George Aiken, Jr. will soon complete his year as governor of the Alabama District of Kiwanis International.
George Aiken Jr., a member of the Pell City Kiwanis Club, was elected by his fellow Kiwanians to serve as Alabama District governor for fiscal year 2010.
Aiken, a native of Walker County, served four years in the Navy. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in industrial management. While working for U.S. Steel, he received his law degree from the Birmingham School of Law.
Aiken then joined the FBI and spent 18 years in Los Angeles and five years in Birmingham before taking mandatory retirement at age 55.
After retiring from the FBI, Aiken worked for five years for Teledyne Brown Engineering Company as a security manager before establishing his own investigating business, George Aiken & Associates, which he operated for 10 years until retiring.
Aiken joined the Huntsville Kiwanis Club and transferred to the Pell City Kiwanis Club after he and his wife, Allyne, moved to the area.
The Pell City Kiwanis Club, which has been in existence for 31 years, supports Kiwanis International in its work for children all over the world. Kiwanis members actively work with children in the community as well as youths through the Pell City and Springville Key clubs for high school students, the K-Kids Club for Williams Intermediate School and are cosponsors (with the Lincoln Kiwanis Club) of a new Aktion Club for adults with disabilities at Rainbow Omega in Eastaboga.
The Kiwanis Club actively supports the Reading Is Fundamental program, which furnishes three books each year to students of local Head Start programs, and members read to those students three times each year. Club members have also done a number of projects through the years, including building two pavilions at Lakeside Park and the annual Coats for Kids project, which furnishes coats for needy children each year.
The local club has furnished five division lieutenant governors, including two men who have filled the position twice, and had one member serve as Alabama District secretary. Aiken has served in a number of positions, including club president, Division 8 lieutenant governor and on the Alabama District TAG team, which is responsible for assisting statewide in building and chartering new clubs.
As governor, Aiken has visited 39 Kiwanis Clubs in Alabama, some more than once. He has driven more than 8,000 miles this year and has been instrumental in forming three new Kiwanis Clubs with two more expected to be chartered before his year ends, meeting the Alabama District goal of chartering five new clubs for the year.
Aiken’s work with Kiwanis has been recognized by Kiwanis International President Paul Palazzolo with four visits to the Alabama District this year, something that has never happened before.
Contact Elsie Hodnett at ehodnett@dailyhome.com.
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