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Rotary International President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson- 2007-2008

Wilfrid Wilkinson RI President - 2007-2008Wilfrid J. Wilkinson
Trenton, Ontario, Canada
President, Rotary International, 2007-08
President-elect, Rotary International, 2006-07
Chair, 2005 Convention Committee
Trustee, The Rotary Foundation, 1997-01 & 2002-2004
Vice President, Rotary International 1993-94
Director, Rotary International 1992-94
District Governor, 1971-72
President's Message 2006-2007
Wilfrid J. Wilkinson has been a chartered accountant since 1958 and was a founding partner of Wilkinson & Company, a public accounting firm. He is a past-president of the Public Accountants Council - Province of Ontario, and a past Treasurer of both the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. He is also a member of the Institute of Charged Accountants of Quebec and the Royal Canadian Military Institute.

Mr. Wilkinson has been chairman of the Trenton Memorial Hospital fundraising committee, a founding chairman of the Belleville Cheshire Home for Physically Handicapped Adults, chairman of the Board for Loyalist College and president of the district council of the Boy Scouts of Canada. After retiring from accountancy, Mr. Wilkinson was the part-time executive director of the Quinte Ballet School of Canada.

A Rotarian since 1962, Mr. Wilkinson is a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Trenton, Ontario. He has served Rotary as vice-president, director, trustee of The Rotary Foundation and district governor. He has also been an International Assembly discussion leader and chairman and member of several Rotary committees.

As a member of the International PolioPlus Committee, Mr. Wilkinson has been dedicated to the global effort to eradicate polio. He participated in National Immunization Days (NIDS) in Kenya, Tanzania, India and also administered polio drops to children of Afghan refugees in Pakistan. He has also been a Health, Hunger and Humanity Program volunteer to India. In addition, Mr. Wilkinson has had Rotary assignments in South African, Namibia, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and New Zealand and many regions of the United States and Canada. He has chaired several conferences including the Rotary International Centennial Convention in Chicago.

Mr. Wilkinson has been married to Joan since 1953 and they have four sons.

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