Klinginsmith is choice for
2010-11 RI president
By Jennifer Lee Atkin
Rotary International News -- 13
August 2008
Ray
Klinginsmith of the Rotary Club
of
Kirksville, Missouri, USA, is
the selection of the Nominating
Committee for President of Rotary
International in 2010-11.
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Ray Klinginsmith of the Rotary Club
of Kirksville, Missouri, USA, is the
selection of the Nominating Committee
for President of Rotary International in
2010-11.
Klinginsmith earned degrees in
business and law at the University of
Missouri and completed graduate studies
at the University of Cape Town, South
Africa, as a Rotary Foundation
Ambassadorial Scholar. He was general
counsel and professor of business at
Northeast Missouri State University in
Kirksville (now Truman State University)
from 1973 until his retirement in 1995,
and also held the post of dean of
administration for five years.
Klinginsmith, who now operates a law
office, served as an elected county
commissioner from 2001 to 2004. He has
been a director of the Macon Atlanta
State Bank since 1971 and president of
the Chariton Valley Association for
Handicapped Citizens since 1982. He and
his wife, Judie, have two children and
three grandchildren.
A Rotarian since 1961, Klinginsmith
has served Rotary as district governor
and as chair of the 1998 Council on
Legislation in New Delhi and the 2008
Los Angeles Convention Committee. He was
a member of the RI Board of Directors
for 1985-87 and chaired its executive
committee in 1986-87. Klinginsmith
joined The Rotary Foundation Trustees in
2002, serving as vice chair in 2005-06,
and was a member of the Future Vision
Committee from 2005 to 2008.
Klinginsmith, a Major Donor, is a
recipient of the Foundation’s Citation
for Meritorious Service and
Distinguished Service Award.
In addition, Klinginsmith has earned
many honors in his community, including
the Parent/Caretaker Award from the
Missouri Planning Council for
Developmental Disabilities; the Thomas
D. Cochran Award for Community Service,
an annual statewide award by the Young
Lawyers Section of the Missouri Bar; and
the Silver Beaver Award from the Great
Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of
America, of which he is a former member
of the executive board.
Klinginsmith believes that Rotary’s
best days are still ahead.
"The reputation and ability of
Rotarians to impact the world positively
is better than ever, and the future of
Rotary is bright," he says. "The RI
Strategic Plan and The Rotary Foundation
Future Vision Plan are good roadmaps to
the future. However, the decisions about
the selection of strategic partners, the
recruitment of younger members, and the
facilitation of district change to
enable younger leaders to serve as
district governors will continue to
require leaders of uncommon vision and
wisdom."
The 2008 nominating committee members
are: Jack Forrest (chair), USA;
Sudarshan Agarwal, India; Keith
Barnard-Jones, England; Jacques Berthet,
France; Irving J. Brown, USA; Peter
Bundgaard, Denmark; John C. Carrick,
Australia; Kenneth E. Collins,
Australia; John Eberhard, Canada; Noel
Fryer, England; Samuel L. Greene, USA;
Theodore D. Griley II, USA; Jerry L.
Hall, USA; Horst Heiner Hellge, Germany;
Umberto Laffi, Italy; Jorma Lampén,
Finland; David Linett, USA; Michael D.
McCullough, USA; Gerald A. Meigs, USA;
Yoshikazu Minamisono, Japan; Daniel W.
Mooers, USA; G. Kenneth Morgan, USA;
Jiichiro Nakajima, Japan; Noraseth
Pathmanand, Thailand; Jose Alfredo
Pretoni, Brazil; J. David Roper, USA;
José Antonio Salazar Cruz, Colombia;
Masanobu Shigeta, Japan; Julio Sorjús,
Spain; Carlos E. Speroni, Argentina;
Robert A. Stuart Jr., USA; Sakuji
Tanaka, Japan; and Stan Tempelaars, The
Netherlands.
