FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES FLORIDA STATE AERIE HALL OF FAME PREAMBLE, BY-LAWS AND MEMBERSHIP LIST JUNE 2018
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES FLORIDA STATE AERIE HALL OF FAME PREAMBLE PURPOSE The Fraternal Order of Eagles, Florida State Aerie, has a long and rich tradi on of social and charity accomplishments. It is only fi ng that the organiza on remembers, recognizes, and honors the outstanding achievements and contribu ons of its members. NAME Therefore, hereby is established a FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES, FLORIDA STATE AERIE, HALL OF FAME to create a las ng tribute to those who have brought honor to themselves, the Florida State Aerie and our fraternity.
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES FLORIDA STATE AERIE HALL OF FAME BY-LAWS ARTICLE I - SELECTION COMMITTEE Sec on 1. There is hereby established a selec on commi ee of the Florida State Aerie. Such commi ee shall be composed of all living current Hall of Fame members. Sec on 2. The selec on commi ee shall select a Chairman and Recording Secretary from within its members. ARTICLE II MEETINGS Sec on 1. The annual mee ng of the selec on commi ee for the purpose of elec on of officers for the ensuing year and selec on of candidates for enshrinement into the Florida State Hall of Fame shall be held in conjunc on with the annual Florida State Conven on. Sec on 2. The selec on commi ee shall present plaques and name tags to those members selected for enshrinement during the Florida Mid-Winter Conference. ARTICLE III ELIGIBILITY Sec on 1. Any member in a local Aerie in the State of Florida, who has accumulated not less than fi een (15) years of membership in the Fraternal Order of Eagles and is in good standing on the rolls of a local Florida Aerie, is eligible for nomina on. Sec on 2. In case of a deceased member, such member shall have been in good standing on the rolls of the local Aerie at the me of his demise with not less than fi een (15) years of membership in the Fraternal Order of Eagles to be eligible for nomina on. Sec on 3. To be eligible, a prospec ve nominee shall, during the course of their membership in the Fraternal Order of Eagles, demonstrated outstanding character, leadership and service to the
Florida State Aerie together with dedica on to the principles of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. ARTICLE IV - PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION Sec on 1. Each local Florida Aerie may sponsor one (1) candidate for nomina on to the Florida State Hall of Fame. Such sponsorship is not limited to the members in the sponsoring Aerie, but can be from any Aerie within the state of Florida. Sec on 2. The nominee recommended must be approved by a mo on on the membership floor at a regular Aerie membership mee ng. Sec on 3. The local Aerie Secretary shall furnish the Florida State Hall of Fame Recording Secretary a short one-page resume/le er of recommenda on including a statement that the member being recommended meets all the eligibility requirements. It shall be a ested too, with the proper Aerie seal and the signatures of the local Secretary and Worthy President. Sec on 4. All submissions must be received by the Florida State Hall of Fame Recording Secretary no later than sixty (60) days prior to the annual Florida State conven on. No submissions received a er the cutoff date will be considered in the current year. Sec on 5. All submissions shall become the property of the Florida State Aerie Hall of Fame Commi ee. ARTICLE V - SELECTION AND ENSHRINEMENT Sec on 1. From the local Aerie submissions, the selec on commi ee, by majority vote, will select no more than three (3) living members and two (2) deceased members for induc on into the Florida State Hall of Fame in any one year. The Hall of Fame Commi ee may nominate addi onal candidates if deemed in the best interest of the Commi ee. Sec on 2. Submissions that are not accepted for enshrinement during the current year will be retained by the selec on commi ee for a period of one (1) addi onal year provided their eligibility is retained.
