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Rtn. Wilfrid J Wilkinson RI President ( 2007-2008) |
Rtn. Wilfrid J Wilkinson & Mrs. Joan Wilkinson |
Wilfrid J. Wilkinson has been a Chartered Accountant since 1958. Wilf was a founding partner of Wilkinson & company, a public accounting firm. He married Joan Hogan in 1953 and they have four sons.
A Rotarian since 1962, Mr. Wilkinson is a member and past president of Rotary Club of Trenton, Ontario, Canada. He has served as a Rotary volunteer on measles immunization project in India . A past Rotary Director, Vice-President of the RI Board, Trustee of the Rotary Foundation and District Governor, he has also been an International Assembly discussion leader, and a chairman and member of several committees.
As a member of the International Polio Plus Committee, Mr. Wilkinson was dedicated to the global effort to eradicate polio. He was Health, Hunger and Humanity Program volunteer to India and has visited that country for Rotary on several occasions. He has also had Rotary assignments in Kenya , Tanzania , South Africa , Namibia and Pakistan as well as United Kingdom , Europe, Australia , New Zealand and many parts of the United States of America and Canada . He has served on numerous District and International committees as well as chairing several conferences including the 100 th Anniversary convention in Chicago .