Ron Calhoun
{{Short description|Canadian non-profit executive (1933–2020)}}
Ronald George Calhoun (24 June 1933 – 7 February 2020), born in Byron, Ontario, was a Canadian non-profit executive.{{cite book| title=Canadian Who's Who 2004| chapter=Calhoun, Ronald George| editor1-first=Elizabeth| editor1-last=Lumley| publisher=University of Toronto Press| location=Toronto| year=2004| page=198| isbn=978-0-8020-8892-5| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxkyB6pOE7sC&q=ron+calhoun+who%27s+who+canada&pg=PA198| accessdate=4 September 2010}}{{cite news |last=Paparella |first=Nick |date=7 February 2020 |title=Ron Calhoun, man behind Marathon of Hope, passes away |url=https://london.ctvnews.ca/ron-calhoun-man-behind-marathon-of-hope-passes-away-1.4801653 |work=CTV News}}
Career
Calhoun was the National Co-ordinator for the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, working with Fox to organize the original run in 1980. He coined the phrase "Marathon of Hope" for the event.{{cite news| url=https://lfpress.com/news/london/2010/08/25/15131996.html| title=The Terry Fox Run| work=London Free Press| date=25 August 2010| accessdate=4 September 2010}}{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/jessesjourneycan0000davi| chapter=The Dream is Born| title=Jesse's Journey: A Canadian Story| year=2002| publisher=Timberholme Books Ltd.| location=White Rock, BC| isbn=978-1-894254-09-0| accessdate=4 September 2010| url-access=registration}}
Calhoun has served in numerous other positions in charitable and educational organizations, including:
- National Fundraising Chairman at the Canadian Cancer Society
- member of the national board of directors at the ALS Society of Canada
- Ontario chair of the Canadian Diabetes Association
- chair of the Mogenson Trust in Physiology, University of Western Ontario
- London, Ontario-branch vice president of the Canadian Mental Health Association
- executive director of Partners in Research
Recognition
- Certificate of Merit from the Canadian Cancer Society, 1977
- honorary life membership in the Canadian Cancer Society, 1987
- General Motors of Canada Gold Award, 1980
- Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship, 1996
- Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002
- entry in Canadian Who's Who, 2004
- Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from The University of Western Ontario, 2011{{cite news| url=http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2011/June/calhoun_seize_the_power_of_one.html| title=Calhoun: Seize the 'power of one'| last=Travis| first=Heather| date=17 June 2011| work=Western News}}
- first recipient and namesake of the Ronald G. Calhoun Science Ambassador Award (Partners in Research), 2012{{cite web| url=http://www.vroc.ca/pir/en/the-ronald-g-calhoun-science-ambassador-award/| title=Ronald G. Calhoun Science Ambassador Award| publisher=Partners in Research}}
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012{{cite news| url=http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/community-story/1358970-diamond-jubilee-honourees/| title=Diamond Jubilee honourees| date=25 August 2012| work=London Community News}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.pirweb.org/en/about-pir/bio-calhoun/ Biography of Ron Calhoun]
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