Nugent Awarded Paul Harris Fellow
Posted by Wes Brooks
on Aug 14, 2014
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On Tuesday, August 12, 2014, Dr. Katherine Nugent, Dean of the College of Nursing at The University of Southern Mississippi was recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow. Rotary Club of Hattiesburg President, Wes Brooks, presented this award to Dr. Nugent on behalf of Rotary International. Brooks gave the following remarks:
"The Paul Harris Fellowship is named for Paul Harris, who founded Rotary with three business associates in Chicago in 1905. The Fellowship was established in his honor in 1957 to express appreciation for a contribution of $1,000 to the humanitarian and educational programs of the Rotary Foundation. Those programs include an array of projects that save and invigorate the lives of people around the world and enhance international friendship and understanding. Foundation programs provide educational opportunities, food, potable water, health care, immunizations, and shelter for millions of persons.
These activities are funded, implemented and managed by Rotarians and Rotary Clubs around the globe. Rotarians also designate a Paul Harris Fellow to recognize another person whose life demonstrates a shared purpose with the objectives and mission of The Rotary Foundation to build world understanding and peace.
We move closer to a more peaceful world today as Dr. Katherine Nugent becomes a Paul Harris Fellow."