Ralph K. Bair recognized as Rotarian of The Year – Cache Valley Daily

Ralph K. Bair

LOGAN – The Logan Rotary Club recently awarded Ralph K. Bair with their Rotarian of the Year for 2022. The service organization annually recognizes a member of its group for his or her efforts throughout the year in bringing service to the community.

Bair joined Rotary in 1983, the same year he started his orthodontic practice, and has excelled in Rotary’s motto of Service Above Self. According to the club, Bair has helped on many international service projects including at least eight trips to Mexico where he assisted the Rotaract Club building houses and part of a school. His other international projects include helping to provide clean water systems in Peru and distributing polio vaccine in India.

“Ralph is consistently involved in our club’s local projects, including Logan Canyon cleanup, distributing dictionaries to the third-graders of Cache Valley and cleanup days at Garff Wayside Garden,” says Candace Berthrong, public relations specialist for the Club. “His leadership during Covid Zoom meetings and his continuing technical assistance with media presentations at our luncheon meetings have been invaluable.”

Bair has also served on the Sunshine Terrace Board of Directors.

Bair grew up in Logan and attended Utah State University before going to dental school at University of Washington. He then completed the U.S. Army dental-practice residency program and served as a dentist in the U.S. Army at Herzogenaurach, Germany for three years. After serving in Germany, he completed his orthodontic training at the University of Kentucky before returning to Logan, where he spent the next 30 years practicing orthodontics.

Over 1.2 million people around the world participate in Rotary, people who come together to make positive, lasting change in communities at home and abroad. The Rotary Club of Logan was founded in 1919 and is over 100 years old. The organization participates in several service projects in the Logan area, as well as participating in international service projects in Mexico, Peru, India and more.