Medals of Honor go to Russell and Bell in Boca Raton.Terry Russell and Elizabeth Lander "Budd" Bell will receive The Florida Bar The Florida Bar is the mandatory state bar association for the state of Florida. It is the third largest such bar association in the United States. Its duties include the regulation and discipline of attorneys. Foundation's Medal of Honor Medal of Honor highest American military decoration for wartime gallantry. [Am. Hist.: Misc.] See : Bravery Award at the Foundation's Annual Reception and Dinner June 19 at The Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. Resort and Club. Russell, a former Bar and Foundation president, will receive the Medal of Honor Award for his "compassion compassion, n a profound awareness of another's suffering coupled with a desire to alleviate that suffering. and undaunting efforts to secure state funding for legal assistance for the poor through the Florida Civil Legal Assistance Act." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bell, 93, will receive the award in the nonlawyer category for her "tireless dedication in over four decades of volunteer advocacy to improve the lives of Florida's children, elderly, and the disabled." The Florida Bar Foundation Medal of Honor Award, established in 1977, has two award categories. The first is for a member of The Florida Bar who has demonstrated his or her dedication to the objectives of The Florida Bar as set out in the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar: "to inculcate in·cul·cate tr.v. in·cul·cat·ed, in·cul·cat·ing, in·cul·cates 1. To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill: inculcating sound principles. in its members the principles of duty and service to the public, to improve the administration of justice, and to advance the science of jurisprudence jurisprudence (j  r'ĭspr d`əns), study of the nature and the origin and development of law. ." The Medal of Honor may also be awarded
to a member of the public or a lawyer not actively engaged in the
practice of law who has made outstanding achievements in improving the
administration of justice in Florida.
Tickets for the annual dinner are $75 each, $70 for Foundation Fellows. Make reservations by calling the Foundation at (800) 541-2195 or (407) 843-0045 by June 13. |
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