Dan Williams, a member of the Rotary Club of Salisbury for 20 years and President- Elect for the past year, was inducted as club President during a Changing of the Guard ceremony on Thursday, June 26. Williams, who will serve a one year term as President, succeeds President Dr. George Whitehead.
Williams, a 1978 graduate of the University of Delaware with a BS in Accounting, currently operates his own financial consulting service where he serves as an external controller for 12 clients. Williams, in his induction presentation, said that his goals for the coming year will include enhancing the club’s service to community, to increase membership and to continue finding ways to make Rotary enjoyable for the nearly 100 members of the club, which has been in existence since 1920.
In ending his one year term, Whitehead, a Professor of Psychology at Salisbury University, shared his appreciation with the membership of the Rotary Club of Salisbury. “It was a true honor to be given the opportunity to serve as President of the Rotary Club of Salisbury,” said Whitehead. “Many of the projects the club has participated in have gone to help our local community this past year, and for that I am extremely proud of this terrific group of men and women.”
Those projects have included: providing back packs filled with schools supplies to more than 600 local children through a partnership with the other Salisbury Rotary clubs and the Christian Shelter; construction of wheel chair ramps, sponsorship of the YMCA’s Healthy Us program, exceeding by 10% the club’s contribution goal to Rotary’s annual fund, $7,000 provided in scholarships to our local students; dictionaries provided to all third graders in the county, participation in the Salisbury Salvation Army Red Kettle drive, providing assistance and meeting space for both local Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops, and recognition of Vernon Rivers with the club’s annual 4-Way Test award. In addition, the Rotary Club of Salisbury provided $12,410 in support to the Rotary Foundation-surpassing its goal by over $1,000-and more than $2,000 in support of the eradication of Polio.
To learn more about the Rotary Club of Salisbury or to obtain membership information, please contact Membership Committee Chairman Dave Harris at iharris@wcboe.org.
