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Lion John Allsworth
District
Governor John Allsworth was born in Peoria, Illinois and attended both
primary and high school in Peoria. He graduated from Canton Junior
College and attended Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. In
1965 he joined the US Navy Seabees which is the construction branch of
the US Navy. He reached the rank of Construction Equipment Operator 2nd
Class and served two tours in Viet Nam.
Upon
discharge from the US Navy he held various jobs until finding a home
with Caterpillar in Peoria. He retired on November 1st, 2004 as a Senior
Analyst in the Accounts Payable Division of Corporate Accounting.
Governor
John joined the Peoria Heights-Richwoods Lions club (later to become
Peoria Heights-Suburban) in 1970. He was inducted into the club by a
district governor who smoked a corn cob pipe with a cigar sticking in
it. Governor John always said seeing this was almost enough to make him
run the other way. Within a few months after joining Lions he found
himself as club treasurer, eventually holding all of the club offices
and chairman's positions. In 1977 he became a member of the district 1-H
cabinet as C.A.R.E. chairman. During the years to follow he held various
other chairman positions on the cabinet including Cabinet
Secretary-Treasure for 3 district governors.
At the
state level he was the State Diabetes Awareness Chairman for 2 years
from 1996 to 1998, and the State Co-Chairman for State Convention for
the 2002 and 2003 conventions.
Since
retiring he has devoted his new found free time to the Lions Service. |
