SEPTEMBER 1995 Sir Ronald Radford KCB MBE, a life vice-president of the RNLI. Sir Ronald was elected to the committee of management in 1977 and was appointed a vice-president in 1986 and a life vice-president in 1991. He was also chairman of CISPOTEL (the Civil Service, Post Office and British Telecom Lifeboat Fund) from 1977 to 1986..