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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: Oct. 15, 2002

Contact: Anthony Flott

aflott@mail.unomaha.edu

(402) 554-2989

 

 

2002 Outstanding Service Awards

(OMAHA, NE) — The UNO Alumni Association issued three of its Outstanding Service Awards during the organization’s annual Chairman of the Board Dinner Tuesday, Oct. 15.

 

The dinner, hosted by Alumni Association Chairman of the Board Don Winters, was held at Ironwood Country Club in appreciation for the efforts of the 27-member UNO Alumni Association Board of Directors.

 

Outstanding Service Awards honor faculty, staff, alumni or friends who have shown continuous, outstanding service to the alumni association and/or university. Receiving 2002 Outstanding Service Awards were Gary Anderson, Bruce W. Bisson and Ruth Manning.

 

Anderson is UNO’s director of Sports Information, a post he has held since 1979. He has been instrumental in serving the Alumni Association’s Hall of Fame Nominating and Selection Committees, serving on the former body for 23 years while also serving as a liaison to the latter. The Hall of Fame promotes recognition of outstanding athletic achievement and/or support to UNO’s athletic programs. Anderson was sports editor of the Gateway, UNO’s student newspaper, from 1968-70.

 

Bisson is past chairman of the Association’s Board of Directors. During his tenure as chairman the Association raised a record-$40,000 at the annual Scholarship Swing golf outing. It also topped $425,000 in unrestricted donations to the 2001 UNO Annual Fund. Bisson is a 1978 UNO graduate with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He is chief operating officer of Nexadental, an Omaha-based company which sells dental and orthodontic supplies, products and services to customers worldwide.

 

Though she retired in 1998 after a long career with UNO’s department of University Relations, Manning remains an active presence on campus. She assists with planning for the annual Chancellor’s Scholarship Swing fund raiser and volunteers her time coordinating activities on the day of the event. Manning also occasionally staffs the reception lobby of the Association’s William H. Thompson Alumni Center when a replacement is needed and serves on the board of UNO’s Program for Women and Successful Aging.

 

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