PIONEERS IN CANADA
1985-95 
John R. Morris
Alliston, Ontario...
Past President and Originator of PROBUS CENTRE-CANADA,INC. is John Reynolds Morris.
A Rotarian since 1946 and Past District Governor of Rotary International 1976-1977 in an
area of Southwest Ontario and New York State, he is a retired insurance broker.
John became interested in PROBUS on a trip to Australia and New Zealand in 1981. He set
his sights on beginning
and developing PROBUS CLUBS in Canada. After several speaking engagements to Rotary Clubs,
success came
in March 1987 with formation by the Rotary Club of Galt, the PROBUS CLUB of Cambridge in
Ontario, the first
club in Canada.