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Order of Distinguished Meritorious Service: Jean Mostrom

The Federation has one award reserved for those who have provided sustained and exceptional contributions over a long period of time. You will find a list of those who have received this award in your program, letting you know that it has exceptional status. I am pleased to tell you that we are awarding that one - the award for Distinguished Meritorius Service - this time to a person who is richly deserving.

This recipient as a history of public service going back to a famous intelligence and espionage unit in World War II, and extending though particpation on behalf of the Federation in Arliington's Emergency Medical Commission.

Nobody has catalogued all the ad hoc committees where this person has represented the Federation, but one of them was the now-defunct Council of Northern Virginia Civic Federation Presidents. Other service has included the County Council of PTA's, the State Association of PTA's, the Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, and the Service League of Northern Virginia (now the Junior League). In some of these endeavors the awardee has worked with a similarly gifted spouse, a person who has contributed much in their own right but who has also gained our respect for the many appearances here as a patient supporter, waiting for the after-meeting conversations to die down to be able to depart, with never a whine or whimper.

This awardee has served as our President, and is a Journal Cup winner. Over the years many Federation Presidents have benefitted enormously from this person's sage and careful advice from the front row in times of stress. She is a professional parliamentarian whose services are sought - and paid for! -- by many other organizations, but she has donated that expertise to the Federation as our able and distinguished Parliamentarian all these years.

Please let her hear your approval as we present this Distinguished Meritorius Service Award to Jean Mostrom.


That's Jean on the left and Frances on the right, beaming.









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