A Brief Sketch—

Dr. Charles E. Barker was born in Bur-
lingame, Kansas, and was educated at Denison
(Ohio) University and the University of Chi-
cago. He received an honorary doctor's degree
from Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio.

In 1905 he began his career as a specialist
in the principles of health and right living and
became famed as physical instructor to Wil-
liam Howard Taft during his four years as
president of the United States.

Dr. Barker has been on the lecture platform
since 1913 and has been speaking under the
auspices of Rotary International since 1919.

He has delivered addresses in more than
2,500 North American communities to audi-
ences totaling more than 4,500,000 adults and
4,000,000 high school and college students.

Dr. Barker resides in Grand Rapids, Michi-
gan, where he has been a member of the
Rotary Club since 1921.