Posted 7:36 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Pat Stephens, ’71, UW-L director of collegiate gifts, was one of the recipients of Viterbo University’s 2013 Pope John XXIII Award for Distinguished Service.
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Pat Stephens, ’71, UW-L director of collegiate gifts, was one of the recipients of Viterbo University’s 2013 Pope John XXIII Award for Distinguished Service. The awards were conferred at a banquet and ceremony Tuesday, June 4, at Viterbo University in La Crosse.
The award is one of the highest non-academic awards conferred by Viterbo University. It was established in 1975 to recognize those men and women who have distinguished themselves through service to higher education, to community, to humankind. Recipients are selected by the executive committee of the Board of Advisors on the basis of outstanding leadership and exemplification of the spirit of Pope John XXIII.
Stephens is well known to the community for his role in founding the La Crosse Rotary Festival of Lights in 1995. Nearly two decades later, he remains president of this huge community effort which also generates over 225,000 items for local food shelves. Stephens also established La Crosse Irishfest and is a founding board member of the Let Freedom Ring Honor Flight. He continues to be active in dozens of community service projects and organizations.
Other recipients of the 2013 award include Father André Cirino, OFM, a renowned Franciscan scholar, and Dick and Doreen Brostrom, a couple who launched second careers as full-time volunteers.
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Pat Stephens, ’71, UW-L director of collegiate gifts, was one of the recipients of Viterbo University’s 2013 Pope John XXIII Award for Distinguished Service. The awards were conferred at a banquet and ceremony Tuesday, June 4, at Viterbo University in La Crosse.
The award is one of the highest non-academic awards conferred by Viterbo University. It was established in 1975 to recognize those men and women who have distinguished themselves through service to higher education, to community, to humankind. Recipients are selected by the executive committee of the Board of Advisors on the basis of outstanding leadership and exemplification of the spirit of Pope John XXIII.
Stephens is well known to the community for his role in founding the La Crosse Rotary Festival of Lights in 1995. Nearly two decades later, he remains president of this huge community effort which also generates over 225,000 items for local food shelves. Stephens also established La Crosse Irishfest and is a founding board member of the Let Freedom Ring Honor Flight. He continues to be active in dozens of community service projects and organizations.
Other recipients of the 2013 award include Father André Cirino, OFM, a renowned Franciscan scholar, and Dick and Doreen Brostrom, a couple who launched second careers as full-time volunteers.