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Show Utah n Elected Lions International President at Convention i in 1 1 n i jm" 't "" n . "" - " -J i v r j . ' , t . j" Chicago, Illinois, August 3-D. A. Skeen of Salt Lake City, Utah, was today elected President of the International Association of Lions Clubs at the closing session of the twenty-eighth i Inter-naaional Inter-naaional Annual Meeting. The Association, which added 368 new clubs and had a net Increase of 28,000 members during the year ended June 30th, now has a total of 4500 clubs and 180,000 members mem-bers In fourteen countries. Prior to his election to the presidency, Skeen served Lions International as 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Vive President, successively. He served the Lions Club of Salt Lake City as Director and President, Presi-dent, and during 1922 he held the office of District Governor of the Lions Clubs of Utah. He served one term as International Director. Skeen is associated with the law firm of Irvine, Skeen and Thurman. He is a member of the Utah State Bar, the American Bar Association, and the Commercial Com-mercial Law League of America. I He was formerly deputy county attorney of Salt Lake County. In accepting the presidency, Skeen said, "Greater today than ever, is oyr, opportunity for service. serv-ice. We have seen in a short space of time our very right to serve our fellow man challenged. 0. A.. SKEEN ' SALT LK CITY. UTAH HZT l44 PRCtlOCNT 149 T - UONI INTERNATIONAL Community life in the world has felt most the impact of this cruel orgy of death and1 destruction. ' "Basically our community life must go on. We as Lions have before us, under world conditions, the great opportunity yes, responsibility re-sponsibility to heal the wounds and remove the scars of war impact im-pact on our respective communities communi-ties and to make the communities better and life there such that opportunities will attract and bring back with due appreciation the service men and the war workers." ' Skeen was corn in Plain City, Utah, and attended the Univer j sity of Utah. He received his B. S. degree from the Utah State! Agricultural College and his L. L. I B. degree from the University of Chicago. He is a member of the I J Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, and is affiliated with the Latter-Day Saints Church. He was active in 3 the establishment of 'the Utah i State Training School for Feeble- & minded Children, and was presi- 3 dent of the Governing Board of ri that institution for ten years. He is interested in .various other I phases of social welfare work. (He is also interested in farming. I and livestock. Skeen is married m and has five children;- jl |