White Receives AAFCS
Distinguished Service Award
(Alexandria, Va. - July 14, 2008) — Lynn B. White, professor and family economics specialist emerita, Texas Agrilife Extension, The Texas A&M University, was honored with the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences’ (AAFCS) most prestigious national award, the AAFCS Distinguished Service Award, at its recent 99th Annual Conference & Expo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
After graduating from Texas Tech University with a B.S. and M.S. degree in home economics education, White began her career as a high school homemaking teacher in Clarendon, Texas. In 1972, she began what became a 30-year career with Texas Agrilife Extension. Throughout her career as an Extension professional, White enthusiastically applied her expertise in family economics and skills in program development toward improving the lives of individuals and families in Texas and throughout the United States. She was a founding member and served on the Board for the Texas Rural Leadership Program, and a task force she led on welfare reform resulted in the program “Building Self-Sufficient Families,” a program that is still used statewide.
White’s service to the Texas Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (TAFCS) is
equally long-standing; she has served in multiple leadership positions at the affiliate level. Her service to the Public Policy Committee has resulted in a higher visibility of the profession in the public policy arena, and she persistently models use of the National Issues Forum to engage citizens in all walks of life in deliberation about policy issues.
The other AAFCS 2008 Distinguished Service Award recipients are:
Janett Gibbs, retired family resource management specialist, former home economist, former University of Georgia home economics instructor, and former Carson-Newman College assistant professor
C. Sue Miles, retired human development faculty and administrator, Cornell and West Virginia Universities
About AAFCS
Founded in 1909, AAFCS is the only national not-for-profit
501 (c)(3) organization providing leadership and support
to FCS students and professionals in multiple practice
settings. FCS professionals help individuals, families,
and communities make informed decisions about their
well-being, relationships, and resources to achieve
optimal quality of life. AAFCS’ 7,000 members are
elementary, secondary, and post-secondary educators,
researchers, and administrators; Cooperative Extension
educators; and other professionals in business and
industry, not-for-profit organizations, and government.
With national headquarters based in Alexandria, Va.,
AAFCS has 52 affiliates located across the United
States and Puerto Rico.
Interviews/Quotes
For more information or quotes, please contact Gwynn
Mason at 703-706-4600, ext. 4621, or gmason@aafcs.org.
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