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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Dr. Swain is ending a ten-year tenure at FUMC Georgetown with focus in
missions/community leadership and has already begun serving as the Director of Spiritual Life at
Southwestern; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Swain has been active in Georgetown since 2000 when he first came to serve as the Senior
Advisor to the President of Southwestern; and
WHEREAS, as an ordained clergy in the United Methodist Church, Dr. Swain has been vital to projects in
our community working to focus on racism and social justice; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Swain has served as president of the GTX Ministerial Alliance in 2016 and 2017, founding
organizer of Courageous Conversations in 2014, leader of the Georgetown Rotary Club, Chair of Board
for both Georgetown Project and Habitat for Humanity, and recipient of 2012 Lifetime Achievement
Award and 2016 Citizen of the Year from the Chamber
WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown is better thanks to the contributions of citizens like Dr. Swain and
their invaluable contributions;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSH SCHROEDER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TX
do hereby proclaim June 11, 2023, as
REVEREND DOCTOR RON SWAIN DAY in GEORGETOWN, TEXAS