Meet the New Chair of the Rotary Foundation

Wilfrid J. Wilkinson 
Rotary Club of Trenton, Ontario,
Canada (2009-13)

Wilfrid J. Wilkinson was a founding
partner of Wilkinson & Company, a
public accounting firm. After retiring,
Wilf served as the part-time executive
director of the Quinte Ballet School of
Canada. He has also been chair of the
Belleville Cheshire Home for Physically
Handicapped Adults and the Loyalist
College Board of Governors.

A Rotarian since 1962, Wilf has served
as RI president, vice president, director,
and Foundation trustee. He has also
been an International Assembly group
discussion leader and 2005 Chicago
Convention Committee chair, and is a
member of the International PolioPlus
Committee. He has participated in
National Immunization Days in India,
Kenya, and Tanzania, and administered
polio vaccine to children of Afghan
refugees in Pakistan.

Wilf was honored in 2001 by Pope John
Paul II with the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
medal. In 2007, the governor general of
Canada appointed him a Member to the
Order of Canada, the country’s highest
civilian honor. During his year as RI
president, he was honored by Italy,
Madagascar, and Pakistan. He is also
the recipient of The Rotary Foundation
Citation for Meritorious Service and
Distinguished Service Award, the
International Service Award for a
Polio-Free World, and the RI Service
Above Self Award.