Thirty-four men sat down at the first dinner of the Adventurers' Club given at Joel's Restaurant in New York in the year 1912. They were soldiers, sailors, hunters, trappers, travelers,journalists, authors and scientists. Four toasts were offered: "To adventure, the Shadow of Every Red-Blooded Man;" "To the Game;" "To Every Lost Cause, and Lost Comrade;" and last "To Gentlemen Adventurers."
Thus was the first Adventurers' Club inaugurated and such are the personnel and spirit of all of the Adventurers' Clubs. From this original Club have been founded The Adventurers' Club, Chicago, in 1913; The Adventurers' Club, Los Angeles, in 1921; The Adventurers' Club, Copenhagen, in 1937; and The Adventurers' Club, Honolulu, in 1955. The Club has always attracted the best and the brightest of the world's most adventurous spirits.
A group of members of The Adventurers Club, then resident in Los Angeles, met informally many times in 1921. Under the leadership of Capt. Jack W. Roulac, they perfected plans for the organization of The Adventurer's Club in Los Angeles. The Adventurer's Club of Chicago forwarded copies of their Constitution and other papers, together with a flag, and on February 13, 1922, the Articles of Incorporations were filed with the Secretary of State for California. The Club has met every Thursday (holidays excepted) at locations ranging from The Wilton Studio, Chamber of Commerce Building (beginning March 8 1922) to the present headquarters at 2433 North Broadway (beginning April 7, 1994)
May 29th, Gregory Frazier. Sun Chasing: Four Times Around the World by Motorcycle.
June 5th, Reda Anderson. Diving to Titanic, an Experience for the Ages.
June 12th, Sara Terry. War is Only Half the Story.
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