NFL Presents Distinguished Service Awards

RIPON, Wis. - I would like to take this opportunity both to congratulate those who received this year’s National Forensic League Distinguished Service Keys and Plaques and raise awareness about these important awards. Eighteen individuals received these citations this year, but it became clear to me through conversations both at Nationals and earlier in the year that many, many eligible coaches are not aware of these awards. (I myself was not aware of the process for obtaining these awards until fairly recently.)

So, to the coaches in the audience: after reading and congratulating the recipients, please be sure to read further for more details about how these awards are conferred. They are an excellent means of showing the value of your service to the forensics community to your school administration.

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The awards are listed in the chronological order they were presented.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE KEY
Michael Harvey (Skyline High School, ID)
John Lemaster (Alief Elsik High School, TX)
Michael Cunningham (Del Valle High School, TX)
Margaret A. Emelson (Lakewood High School, FL)
Timothy J. Hughes (Belton High School, MO)
Nicholas E. Owen (Salina High School, KS)
Daniel Jewett (Manchester Essex Regional High School, MA)
Lisa T. Honeyman (Newton South High School, MA)
Lynne Coyne (Lexington High School, MA)
Roger C. Paldauf (H.D. Jacobs High School, IL)
Gregory H. Cunningham, Jr. (Hull High School, MA)
P.J. Wexler (Needham High School, MA)

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE
Martha Benham (Cherry Creek High School, CO)
Glenda L. Sullivan (Dickson County High School, TN)
Marc Rischitelli (Shrewsbury High School, MA)

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE, SECOND HONORS
Derek L. Yuill (Gabrielino High School, CA)
Bill Jordan (Glendale High School, MO)

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE, FIFTH HONORS
The Rev. B.A. Gregg (Randolph Macon Academy, VA)

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE, SIXTH HONORS
The Rev. B.A. Gregg (Randolph Macon Academy, VA)

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE, SEVENTH HONORS
The Rev. B.A. Gregg (Randolph Macon Academy, VA)

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PLAQUE, EIGHTH HONORS
The Rev. B.A. Gregg (Randolph Macon Academy, VA)

RECEIVING KEYS & PLAQUES
Adapted from the NFL Chapter Manual

A special honor conferred by the NFL is the Distinguished Service Award. A special gold key is granted to a coach member for twenty citations and a bronze plaque is given for each additional fifty citations for the following services:

Recruiting a new chapter …………………………………………………2
Sponsoring new chapter…………………………………………………..2
Year as District Chairman…………………………………………………1-3
Member of District Committee………………………………………….1
Year as National Officer…………………………………………………..3
Managing NFL District Tournament or
Student Congress…………………………………………………………..1-3
Holding tournament for ten schools……………………………………1
Directing tournament for ten schools………………………………..1
Service at national tournament………………………………………..1-3
Article in the Rostrum……………………………………………………..1-3
Article on NFL in educational journal …………………………………1-3
Talk on NFL before convention………………………………………….1-3
Other service requested by Council……………………………………1-5

Whenever a member is entitled to a citation, the Citations For Service for Form should be filled out and sent to the National Office, but no application should be submitted for a service not specifically listed above.

The service should be described by citing time, place, name, or event so as to establish its identity beyond possibility of confusion with any similar one.

Several services may be listed on one blank, but the forms should not be crowded.

Citations must be applied for within two years from the date of the service or they cannot be allowed. Signature of school official is required only if the service has not been established by national record or attached papers. Citations approved at the National Office will be signed by the Executive Secretary and kept at the National Office until the number required for an award has been attained. At that time they should again be sent to the NFL office to claim the award.

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