Author Stephen Yoch to speak at Feb. 18 Rotary meeting
Posted by Jen Garske
on Feb 14, 2016
The Rotary Club of Edina will welcome author Stephen Yoch as the program speaker at the Thursday, Feb. 18, meeting. Yoch's book, "Becoming George Washington," was released in September 2015. He is the son of longtime Edina Rotarian Ted Yoch, as well as the brother of Rotarian Greg Yoch, who will introduce the program. New member Meg Boehne will be officially inducted into the club at the meeting.
Local author Stephen Yoch will be the program speaker at the Rotary Club of Edina meeting Thursday, Feb. 18. Yoch's book, "Becoming George Washington," was released in September 2015. Yoch, a highly rated and dynamic speaker, will discuss how a fatherlesss boy rose to become an indispensible founding father of our country. A far cry from the powder-haired general and or president discussed in most biographies, the book reveals young George Washington as an "action hero" at the epicenter of the French and Indian wars.
According to his Facebook page, Yoch doesn’t golf or fish, and is a below average hunter, but his love of history and writing compelled him to pick up his pen and tell the little known stories behind the men that made American history. After years of extensive research, Steve wrote his first book on young George Washington.
He lives in a suburb north of St. Paul with his supportive wife and two fantastic teenage sons. He graduated with honors from Boston College and the University of Minnesota Law School. He has enjoyed the last 20 years practicing law in the Twin Cities helping individuals and businesses solve complex problems.
Yoch is the son of longtime Edina Rotarian Ted Yoch, as well as the brother of Rotarian Greg Yoch, who will introduce the program at the Feb. 18 meeting.
New member Meg Boehne will be officially inducted into the club at the meeting.
The Rotary Club of Edina meets at 12:15 p.m. Thursdays at the Edina Country Club. All are welcome and the cost for lunch and the program is $19 for adults and $12 for kids.