{{short description|Australian accountant and President of Rotary International}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} '''Sir Clement William Bailey Renouf''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (19 April 1921 – 11 June 2020) was an Australian accountant and President of Rotary International from 1978–79. In this latter role he contributed significantly to the planned eradication of poliomyelitis worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic Moments: PolioPlus Turns 30 |url=https://www.rotary.org/en/clem-renouf-ri-president-who-inspired-rotarys-polio-eradication-efforts-dies |website=Rotary International |access-date=March 6, 2022 |quote=Video of Clem Renouf telling the story of how Rotary International took on the project of eradicating polio.}}</ref><ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2865655.htm "The fight to rid the world of Polio"], ABC, 7:30 Report, 6 April 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2017</ref>
He was born in Ingham, Queensland in 1921. He joined the Nambour Rotary Club in 1950 and remained a member ever since.
In 1978 he became World President of Rotary International. He died in June 2020 at the age of 99.<ref name="deathnotice">{{cite news |title=Death Notice: Sir Clem Renouf |url=https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/tributes/notice/funeral-notices/sir-clem-renouf/5459181/ |accessdate=7 July 2020 |work=The Weekly Times |date=19 June 2020}}</ref>
==Honours== He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1979.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/873975 It's an Honour: AM]. Retrieved 24 June 2017</ref> He was knighted in 1988 "for outstanding service to the community",<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083094 It's an Honour: Knight Bachelor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422042716/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1083094&search_type=simple&showInd=true |date=22 April 2017 }}. Retrieved 24 June 2017</ref> and awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1117264 It's an Honour: Centenary Medal]. Retrieved 24 June 2017</ref>
==Other sources== * [https://www.rghfhome.org/first100/presidents/1978renouf/bio.htm Clem Renouf Biography] * [https://www.rghfhome.org/first100/global/australia/presidents/clem_renouf.pdf Clem Renouf: CLEM RENOUF President Rotary International, 1978–79] * [https://books.google.com/books?id=KjMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=clem+renouf+born&pg=PA19 Paul Henningham, "Introducing Clem Renouf … Quiet Dynamo from Down Under", ''The Rotarian'', July 1978]
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