Past RI President Ron Burton to be RI President's Rep at District Conference
DG Stella is honoured to have PRIP Ron Burton and his wife Jetta to be the Rotary International President's rep at the 2015 District conference in Halifax. Ron and Jetta are no strangers to District 7820 as they attended the 2007 Zone Institute held in Halifax in 2007.
Ron D. Burton
Immediate Past President (2013-14)
Member, President’s Advisory Committee
University foundation
Rotary Club of Norman
Ron retired as president of the University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc. in 2007. He is a member of the Cleveland County, Oklahoma, and American Bar Associations and is admitted to practice in Oklahoma and before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a founder and past president of the Norman Public School Foundation and founder and past board member of the Norman Community Foundation. A recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, he is a past vice president of the Last Frontier Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Ron has been a Rotarian since 1979 and has served RI as director; Foundation trustee and vice chair; RI Board Executive Committee member, RI president’s aide; committee vice chair and chair; task force member; International Assembly group discussion leader, assistant moderator, and moderator; and district governor. He has been a regional Rotary Foundation coordinator and Permanent Fund national adviser and also has served as assistant moderator and moderator of RRFC Training Institutes. A recipient of RI’s Service Above Self Award, Ron also has received The Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service, Distinguished Service Award, and International Service Award for a Polio-Free World.
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