CEO, Fluke Transportation and Fox 40 International
Distinguished Fellow – Honorary Degree
Ron Foxcroft was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2019. He was named Entrepreneur of the Decade by Profit Magazine and named to the Burlington Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. He has been named Citizen of the Year in both Hamilton & Burlington. He received an Honourary Doctor of Laws from McMaster University.
He is a world-renowned basketball referee, including a distinguished career officiating NCAA Basketball and 23 seasons with the NBA. Ron officiated the 1976 Olympic Gold Medal Basketball Game. He enjoyed a distinguished career in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Division-1, highlighted by officiating Michael Jordan’s first college game. He was named by Referee Magazine as one of the 52 most influential persons in North American Officiating history. In 2016, the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO) named Ron the recipient of the esteemed Gold Whistle Award, which is the officiating industry’s highest honour bestowed on a referee.
Ron had an audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2015 when he was the Honourary Colonel of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
Today, Ron serves as CEO of Fluke Transportation and Fox 40 International, and he is the Chair of the Hamilton John C Munro Airport.
