World Polio Day

Terry Ziegler is a native Houstonian and a Texas Tech University graduate with an Honors Studies degree in microbiology. Terry and his wife, Sarka, have two daughters, 19 and 23 years old.  Terry is the owner of Big Z Lumber Company, a  business operating in Houston since 1938. A Rotarian since 1982, Terry served as president of the West U Rotary Club in 2004-05 and as the Astrodome Rotary Club’s president in 1988-89.  The West U Club was awarded the “Best Large Club” in District 5890 during his year as president.  In addition, Terry attended a baseball game for physically & mentally challenged youth on the White House lawn with President George W. Bush as a result of the West U Rotary Club’s Centennial Project. Terry produces a Polio Eradication Update which is emailed weekly to Rotarians around the world and in 2010 received the Rotary Regional Service Award for a Polio-Free World.  In 2015 Terry received The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service. Terry is currently serving as the Rotary District 5890 Polio Eradication Committee Chair, as a Lone Star President Elect Training Seminar Discussion Leader, and as the Rotary Zone 21B Paul Harris Society Coordinator. Or the short version – Terry was asked to join Rotary in 1982, fell in love with it, and has been having trouble saying no since then.