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Kenny is choice
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Kenny is choice for 2009-10 RI president
Rotary International News
10 September 2007
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John Kenny,
of the Rotary Club of Grangemouth, Central, Scotland, is the selection
of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in
2009-10.
He will become the president-nominee on 1 December if there are no
challenging candidates. Kenny is a past dean of his local law faculty,
a judge, and a notary. He is active in scouting and earned the Medal
of Merit for helping form new scout groups in Eastern Europe. |
An elder of the Church of Scotland, he’s served as session clerk and
presbytery elder. Kenny was also appointed deputy lieutenant of his
district by Queen Elizabeth II. He is a past president of both the Forth
Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Scottish Junior
Chamber of Commerce. He is also past general legal counsel of Jaycees
International.
A Rotarian since 1970, Kenny served Rotary International in Great Britain
and Ireland as president and vice president. He has served RI as director,
executive committee chair, Rotary Foundation trustee, institute moderator,
district governor, convention vice chair and group leader, president’s
representative, and committee member and chair. He’s been a delegate,
member at large, and parliamentarian at several Councils on Legislation.
Kenny is a Major Donor to The Rotary Foundation and a Bequest Society
member and has received the Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service
and Distinguished Service Award.
The nominating committee members are Ray Klinginsmith (chair), USA; G.
Kenneth Morgan (secretary), USA; Jacques Berthet, France; John T. Blount,
USA; Hee-Byung Chae, Korea; Gerson Gonçalves, Brazil; Abraham Gordon, USA;
Sushil Gupta, India; Lynn A. Hammond, USA; Rafael G. Hechanova,
Philippines; Toshio Itabashi, Japan; Jorma Lampén, Finland; Gerald A.
Meigs, USA; David D. Morgan, Wales; Jiichiro Nakajima, Japan; Stan
Tempelaars, The Netherlands; and Luis F. Valenzuela, Guatemala.
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