESSfUI 40,YEAR CAREER iN
PhySICAI THERAPY, dURING Which TIME hE SERVEd ON THE AMERICAN PhySICAL TkERAPY INIANd EMPIRE
BOARd, WAS A dE[EGATE TO ThE CAlifORNIA PhysicAL ThERAPY HOUSE OF DEIEGATES, ANd RECEIVEd ThE
RivERS%dE COUNTY OUTSTANd%Nq PRokss%ONAI AWARd iN 1987.
Bob bECAME iNVO[VEd iN Boy SCOUTS WIZEN his OIdER SON SCOTT WAS JUST THREE, AS hE
WANTEd TO ASSURE THAT his SONS hAd THE OPPORTUNITy TO PARTICIPATE, ANd SERVEd iN All POSITIONS
IOCAIIY ANd iN ThE diSTRiCT. DURING his 40,YEAR TENURE, hE WAS IJONOREd WITh THEIR BOY SCOUTS
D%STR%CT AWARd Of MER%T, SdvER BEAVER AWARd, ANd C%T%ZEN Of TILE YEAR AWARd
FOR 47 YEARS, Bob WAS AN ACTIVE IEAdER iN THE UNiTEd METhodiST CHURCh Of PAIM
SPRINGS, his LAST POSITION bEING CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARd OF TRUSTEES.
PAIM SPRINGS ROTARY hAS bEEN AN iMPORTANT PART Of his LIFE FOR THE PAST 47 YEARS, HAVING
SERVEd iN NUMEROUS POSITIONS. HE is CURRENTIy ROTARY INTERNATIONAI FOUNdATION CHAIRMAN ANd
TUTORS fiRST GRAdE STUdENTS AT CAHUiIIA EIEMENTARY School, WHICH THEIR ROTARY Club AdOPTEd,
ANd is PART Of ROTARY'S INTERACT Club AT RAYMONd CREE MiddlE School. HE ESPECIAI[y ENJOYS
iNVOIVEMENT WITh STUdENTS, AS "ThE YOUTh ARE ThE FUTURE of OUR WORK
Bob WAS ChOSEN AS PA[M SPRINGS' RECIPIENT Of ThE 2011 SENIOR INSPIRATION AWARd, Which
WAS PRESENTEd TO hiM AT ThE ANNUAL AWARdS LUNChEON ON APRII 8, 2011. This PRESTIGIOUS EVENT
RECOGNIZES INdiVidUAIS OVER 70 YEARS Of AGE Who, AFTER A IiFETiME Of COMMUNITy iNVOIVEMENT,
CONTINUE TO ACTIVEly dONATE TIME, ENCOURAGING OThER SENIORS TO MAINTAIN ACTIVE LIFESTYIES ANd
PARTICIPATE iN COMMUNITy EFFORTS.
ON bEhA[f OF ThE CITY COUNCIL ANd CITIZENS Of ThE CITy OF PALM SPRINGS, CAliFORNiA, I AM
hONOREd TO RECOGNIZE ROBERT C. ALLAN, A VAIUEd ANd RESPECTEd RESidENT OF ThE CITy OF PAIM
SPRiNGS, ANd EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR his EXCEPTIONAI CONTRibUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITy, bOTh iN
his PROFESSION AS A PhySICAI ThERAPiST ANd AS A VOIUNTEER.
PRESENTEd This 20" dAy of APRil 2011.