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LION
Jim
Coffey -
PAST
INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
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James
T. Coffey, of Toronto, Ohio, USA, was elected president of The
International Association of Lions Clubs at the association's
76th annual convention, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA,
July 6-9, 1993.
Past President Coffey is employed by Quaker State Oil
Refining Corporation,
and is manager partner of a real estate company.
A life member of the Toronto Lions Club, Past President
Coffey has more than 39 years perfect attendance and has held
many offices in the association,
including club president, zone chairman, district governor and
two-year term as a member of the association's board of
directors.
As president, he served as the association’s chief
executive officer, chairman of its Board of Directors and
visited 62 countries as an ambassador for the association. He
met privately with the Heads of State in most of those
countries, including a private audience with Pope John Paul II
at Vatican City and with Former President Bill Clinton at the
White House.
Past President Coffey served on the International
Long-Range Planning Committee for three years and as its
chairman for one year. He also served on the Board of Trustees
of Lions Clubs International Foundation four years and as its
chairman in 1994-95. Past President Coffey was a member of the
SightFirst Advisory Committee for eight years and was chairman
1994-95.
For his many contributions to the association, Past
President Coffey has received the Judge Brian Stevenson
Fellowship Award, the 100% District Governor Award, the District
Governor Extension Award, 11 International President's Awards
and the Ambassador of Good Will Award, the highest honor granted
by the association to its members. He was named a Helen Keller
Fellow by the Lions Eye Foundation of California/Nevada and is a
Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow.
Past President Coffey and his wife, Betty, also a Lion and
a Progressive Melvin Jones fellow, have a son, Jim, and a
grandson.
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