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\"Recipients<\/a>
Recipients of the Betty McCluer Lee Award were Tempie Taude and Fran Davin in 2013. Those previously recognized with that award joined them for this photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every year, in May,\u00a0 we present the Betty McCluer Lee Distinguished Service Award.\u00a0 The Betty McCluer Lee Distinguished Service Award acknowledges members for “high standards of diligence and dedication” to the well being of UUCT. Nominations for the award come from our congregational members, and the Board of Trustees votes to confirm the nomination.<\/p>\n

Past award winners include:<\/p>\n

\"Marla<\/a>
Marla Frazer, 2014\u00a0 recipient<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1982 Harry Albertson
\n1983 Joyce Glauser
\n1991 Patricia McCracken
\n1992 Joyce Formica
\n1993 Hazel Peterson
\n1994 Gene Pizzo
\n1995 Jay Palmer
\n2005 Kathy Albury
\n2007 Ed Benedict
\n2008 Judy Lehman
\n2009 Pat Benedict
\n2010 Ara Rogers
\n2011 Bill Blymiller
\n2012 Joan Lund
\n2013 Fran Davin and Tempie Taude
\n2014 Marla Frazer<\/p>\n

\"Ann<\/a>
Ann Cook, doesn’t she still look just like the Gerber baby?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We are honored to have Ann Cook, the original Gerber baby, as member emeritus.\u00a0 After retiring from teaching, Ann Cook became a mystery novelist with her stories based in the Florida Gulf Coast.\u00a0 Ann was recently interviewed and you can learn more about her at:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>http:\/\/www.myfoxtampabay.com\/story\/26014496\/meet-the-gerber-baby-87-years-later<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Joan<\/a>
Joan Lund,
MSC Chair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joan Lund served on the Florida District Board of Trustees for six years culminating as the President of the District for two years. She continued her service for the next six years as the District Annual Program Fund Chair. In 2003 Joan was elected to the UUA Board of Trustees and continued her Trustee service until June, 2013. The Florida District awarded her the Lifetime Achievement Award for long and dedicated service to Unitarian Universalism at the April, 2014 District Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n

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\"Russell<\/a>
Russell Kirby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Russell Kirby, Ph.D., M.S. is a USF Distinguished Professor.\u00a0 Dr. Kirby is the Marrell Endowed Chair in Community and Family Health, with a joint appointments in several departments in the College of Medicine.\u00a0 In April 2014, Dr. Russell Kirby was named a \u201cDistinguished University Professor.\u201d
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Fran Davin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UUCT member Fran Davin and her family relocated to Tampa in 1970. Her Florida professional career was centered on government service:\u00a0 She was elected to the Hillsborough County Commission in 1974 , serving eight years. She was a founding member of the Tampa General Hospital Authority, the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, and the Tampa Bay Center for the Performing Arts. She was Vice President of Development at Tampa General Hospital before serving as Executive Director of the Tampa Parkway Association. In 1998, she was appointed to complete a term on Tampa City Council . Subsequently, she served as Special Assistant to Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio for four years.
\nHer commitment to community health and welfare issues is reflected in her former board memberships on The Spring, a center for battered women; the County Mental Health Center; the Tampa Housing Authority; Hillsborough County Hospital; Governor\u2019s Council on Medicaid Reform; Florida Dept. of Education Advisory Council; and the Hillsborough County Homeless Coalition. She currently serves as Board Chairman of the MacDonald Training Center, Inc. Foundation, which serves the developmentally disabled.\u00a0 She was recognized for her business and civic accomplishments by being listed in the \u201cBlue Book of Who\u2019s Who in Tampa Bay\u201d.\u00a0 I’m sure we left something out!<\/p>\n

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