Education
Born in Carlinville, Illinois, Loehr moved to Chicago in 1886 and briefly attended Lake Forest College before embarking on a career as a mining engineer
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Career
He was also the host of the first-ever Rotary meeting in Chicago in 1905. There, Harris presented an idea—the formation of a businessman"s club for social purposes. The other three men shared Harris" enthusiasm for the idea, and agreed to meet again two weeks later, when they would bring other friends.
The February 23 gathering is credited by Rotary historians as the first-ever Rotary Club meeting, and Loehr, like the others, holds a valued place in Rotary history.
The office was later reconstructed on the sixteenth floor of Rotary International headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, where it remains a memorial to the legacy of the first Rotary meeting. Loehr died of Bright"s Disease on May 23, 1918 in Chicago and is buried in Carlinville City Cemetery.