Sec on 3. At the annual Florida State Conven on, the Hall of Fame Chairman shall announce the approved selec ons that are to be enshrined in the Florida State Hall of Fame. Sec on 4. The Florida State Execu ve Board shall provide a master plaque on which all enshrined names will be inscribed. The plaque shall be permanently located in the Memorial Library Building at the Eagle Village facility in Bradenton, Florida. Sec on 5. Each living member shall be presented with a suitable personal plaque and name tag at the Mid-Winter Conference. ARTICLE VI AMENDMENTS Sec on 1. The Florida State Hall of Fame selec on commi ee reserves the right to revoke, alter or amend these by-laws upon vote of two thirds of the members present at any legally called mee ng. These By-Laws were voted into acceptance on June 16, 2017 and remain in effect un l otherwise amended or repealed by the Florida State Hall of Fame Commi ee. Roger Geoff Robe Chairman Florida State Hall of Fame Commi ee Paul A. Neumann Recording Secretary Florida State Hall of Fame Commi ee
FLORIDA STATE AERIE HALL OF FAME MEMBERS Last Name First Name Aerie # Year Comments 1 BANASZEWSKI RAY 3885 2010 2 BOBO CECIL 3822 2018 PSP 3 BRANCACCIO JOHN 4048 2015 PSP 4 BUTTERFIELD BYRON 3944 1992 PSP 5 CALHOUN JOHN (TOMAHAWK) 4267 2011 PSP 6 CASE HOWARD 4399 2006 7 COVER DAN 4216 2012 PSP 8 DAVISON ROBERT J. 4374 2017 9 FORS RON 3700 2004 10 GINGRAS D. JOHN 4216 2006 PSP 11 HALL GREG 4505 2018 12 HUSTON WILLIAM J. 4509 2016 13 KNOX THOMAS C. 3140 2017 PSP 14 LALLY THOMAS E. 4273 2016 15 LOWE DAVID 3296 2018 PSP 16 MAGRI JOE 4267 2014 17 MANZO JOE 2756 2005 PSP 18 MARCOTTE, JR LES 3153 2007 PSP 19 MCGOVERN JOHN 3482 2009 20 NEUMANN PAUL 3496 2013 21 PATTON JEFF D. 4527 2017 22 PENDER CHARLES (CAP) 3632 2009 PSP 23 PITTS CECIL 3483 2008 NGS 24 REPP ERNIE 3496 2003 PSP 25 ROBE ROGER (GEOFF) 3496 2014 PSP 26 ROSS DAVID 3496 2010 27 SARGENT ABNER (SARGE) 4273 2009 HPSP 28 SCOTT RICHARD 3153 2014 PSP 29 VIGH ROBERT 3496 2017 30 WESTFALL DONALD 3496 1999 HPSP 31 WRIGHT CARL R. 4242 2016 Comments: PSP = Past State President HPSP = Honorary Past State President NGS = Not in Good Standing (FOE)
DECEASED MEMBERS Last Name First Name Aerie # Year Comments D ALLEN ROGER 3496 2006 D APPEL DON 4449 1989 PSP D BARBER BERNARD 3452 1989 D BECKETT MONK 3140 1990 D BOWMAN ROBERT 3752 2017 D BURLEY WALTER 4089 2005 D CARTER GEORGE 3800 2007 D CLEPHANE WILBUR 2756 1988 PSP D COLLETT E.L. (BUD) 3153 1993 PSP D KEENAGHAN KEVIN 2756 1995 PSP D KISTLER DICK 2756 2009 D KUCHERICK WILLIAM 2756 2003 D LARSEN ROBERT 3496 2015 D LUTZ DAVID 2756 2009 D MARCHIANO BOB 4249 2001 D MCCLINTIC ALBERT 3658 1995 PSP D MILLING JAMES DUSTIN 3694 2007 D NICKOLS GEORGE 4267 2001 PSP D PASCARIELLA ANTHONY 3171 1988 PSP D PETERSON PETE 4089 2013 D QUATKAMEYER TONY 2756 1998 PSP D QUESNEL ROGER 4009 2000 PSP D REEVES LARRY 4089 2002 D RICHBURG GARY 4194 2008 PSP D RIDDLE BILL 3204 2015 D RINGWALT GEORGE 3496 1988 D ROTH DON 4028 2002 PSP D SABOURIN LEO 3700 1989 PSP D VARACALLI JOE 4002 2008 D WATSON RANDY 3452 2005 PSP D WHITTEN WILLIAM A. 4216 2016 PSP D WILLIAMS DALE 3550 2000 PSP
ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE OPENING Call to Order... Chairman Reading of Minutes of the Previous Mee ng... Secretary OLD BUSINESS Changes in Hall of Fame Membership... Secretary (Deaths, FOE Standing, etc.) NOMINATIONS FOR HALL OF FAME Aerie Wri en Submissions... Secretary Commi ee Submissions... Members NEW BUSINESS Elec on of the Chairman... Chairman Elec on of Secretary... Chairman CLOSING