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Show So. Utah Leaders Cited At SUU Founders Day PANGUITCH Dorothy Houston of Panguitch was one of 16 community leaders from southern south-ern Utah honored recently at Southern Utah University's Founders Day. The annual activities commemorate commemo-rate SUU's establishment as an institution in-stitution of higher learning on Mar. 11, 1897. However, the effort to keep the school open and to construct con-struct its first campus building, Old Main, proved to be an epic struggle that succeeded only due to the extensive ex-tensive volunteer efforts of local citizens. ci-tizens. Because of the community sacrifice involved in establishing the school, it has become a tradition at SUU over the years to honor leaders from cities and towns throughout the region who make similar sacrifices for, and contributions to, their respective communities. The 16 southern Utahns selected this year were awarded Southern Utah Honors Medallions at a special spe-cial 2 p.m. ceremony. Together with their families, they were the guests of honor that evening at the annual Founder's Day Banquet held in the Gilbert Great Hall of SUU's Hunter Conference Center. In addition ad-dition to a musical tribute by SUU's 70-member Concert Choir, the 16 Honors Medallions recipients were Dorothy Houston honored by SUU President Gerald R. Sherratt and Leon Chidcster, professor of language and literature. Dorothy May Ward Houston was born in Bloomington, Ida. and earned a "normal" or teaching degree de-gree from Brigham Young University. Univer-sity. In 1945, she completed a bachelor's degree at BYU, becoming becom-ing the first teacher at Panguitch Elementary to do so. She taught for See Houston Honored Page 5A Houston Honored From Page 1 two years in her hometown before accepting a position in Panguitch. It was the beginning of a lifelong commitment to the community that matched her already established devotion de-votion to education. She has been active in scouting programs for decades, has served as president of her Parent Teacher Association As-sociation (PTA) and Business and Professional Women's (BPW) club chapters, and served as captain of her Daughters of the Utah Pioneers chapter. Although she retired from teaching after 40 years, Houston continues to contribute to education as a volunteer tutor. |