FPRA 2010 Annual Conference: John W. Dillin Award
The final individual award given out tonight is the John W. Dillin Award.
The John W. Dillin Professional Award for service to the Florida Public Relations Association has been established as the highest, most prestigious award of the Association. The award honors the spirit and dedication of FPRA’s first president and founder, Lt. Col. John W. Dillin, and his lifetime of service to and support of the Association.
The purpose of the annual award is to recognize an FPRA member for his/her outstanding contribution to the Association and the field of public relations.
Drum roll, please… the winner of the 2010 John W. Dillin Award is:
Leah Lauderdale, APR, CPRC
Polk County Public Schools
Dick Pope/Polk County ChapterSend Leah a congratulatory email at leah.lauderdale@polk-fl.net
Leah is an amazing asset to the PR profession- the Dick Pope/Polk County Chapter is proud to know that her hard word and outstanding professionalism has been honored! Congratulations, Leah!
What an awesome and well-deserved honor! Leah, I am so proud of you and happy for you! You set the example not only for our chapter members, but for all FPRA members and PR practitioners.
Great photo of all of you! Leah, you are the “Benchmark” in my mind when I think of some of the best PR ladies in this state that we all strive to measure up to:-)
Leah: we are all so thrilled and proud of you. John is smiling, too.
Jay
Leah,
Congratulations on an award that John himself would have loved to present to you. Your long term contributions to FPRA serve as an example to everyone. We are all very proud to have you in the Dick Pope Polk County Chapter!
Bob
Congratulations, Leah. You are an inspiration to all of us and very deserving of this award. I’m so happy for you.
Kathy
Some things bring tears of joy to an old Kentuckian who’s homsick (for FPRA) and this announcement is the ultimate example. Bob is correct. John would have been more than delighted to make the presentation. It would have given him another excuse to kiss a beautiful lady!
See, my eyes really were full of tears. I couldn’t spot the spelling error in homesick.
leah
congrats on your award
you are an asset to the chapter and the profession
fernando
Leah … You so deserve this honor — not only for all you have done to strengthen FPRA, but for stellar performance as a practitioner. Your gracious remarks accepting the award reflected both. Congratulations!
Congratulations Leah – This is a great accomplishment. I am confident that your dedication will bring even more success in the years to come. Thanks for being such a dedicated leader and role model.