FORMER AFP CHAIR RON CARROLL, CFRE, HAS PASSED AWAY

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(Feb. 28, 2005) Ron Carroll, CFRE, a past chair of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and one of the top fundraisers in the United States for the Boy Scouts of America, passed away on Monday, February 28, 2005.
Ron had battled brain cancer since December, 2003. The illness forced his early retirement as Scout Executive for the National Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, in the fall of 2004.
Ron was a fundraiser for the Boy Scouts of America for almost 35 years. He got his first taste of fundraising as a nine-year old Cub Scout, raising money for St. Jude�s Hospital in Mississippi. His first professional assignment was as district Scout executive in Laurel, Miss. "