Nine College Presidents Receive Bennett Lifetime Achievement Awards

Jackson, MS - Nine retiring college presidents were honored with the Michael Bennett Lifetime Achievement Award during Phi Theta Kappa's International Convention in Philadelphia. These college administrators provided many years of committed service to Phi Theta Kappa and their campus chapters.

Named in honor of the former college president of St. Petersburg College in Florida, Michael Bennett, this award is presented to retiring college administrators for their exemplary dedication to Phi Theta Kappa while promoting the goals and ideals of the Society. The selected administrators have also proven to be commendable supporters of their college's Phi Theta Kappa campus chapters and Phi Theta Kappa regions.

The 2008 Michael Bennett Lifetime Achievement Award recipients are:

K. Ray Bailey, President, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Asheville, North Carolina

Dr. Jonathan Daube, President, Manchester Community College, Manchester, Connecticut

Dr. Arthur DeCabooter, President, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, Arizona

Thomas Flynn, President, Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York

Dr. LaVern Franzen, President, Central Community College-Hastings, Hastings, Nebraska

Dr. Howell Garner, President, Copiah-Lincoln Community College-Wesson, Wesson, Mississippi

James Knott, Provost, Des Moines Area Community College-Carroll, Carroll, Iowa

Dr. William Simpson, President, John Wood Community College, Quincy, Illinois

Dr. Linda Stegall, President, Lone Star College-Kingwood, Kingwood, Texas

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, MS, is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,250 chapters on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than two million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 100,000 students inducted annually.

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