When Dr. Henry “Wade” Macomber (1894-1983) died after more than a half-century of Burlingame Rotary membership, then-President Ogden White established a memorial service award in his honor.  Each year the award has renewed and fulfilled his promise: “… that the kind of steady, loyal, selfless service epitomized by Wade Macomber will not go unheralded.”

Those who are honored with the Wade Macomber Award have:

• Been a member in good standing of the Rotary Club of Burlingame for not less than ten years.

• Contributed, in a number of specifically identified ways in personal service above and beyond normal expectation, to the purpose, objectives and principles of Rotary.

• Made significant and unique contribution in personal service to the local community measured from the standpoint of personal time, effort and actual accomplishment. 

• Been recognized, among peers, as a leader, a doer and an accomplisher of special abilities.

• Demonstrated personal attributes and characteristics which identify the person as a truly outstanding individual.