President Rotary International
Wilfrid J.
Wilkinson
Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, a
retired chartered accountant, was a founding partner
of Wilkinson & Company, a public accounting firm. He
is a past president of the Public Accountants Council
for the 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 Chartered
Accountants of Quebec and the Royal Canadian Military
Institute and was elected a fellow of the Ontario
Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Since
retiring, Wilkinson has served as the part-time
executive director of the Quinte Ballet School of
Canada. He is also a member of the board of directors
of Morris Industries Ltd., a company that manufactures
advanced air seedings and tillage systems. He has also
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.
A
Rotarian since 1962, Wilkinson is a member and past
president of the Rotary Club of Trenton, Ontario. He
has served Rotary International as vice president,
director, Rotary Foundation trustee, and district
governor. He has also been an International Assembly
discussion leader and member and chair of several
committees, including the 2005 Chicago Convention
Committee.
As a
member of the International PolioPlus Committee,
Wilkinson has been dedicated to the global effort to
eradicate polio. He participated in National
Immunization Days in Kenya, Tanzania, and India, and
also administered polio drops to children of Afghan
refugees in Pakistan. He has served as a Health,
Hunger and Humanity Grants program volunteer to
India. In addition, Wilkinson has had Rotary
assignments in South Africa, Namibia, the United
Kingdom, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and many
regions throughout the United States and Canada.
Wilkinson has been recognized for his humanitarian
service by the Knights of Columbus, the province of
Ontario, and the Canadian government. In 2001, he was
honored by Pope John Paul II with the Pro Ecclesia et
Pontifice medal. He is also the recipient of numerous
Rotary honors, including RI’s Service Above Self Award
and the Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service,
Distinguished Service Award, and International Service
Award for a Polio-Free World.
Wilkinson has been married to Joan since 1953, and
they have four sons and eight grandchildren.
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6920 DISTRICT GOVERNOR
Dick Hyer
Dick Hyer is a
member of the Macon Rotary Club where he has served as
President, Club Administrator, and on the Board of
Directors. He was Assistant Governor for Middle
Georgia from 2000-2003. He has served for four years
on the Executive Committee of the President's
Education and Training Seminar. Dick has been a PETS
facilitator and District 6920 Trainer. He has been a
Rotarian since 1976 and is a multiple Paul Harris
Fellow.
Dick is a native
of Jacksonville, Florida. He is a graduate of Mercer
University where he received undergraduate and
graduate degrees. He received a Master of Arts degree
in Education from Western Michigan University and a
Doctorate in Education from the University of Georgia
in 1978. He is married to Marsha Liles Hyer, who is a
member of the Downtown Macon Rotary Club, and they
have three children. Marsha is also a Paul Harris
Fellow and Secretary of the Downtown Club. They are
members of Saint Joseph's Catholic Church in Macon.
During his employment years, Dick
taught in the Mercer University Department of
Education and served as Superintendent of the Georgia
Academy for the Blind in Macon for 26 years, retiring
in 2002. While serving as Superintendent of the
Academy, he received the Award of Excellence from the
Georgia Department of Education. He has been an
adjunct professor at Mercer University, the University
of Georgia, Florida State University, and Wesleyan
College. He was president of the National Association
of Residential School Administrators in 1978-80. He is
a Past President of the Council for Exceptional
Children and served as a Trustee of the American
Printing House for the Blind in Louisville, Kentucky.
Dick has coordinated the Program for Exceptional
Children Lecture Series at the University of Georgia.
He has been a member and chair of a number of local
boards, including the Central Georgia Chapter of the
Association for Retarded Citizens, the Central Georgia
Chapter of the American Red Cross, and as President of
the Macon/Bibb County Chapter of the American Cancer
Society. He also served on the State of Georgia Board
of the American Cancer Society. Dick has served as an
accreditation chairperson for the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools and the National Accreditation
Council. He is working as a Special Education
Consultant and recently authored the 2005
Accreditation Certification Standards for Education
and Rehabilitation for the National Accreditation
Council. He is currently serving as a part time
educational consultant and site visitor for several
organizations in the United States and Canada.
His hobbies are spending time in
the North Georgia Mountains, boating, traveling,
sports, and car collecting. He is a former motorcycle
enthusiast.
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