For more than 40 years, Richard D. King has been a leader in Rotary, serving virtually every position at the club, district, and international level. As a former world President of Rotary International, he has been honored and decorated by the heads of state of many nations for his personal contributions to goodwill and understanding in the world.

One of Rotary’s most popular speakers, Mr. King has addressed Rotary International Conventions, Assemblies, Institutes, Seminars, Conferences and Rotary Clubs in every state in the USA and some 100 countries.

As President, he led Rotary International to its greatest one-year growth record in its 105-year history, with 75,000 New Members Net, a global membership of 1,243,431 and 1,158 New Rotary Clubs in 2001-2002, more than one new club every 8 hours. In the same year, Rotarians contributed the highest amount of money ever raised for the Annual Fund of the Rotary Foundation.