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HOF Festival General Chairman Alumni Association hold Annual Dinner

 

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival General Chairman Alumni Association held its annual dinner on September 6, 2007, at Brookside Country Club.  The association is comprised of all general chairmen since the Festival’s inception in 1965, and the members offer assistance to the Festival in the areas of sponsor recognition, promoting community awareness, and support in planning and producing the annual Festival events.

 

At the annual dinner, the 14th annual Individual Award of Merit was presented to John L. Muhlbach, “in recognition of his outstanding leadership, dedication, inspiration and support of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival.”  He has played a major role in the growth and success of the Pro Football Hall of Fame while simultaneously offering extraordinary support to the Festival activities.  Muhlbach served for 13 years as secretary and nine years as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and continues to serve as a member of the Board and its Executive Committee.  Ronald W. Dougherty, 1992 General Chairman of the Festival and current chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, presented the award to Muhlbach.

 

Also presented was the 13th annual Corporate Award of Merit to The M. Conley Company, generous supporters of the Festival since its inception, in a variety of ways including significant in-kind sponsorship of multiple events.  The award was presented by John R. Werren, 1997 General Chairman of the Festival, and accepted by Richard Conley, recently retired, and Michael Conley, current president of the company which has had a strong presence in the Canton community for the past 100 years.

 

Also a tradition at the annual dinner is the initiation into the association of the most recent General Chairman.  William T. Schauer, 2006 General Chairman, presented the ceremonial green jacket to Robert F. Belden, 2007 General Chairman.  Belden, who serves as president of The Belden Brick Company, joins 41 other men and women who have held this prestigious position over the years, and he was commended for his extraordinary leadership and dedication to the enhancement and growth of the Festival.

 

Tim Maloney, 1998 General Chairman, was master of ceremonies and was re-elected to a second two-year term as chairman of the Alumni Association. 

 

 

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