"God is on Our Side"
Religion in the Civil War
Bob Presman is retired after having two careers as News and Sports Director at WROK radio in Rockford and as a financial consultant. Bob is the immediate past President of the Rock River Valley Civil War Roundtable and has given presentations on various Civil War topics at several Civil War Roundtables in northern Illinois and Tucson, Arizona. Bob has been a member of Rockford Rotary since 1995. He co-founded Rotary’s Rockford Reads Program and led the program for seventeen years. He still reads with second-graders at Spring Creek School. Bob is a member of the district’s recently-formed End Polio Now Committee. He is a recipient of Rotary’s Service Above Self Award and was a finalist for the Rockford Register Star’s Excalibur Award.
Bob is a graduate of Knox College where he received a B.A. majoring in economics. After graduation he was a VISTA volunteer in the government program Volunteers in Service to America where he worked in Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Bob lives in Rockford with his wife, the acclaimed short story writer Mary Ann Presman. They have two children. Their daughter Roberta Leaf lives in Rockford with her husband Tim. Their son Harry Presman lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife Ashley and Bob’s two beautiful grandchildren Finn and Sawyer.
Bob is a graduate of Knox College where he received a B.A. majoring in economics. After graduation he was a VISTA volunteer in the government program Volunteers in Service to America where he worked in Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Bob lives in Rockford with his wife, the acclaimed short story writer Mary Ann Presman. They have two children. Their daughter Roberta Leaf lives in Rockford with her husband Tim. Their son Harry Presman lives in Santa Barbara, California with his wife Ashley and Bob’s two beautiful grandchildren Finn and Sawyer.
Bob's topic is "God is on Our Side: Religion in the Civil War". He will talk about how religion was handled by both sides and the effect religion had on the war its self.
This will be an interesting and informative program and one to invite a guest or prospective member to join us at Memorial Hall.
Elise Cadigan will introduce our presenter and act as Rotary host.