The SAR MAGAZINE is the official quarterly publication of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution published quarterly.
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WINTER 2014-2015 15 LARRY T. GUZY Registrar General Candidate for Treasurer General 2015-2016 Professional • Retired 2013 after 28 years as CEO and CFO of corporation I founded in 1985. National • Life member since 1998, member since 1995 • Minuteman Class of 2006 • Congress Planning Chairman, 2006-2009 • Task force co-chair, Center for Advancing America's Heritage Development 2008 • Vice President General, South Atlantic District, 2003-2004 • Chairman, Council of Vice Presidents General, 2003-2004 • Membership Committee Chair or Co-Chair, 2002-2006 • Secretary/Treasurer Council of State Presidents, 2005-2007 • First line signer of over 145 members • Holder of 6 National Gold Medals Georgia Society • President GASSAR, 2000-2001; Trustee, 2001-2002 • Many GA Committees including 2015 Nominating • Captain John Collins Chapter—84 charter members. Founding President, later Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Membership, Editor Collins Dispatch, since 2001 • President, Piedmont Chapter, 1998-1999 • 2009 Georgia Congress Planning Chair since 2001 Personal • Lt. U.S. Navy Reserves, 1970-1973, Active Duty • BS Math, Marquette University • Eagle Scout 1961, OA 1962, Brotherhood 1963 • Married to Karin E. Guzy since 1969 Early endorsements by Atlantic Middle States, South Atlantic District, AL, OH, VA, FL, SC, & Georgia Societies Mail endorsement letters to: PG Joseph Dooley, Chairman NSSAR Nominating Committee joexyz@verizon.net 3105 Faber Drive, Falls Church, VA 22044-1712 ne of the most important medals the Sons of the American Revolution may present is the Gold Good Citizenship Medal. Authorized in 1954, it is awarded for outstanding and unusual patriotic achievement and service of national importance to persons of prominence on a national level. The service may be in government (including military service), religion, education, business, and other professions or fields. The medal may be presented by the National Society, a state society or a chapter (with the approval of the chapter's state society). The medal may be awarded to an SAR member, but not for SAR service—a compatriot must meet the requirements of outstanding and unusual patriotic achievement on a national level. Only two Gold Good Citizenship Medals may be presented by a state society (or chapter within the state) per calendar year. As this is one of the highest honors that the SAR may present, societies are requested to arrange a dignified presentation with appropriate media coverage. If your state society has a qualified recipient in mind, your state president may fill out the Gold Good Citizenship Medal Application Form, which is posted on the SAR website, and submit it to SAR Executive Director Don Shaw. Once the application is submitted, the Medals & Awards Committee will evaluate it and make a recommendation to the Executive Committee to approve or reject it. In evaluating applications, the Medals & Awards Committee only considers the national outstanding and unusual patriotic service, so do not include state or local service. Not all applications will be approved, so please be sure the proposed recipient truly qualifies. All the requirements may be found in the SAR Handbook, Volume V. Among the notable past recipients of the Gold Good Citizenship Medal are: British Prime Minister Tony Blair (2003, TXSSAR), Tom Brokaw (2002, NSSAR), President George H.W. Bush (1989, TXSSAR), President George W. Bush (2003, TXSSAR), King Juan Carlos of Spain (1997, NSSAR), Jack Dempsey (1970, Empire State Society), Gen. Jimmy Doolittle (1975, Miami Chapter, Fla.), Sen. Barry Goldwater (Los Angeles Chapter, Calif.), Mayor Rudy Guiliani (1995, Empire State Society), Lee Iacocca (1987, MISSAR), Sen. William F. Knowland (1968, CASSAR), King Mohammed V of Morocco (1957, Empire State Society), Gov. Ronald Reagan (1972, CASSAR), Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover (1966, Stony Point Chapter, N.Y.), Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf (1991, NSSAR), Gary Sinise (2011, ILSSAR), Sen. Strom Thurmond (1959, NSSAR), President Harry S. Truman (1967, NSSAR), Gen. William Westmoreland (1983, Andrew Jackson Chapter, Tenn.) and Admiral Elmo Zumwalt (1978, WISSAR). — Stephen Renouf, Chairman, NSSAR Medals & Awards Committee SAR Gold Good Citizenship Medal O Actor Gary Sinise is one of the most recent notable recipients of the SAR Gold Good Citizenship Medal