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 DONALD E. CLAWSON
BIOGRAPHY
Mr. Clawson was appointed President of Wesbury United Methodist Retirement Community July 1, 1993. He and
his family relocated to Meadville in October, 1993.
Don entered the U.S. Army directly from Georgia State University in October of 1966. He retired from the
Army with the rank of Major in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps in March, 1987. A couple of his assignments included
serving as Director of the Plans, Operations and Training Division of a 1,215 bed army hospital at Fort Stewart, Georgia,
Director of Administrative Services for Director of Plans Operations and Training at Fifth U.S. Army Headquarters in Chicago,
Illinois and he completed one tour of duty in the Republic of Vietnam as a Medevac pilot for the First Air Cavalry Division.
Mr. Clawson is a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, receiving an M.B.A. in
management; a graduate of Pepperdine University, Anaheim, California with an M.A. in human resource management; a graduate
of Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, with a B.A. in health care administration; and he completed undergraduate
studies at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Don began his career in long term care at the Presbyterian Home in Evanston, Illinois where he served as
Assistant Executive Director for eight years. Prior to his appointment at Wesbury, he also served for nine years
as Executive Director/CEO of Plymouth Place, a United Church of Christ Retirement Community in LeGrange Park, Illinois.
Don has always been active in his community. He has been a Rotary Club member for over twenty-five years,
a youth soccer coach for seventeen years and a Boy Scout Leader for five years. Don has also served as a Parks and Recreation
Board Director, a Police and Fire Commissioner and as a member of many local, state and national long term care committees.
He is currently serving as Chairman of the Older Adult Ministries Section of the United Methodist Association, Chairman of the
historic Meadville Market House Authority, Chairman of the Meadville Area Sewer Authority and is a member of the Meadville Area
Salvation Army Board of Directors.
Mr. Clawson is married and has three children, two sons, one daughter and two grandchildren.
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