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“the Rotary Club of Birmingham, AL honored Dr. Leslie S. Wright on Wednesday, January 25 for his outstanding leadership during the 1985-88 term as Rotary International's PolioPlus campaign chairman. During his 3-year tenure as leader of this worldwide fundraising effort, Dr. Wright inspired and motivated Rotarians around the globe to more than double their original goal of $120 million. To date, Rotarians, companies, and individuals have donated over $247 million to rid the world of polio by the year 2005. Not only has the money been raised, but thousands of Rotarians have volunteered countless hours toward 1 billion children being immunized. Our own hemisphere has been declared free of polio and we are well on our way to seeing an end to this dreaded disease before the target date of 2005. Altogether, 141 countries are now polio free. It is a grand understatement to say that the response to Dr. Wright's dynamic leadership was overwhelming.”