Past District Governor Murray Verso: End Polio Now
Murray was the End Polio Now Coordinator for Zone 8 (Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific countries) from 2022 until June 2025. He has been, and still is, a Member of the Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force for Australia since 2022.
Murray was the lead facilitator to train End Polio Coordinators from around the world at the Global Philanthropy Seminar held at Rotary headquarters in Evanston, USA, in April 2025.
He joined the Rotary Club of Williamstown, Victoria in 1981 and has served the club in many capacities, including two terms as club president (1986-1987 and 2008-2009).
He is a Past Governor of District 9800 (2014-2015) in Melbourne and Central Victoria, and he is a past chair of the District 9800 Rotary Foundation Committee (2019-2022). He is also the District’s Council on Legislation Representative (2020-2026) and represented the district at the COLs held in Chicago in 2022 and in April 2025.
He has served as an Assistant Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator (2015-2018) and as an RI President’s Representative at district conferences in New Zealand and Western Australia. He was a member of the Host Organising Committee for the RI Convention held in Melbourne in May 2023.
Murray and his wife, Irene, are both retired general medical practitioners. As the Medical Officer of Health for the City of Williamstown, Murray oversaw the municipality’s immunisation programs. His zone role combines his interest in infectious diseases and his passion for Rotary.
Murray is a Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation and is a member of the Foundation’s Bequest Society and District 9800’s Paul Harris and PolioPlus Societies. He is a recipient of the Rotary Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service.
