Rotary International President Ron Burton – All Kentucky Luncheon – September 20, 2013

An all Kentucky Club Luncheon will be held on Friday September 20 at the Griffin Gate Marriott in Lexington at the Rotary International Lexington Zone Institute. The Griffin Gate Marriott Resort and Spa is located at 1800 Newtown Pike (off I-75 Exit 115). The keynote speaker at this luncheon will be Rotary International President Ron Burton of Norman Oklahoma.

Rotarians of District 6740 are encouraged  to consider attending this luncheon. It is a most unusual opportunity for Rotarians in our district to have the Rotary International President visit our district and be able to hear him speak on behalf of Rotary.

Tickets for the luncheon are $20 and can be purchased through the Lexington Rotary Club. Please RSVP for this luncheon by emailing Lexington Rotary’s Executive Director, Peggy Trafton, trafton@rotarylexky.org.  When you email Peggy, please include your name, address, phone number and number of tickets that you are purchasing.  After you RSVP to Peggy, she will correspond with you in regards to tickets, payment and table reservations.  Checks can be made out to the Lexington Rotary Club.  Credit cards will only be accepted for a table of 10 or more

Deadline for reservations is Friday, September 13, 2013.

 

Meet RI President Ron Burton

from Rotary.org

http://www.rotary.org/en/AboutUs/RotaryLeadership/RIPresident/Pages/ridefault.aspx

 

Ron D. Burton

Rotary Club of Norman, Oklahoma, USA,
President, Rotary International, 2013-14
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Ron D. Burton retired as president of the University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc. in 2007. He is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, the Oklahoma Bar Association, and the Cleveland County Bar Association. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the ABA Section of Taxation Exempt Organizations Committee, and the ABA Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Committee on Charitable Organizations. He was vice president of the Last Frontier Council of the Boy Scouts of America and received the Silver Beaver Award. He also received the Norman United Way and Junior League Volunteer of the Year Civic Award.
His extensive service to The Rotary Foundation includes vice chair and member of the Foundation Trustees, vice chair of the Future Vision Committee, and member of the International PolioPlus Committee and PolioPlus Speakers Bureau. Other service includes national adviser for the Permanent Fund Initiative, member of Permanent Fund Leadership Team, and consultant to the Development Committee. In addition, he has served as a regional Rotary Foundation coordinator and moderator of the regional Rotary Foundation coordinator training program.
Burton has received the RI Service Above Self Award and the Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service, Distinguished Service Award, and International Service Award for a Polio-Free World. He and his wife, Jetta, are Paul Harris Fellows, Benefactors, Major Donors, and members of the Paul Harris, Bequest, and Arch C. Klumph Societies