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Chattanooga Bar Association
2009
LIBERTY
BELL AWARD
C. Wayne Keylon
Wayne Keylon's passion for seeing lives changed began shortly after God began changing his own life over 30 years ago. In the mid-70's, Wayne resigned from his job at DuPont after 13 years to co-pioneer the Teen Challenge of the Mid-South ministry in Chattanooga. With a heart full of gratitude for growing up in a country that provides opportunities for everyone to realize their dreams, Wayne's passion fueled by a desire to see people overcome the bondage of drugs and alcohol to live a life of freedom, often working with the courts to offer an opportunity for rehabilitation instead of incarceration to young men and women. In 2001, Wayne was approached by former Chattanooga Police Chief Jimmy Dotson and District Attorney Bill Cox and presented that fact that drugs in our community were rampart and crime was increasing to a level that if something was done to get the local churches and Christian community involved "we would not recognize our city in 10 years," as Jimmy Dotson warned. As a result of that meeting, in 2002 the Transformation Project was founded as a faith-based alternative sentencing and rehabilitation program. Since 2004, the Transformation Project has ministered to thousands of inmates and their families, with a small percentage of those inmates being released to the Transformation Project's Post-Release program. 57 individuals have graduated from this Project. As the participant's have experienced a life change of their own, they have embraced the process of accountability and structure to the point that 15 of those graduates have completed the training to work as a volunteer in the program.
Each year, the Chattanooga Bar Association honors an outstanding citizen in the
Chattanooga area with the “
Liberty
Bell Award” for public service. Nominations are currently being solicited for the 2009 award, to be presented during the Law Day Luncheon. This year’s event will be held
Friday, May 1, 2009. All nominations should be sent in by
April 13, 2009 to: Lynda Minks Hood, Executive Director, Chattanooga Bar Association, The
Pioneer
Building , Suite 420, 801 Broad Street
Chattanooga ,
TN
37402 .
The purpose of the “
Liberty
Bell Award” is to recognize community service that has strengthened the
America system of freedom under law. In selecting the recipient of this award, the Chattanooga Bar Association considers such service as including activities which (1) promotes better understanding of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights; (2) encourage a greater respect for the law and the courts; (3) stimulates a deeper sense of individual responsibility so that citizens recognize their duties as well as their rights; (4) contribute to the effective functioning of our institutions of government; and (5) foster a better understanding and appreciation of the rule of law. This prestigious award, presented annually by the Chattanooga Bar Association, will be selected from nominations received by the awards judges. Lawyers and judges are not eligible for the award; however, all other fields of endeavor are intended for the inclusion, namely education, business, sciences, communications, labor, government, religion, professions and youth organizations.
RECIPIENTS of the LIBERTY BELL AWARD
1964 *William O. Hubbuch
1965 *William E. Brock,
Jr.
1966 *Raymond R. Murphy, Sr.
1967 Rev. John H. Bonner,
Jr.
1968 Mr. Lee S. Anderson
1969 *Dr. James L. Fowle
1970 *Dr. C.C. Bond
1971 *
Co. Creed F. Bates
1972 *Dr. Jesse E. Adams
1973 *Dr. J. Fred Johnson, Sr.
1974 *Roy C. Noel, Sr.
1975 Mrs. Margaret Cooper
1976 *Dr. Spencer J. McCallie Jr.
1977 Dr. Lee S. Roberson
1978 *Joseph H. Davenport, Jr.
1979 * Gordon P. Street, Sr.
1980 Ms Mai
Bell Hurley
1981 none chosen
1982 Mr. Luther Masingill
*1983 Morris J. Slutsky
*1984 Carey Hanlin
1985 Joseph F. Decosimo
1986 Colonel Roger Ingvalson
*1987 John Popham
1988 *Sam McConnell
1989 Sarah Faires /Alfred Law Jr.
1990 Ruth Holmberg
1992 Rabbi Ken Kantor
1993 *Anne Dixson
1994 Paul J. Kinser
1995 Martha McCarley
1996 Dr. Dennis L. Bizzoco
1997
Charlotte B. Boatwright
1998 Rev. Paul A. McDaniel
1999 Linda Mines
2000
Vernon W. Cox
2001 *Flo Summitt
2002 Harold L. Coker
2003 Judith Medearis
2004 James Mapp
2005 Robert Oliver
2006 Julie Baumgardner
2007 Paul Neely
2008 Bill Markham
* Deceased
Nomination Form
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