GLENN E. Estess Sr., Shades Valley, Alabama, USA
RI President 2004-05
• Trustee, The Rotary Foundation, 1993-96
• Vice President, Rotary International, 1991-92
• Director, Rotary International, 1990-92
• District Governor (D-6860), 1979-80

    Glenn E. Estess Sr. is the retired chief executive officer of Glenn Estess Associates, Inc. Born in Pike County, Mississippi; he earned a degree in chemistry and physics from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Glenn is one of five brothers who were Rotarians. Four were presidents of their respective clubs in four different cities in three states. Glenn is past chair of trustees of the Baptist Health Systems, an 11-hospital system headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, with approximately 10,000 employees. He served as director of the Better Business Bureau of Central Alabama and as a trustee for the Workmen's Compensation Trust of the Business Council of Alabama. In Florida, he was chairman of the YMCA, the American Chemical Society, and the Arthritis Foundation. He was also a member of the Board of Regents of the National Association of Personnel Consultants in the United States.
    A Rotarian since 1960, Glenn was an adviser to the 1997 RI Convention Committee and PolioPlus national coordinator in 1987-88. During his tenure as a trustee, Glenn served as chair of the Foundation's Finance Committee and vice chair of its Program Committee. He was RI's International Assembly chair and moderator in 1999. He was a member of RI's Audit and Operations Review Committee for four years and its chair for one year. This is RI's only committee having a six-year term. This committee serves in an advisory role to the Board of Directors. Glenn was also the chair of the 2002-03 Membership Development and Retention Committee.
Glenn is a Rotary Foundation Major Donor, a Paul Harris Fellow, and a Benefactor. He is the recipient of RI's Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation's Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award. Glenn and Mary have three children and eight grandchildren. Sixteen members of his family are Paul Harris Fellows.