Doug Oberman’s birthday is January 29

Since Doug doesn’t attend meetings frequently and was not here on the 11^th to be recognized at the birthday table, why not send him a card? Doug will be 66 on the 29^th; his address is 5101 University Avenue, Apartment 111 in Waterloo.

For newer members, here is a short bio:

Doug Oberman was only eight years old when he contracted polio. He was in a coma for ten days and when he woke up he found he could not move his arms or legs. He spent 18 months in a polio ward at University of Iowa hospital, with three of those months spent in an iron lung.

Today, Doug still cannot use his arms and sleeps each night in an iron lung. He never recovered from the effects of polio, but with his family’s support and encouragement, he participated fully in life.

“Because I couldn’t use my arms, I had to use my brain,” he said.

He became a lawyer and joined Swisher & Cohrt law firm in Waterloo in 1972. Doug joined the Waterloo Rotary Club in 1986 and became involved in raising money to eradicate polio throughout the world. He was the keynote speaker at the 2002 Rotary International Convention in Barcelona, Spain, doing his part to gain enthusiastic support for polio eradication. In 2010, our club made Doug an honorary member.