Rotary
International President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson- 2007-2008
 Wilfrid
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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