Electronic Nominations can be made at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V8P3NQF
The Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Local Board has reinstituted the annual Medallion of Merit Award and is currently accepting nominations. The College stopped bestowing of the award in 2012, but at a recent Board meeting, the Local Board voted to begin the recognition in 2019.
The Medallion of Merit was established in 1979 to recognize individuals or organizations that have made a significant contribution to the betterment of life to the world, nation, Commonwealth, region, or DSLCC’s service area.
Nomination forms are available through the President’s Office at DSLCC or on the College’s website at www.dslcc.edu. The deadline for all nominations is Friday, May 3, by 3:30pm.
Examples of whom may receive this award include individuals or organizations have achieved success, assumed leadership and supported their communities in very different ways – all reflecting the purpose of Dabney S. Lancaster Community College.
Past recipients have included Senator Buzz Emick of Fincastle, Elizabeth Scott of Clifton Forge, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stumpp of Covington, Christine Herter Kendall of Bath County, the City of Lexington, Norman C. Scott of Clifton Forge, Sara Lu Snyder of Alleghany County, Dr. Mary A. Thayer of Botetourt County, Lily M. Albert of Covington, G. Otis Mead of Lexington, Helen Jean Fitzgerald of Covington, Dr. James C. Bradford of Buena Vista, Former Delegate William T. Wilson of Alleghany County, George J. Kostel of Alleghany County, Wilford P. Ramsey of Buena Vista, Adelaide (Bari) Ballou of Clifton Forge, Bernice Ford of Clifton Forge, G.C. Thompson, Jr. of Botetourt County, Hugh S. Gwin of Bath County, DeWitt S. Worrell of Lexington (posthumously), George R. Goode, Sr. of Clifton Forge, Kathryn C. Buhrman of Botetourt County, Harry A. Walton, Jr. of Alleghany County, Nadine Paxton Rankin of Botetourt County, Donnie Wheatley of Alleghany County, Helen A. Kostel of Alleghany County, Ruth Middleton of Covington, Jack A. Hammond of Alleghany County, Harold F. Kidd of Buena Vista, Betty Carpenter of Covington, Charlotte Martin of Covington, Linda Law Krantz of Rockbridge County, Joseph H. Carpenter, III of Alleghany County, and Irma Blake Thompson of Buena Vista.
For more information, please contact the President’s Office at DSLCC at (540) 863-2824.