On Thursday, Aug 18 Tunkhannock Rotary’s guest speaker was Lars Persson, 1971-1972 Rotary exchange student from Boden, Sweden. He had returned for the Tunkhannock Area High School 50th reunion for the class of 1972. Several of his former classmates also attended the Rotary luncheon and shared memories of Lars’ time in Tunkhannock.
Lars now lives outside of Stockholm in Åkersberga, Sweden. He is retired from a director position at the Stockholm School of Economics.
He talked about Eastern European Economic Opportunities. He shared with the club some of the activities of the School of Economics and some of the economic impact of the conflict between Russia and the Ukraine.
Lars Persson