Fri, Dec 17, 2010
Col. Robet M. Karton Promoted To Leadership Post
Col. Robert M. Karton, CAP, has been assigned to serve as the
new Great Lakes Region commander. Presently, Col. Karton is
the GLR interim commander having been appointed to fill the
position after Brig. Gen. Charles L. Carr was elected vice
commander in September.
Col Robert Karton
During his 21 year tenure in CAP, Col.
Karton has held the positions of: legal officer for Illinois Wing
and Great Lakes Region; Illinois Wing Inspector General; National
Legal Officer (National Executive Committee); Illinois Wing
Commander; GLR Vice Commander; National Board and NEC
Parliamentarian, and interim GLR Commander. In addition, he
played a pivotal role on the CAP Constitution and By-laws committee
and in the drafting of the Membership Action Review regulations.
Col. Karton is an instrument rated pilot and has flown numerous
search and rescue and disaster relief missions as a mission
pilot.
In civilian life, Col. Karton is a
prominent Chicago attorney having begun his career as an Assistant
States Attorney for Cook County in the Criminal Trial
Division. Currently, he is in private practice, in Chicago,
at Robert M. Karton, Ltd. He did his undergraduate studies at
the University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., and earned his J.D. at
the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago.
Col. Karton is the 1st Vice President
of the Union League Club of Chicago where he is also a Trustee for
the Union League Boys and Girls Clubs, and, having served two years
as General Counsel for the Civic and Arts Foundation, is currently
a life trustee of the Foundation..
Col. Karton is a life-long resident of
Chicago where he currently resides with his wife, Lee. He has
a daughter, two sons, two step-daughters and eight
grandchildren.
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