On July 9, 2025, the Torrey Pines La Jolla Rotary Club proudly inducted Dr. Merritt Hougen as our new Club President for the 2025–2026 Rotary year. A respected internal medicine physician with over 40 years at Scripps Clinic, Dr. Hougen played a key role in establishing the General Internal and Urgent Care facility and has long been a leader in San Diego’s medical community.
Ravishankar Dakoju pledged that he and his wife and fellow club member, Paola Dakoju, would donate approximately US$50 million (4.5 billion Indian rupees) to The Rotary Foundation.