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| Issue 7 - August 2022 | |||||||||
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Fellow Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society members. You will recall that the Board of Directors has gone dark for the months of July and August. Monthly BOD meetings will commence on 14 September. Even though the BOD is dark, the business of your Society continues. I offer the following updates: Officers and Directors for 2023 – 2024:
The Nominating Committee will offer a slate of Officers and Directors for consideration in November. Additional nominations may be made until elections are held at the Annual Membership Meeting in January. In addition to these elected positions, we are aggressively seeking an Assistant Treasurer (back-up for Jerry Wojtas) and a Chaplain. The specifics of each office can be found in the Society Website/Guiding Documents/Bylaws. Please give thought to these available positions. The Society is entering a time in which a number of new opportunities are surfacing; it is a time we can make a significant difference. 2022 AVHOF Class Induction: 2023 Patriotic Awards Luncheon: Copper Sword and Copper Eagle Awards: Scholarships: We are actively looking at the opportunity to offer two or possibly three Veteran scholarships in 2023. While plans for this change are not yet complete, we are actively moving forward and hope to provide more Veteran Scholarships in years to come. New Activities / Society Programs: |
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The new fiscal year started very quickly with a few members wanting to be the first to contribute their annual commitment to our Century Club. As of this date we have had members donate $1,200. Let’s hope that many more follow suit. On July 28th, my wife and a group of friends depart on a 10-day trip to Germany. As such, my comments appearing here were written before the month ended. I hope that all of you are enjoying the summer. Keep in mind that your board is constantly working on programs and activities many months ahead. Like I always try to do, I want to point out that if you’re mailing anything to the Hall of Fame Society, please use the full address as it appears below. ARIZONA VETERANS HALL OF FAME SOCIETY Listed below are those members who have contributed to our Century Club since July 1. CENTURY CLUB DONATIONS (FY Goal is $10,000. Total to date is $10,071) BLACK- up to $100 GREEN - $101-$199 BLUE - $200-$299 RED - $300 and above GOLD - $400 and above Listed below are those who have contributed so far in 2021.
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| CLASS OF 2022 TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON | |||||||||
It’s time to start making your plans to attend the 2022 Reception and Induction of new Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame members. Talking Stick Resort & Conference Center, 9800 Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, will again be the venue on 14 October. The day begins with a reception at 7:30 a.m. This portion of the program is for Inductees, Nominators and Society members only. The much anticipated ceremony will begin at 11:30 a.m. and will include entertainment, lunch and the induction of the Class of 2022. An event that will provide a memorable experience. Please plan to attend in support of new class members. Valet parking is complimentary as well as cart service from remote parking. Rooms will be available for Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. There will indeed be a special rate for induction attendees. Luncheon reservations are required by 25 September, no walk-ins please, an early bird fee is available until September 15th. Check out the following website for reservations. azuav.org. The Unified Arizona Veterans (UAV) board of directors and induction committee work all year in order to present this event for you in honor of the inductees for their service to veterans, the state of Arizona, as well as communities North, South, East and West Arizona. This service includes helping veterans with disabilities, raising money for scholarships and veteran programs, service for community hospitals, churches, museums and much, much more. After induction the class is automatically included in Society membership. The AVHOF is the only avenue to become part of your organization. So, please plan to attend the ceremony on 14 October to celebrate your new members, the Class of 2022. As of this date the names have not been released. Stay tuned, the announcement is coming!
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Request you let us know as soon as you know of an inductee’s passing. If available, we would like to know the inductee’s name, date of passing, funeral, and memorial service details, and a copy of the obituary. Send notices to Jim Monroe at j.c.monroe@cox.net. Known members that passed in 2022.
ALEXANDER WHITE (Class of 2014)
Published in The Arizona Republic |
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| Many of our Society members are very active in their communities. You are invited to send me copy-ready articles with good quality pictures of our “members in action”. Be sure to identify the people in the pictures.We will select articles as space allows. Please send to me (Tom Hessler) at tjhessler@cox.net. | |||||||||
Alexander Bialywlos White, M.D. passed away peacefully on July 18, 2022, in his 100th year, at home in Scottsdale, Arizona, surrounded by his wife and children. He was born June 4, 1923, in Krosno, Poland. The only member of his family of six to survive the Holocaust, he was, toward the end of the War, part of the famous Schindler’s List (#269). He lived the advice of his father whose last words to him were, before being gassed, “If you survive and I hope you do, be a mensch,” which means a good human being. After being liberated on the last day of the War in Europe, May 8, 1945, Alex became a refugee in the American zone near Munich, Germany, where he went to medical school. He emigrated to the United States in 1950, got married, joined the army, became a citizen, and practiced medicine, mostly in the Chicago area for close to 50 years before retiring to Arizona. He also taught at the Chicago Medical School (now Rosalind Franklin University), and became a Holocaust educator, speaking about his experiences not only in the United States but in Germany and his hometown of Krosno – and during the pandemic, over zoom. He titled his memoirs, Be a Mensch. A proud veteran, he was elected to the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame. He will be deeply, deeply missed, not only for his humanity, integrity, and acceptance, but his unique sense of humor and fun, and his memory: what a memory! He had a great desire to live. He continued to keep up with the medical field, and even went to the gym up to the week before he died. He is survived by his wife of sixty-nine years, Inez, and his children Denise, Les, and Julie White-North (Jay), and the thousands who heard him speak. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Arizona Jewish Historical Society (AZJHS), 122 East Culver Street, Phoenix, Arizona, 85004 or Hospice of the Valley. Videos of his speaking can be found on the AZJHS webpage and on YouTube. Photo taken January 19, 2019, at Steven Geiger’s Mensch International Foundation