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The Rotary Club of Pittsburgh is ... comprised of more than 150 community business and organizational leaders [and] is part of Rotary District 7300, currently made up of approximately 1500 Rotarians from Allegheny, Beaver and parts of Westmoreland Counties.
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The Rotary Club of Pittsburgh was organized on December 2, 1910 by Colonel Oscar T. Taylor, .... [T]hirteen people ... met in the French Room at the then Fort Pitt Hotel.
- ↑ Adams, Kyle (August 2, 2007). "Former Pirates manager Tanner earns inaugural award". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
This is intended to honor a manager who has had the most distinguished career and also a distinguished season.
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At the Rivers Club in downtown Pittsburgh last Saturday, the Yankees' Joe Torre was named as the recipient of the first "Chuck Tanner Major League Manager of the Year Award."
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The Rotary Club of Pittsburgh has announced Manuel the winner of its 4th Annual Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award.
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