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​The Grosse Pointe War Memorial's new president and CEO, Charles Burke, above left, was inducted Monday, May 5, into Rotary of Grosse Pointe. Burke's induction continues a 21-year tradition began by former War Memorial head Mark Weber, who became a Rotarian 1993. Weber, who retired at the end of 2012 after leading the War Memorial for 31 years, continues to be active in Grosse Pointe Rotary. Burke served as the senior director of education for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as well as the artistic director of the DSO’s nationally renowned Civic Youth Ensembles for the past 15 years. He was chosen after a nationwide search to fill Weber's vacancy. Burke was sponsored by club Director and Recording Secretary Ted Everingham, who pinned on the inductee's first-year pin. Below, gathered following the induction ceremony were, from left, club Membership Chair John Mozena, recent inductee Bernadette Banko of the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Burke, Everingham, Executive Secretary and Area 1 Assistant District Gov. Mike Carmody and club President Paul Rentenbach. (Photos by John Minnis)

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