Behringer Crawford Museum will present its annual Two-Headed Calf Awards Saturday at a gala celebration stating at 6 p.m. at Northern Kentucky Unversity’s Votruba Student Union Ballroom.
The 2015 award winners are:
Service to the Community: Daniel R. Groneck, U.S. Bank Northern Kentucky Market President
With more than 40 years of banking experience, Dan Groneck has served as Northern Kentucky Market President of U.S. Bank since 2001 with responsibilities for retail and commercial operations and marketing for Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties. He serves as advocate and senior adviser to three U.S. Bank groups: Veterans’ “Proud to Serve,” Employee Mentor/Mentee Program and the Multi-Cultural Initiative. He has had a lifetime of nonprofit volunteerism, having served on more than a dozen regional boards for civic, business and educational organizations. He is passionately involved in charitable activities and has led successful educational fundraising campaigns for such causes as Catholic Urban Education and Thomas More College.
Service to History: Paul A. Tenkotte, NKU Professor of History;
Paul Tenkotte’s interest in and knowledge of Northern Kentucky history has inspired numerous contributions to the conservancy of the region’s past in the forms of articles, books, videos and events. The recipient of a Ph.D. from University of Cincinnati, he served 23 years at Thomas More College before joining the NKU faculty in 2009. While at Thomas More, he directed the National Bicentennial Competition on the Constitution and Bill of Rights for three U.S. Congressional districts and was named the 1989-90 “Outstanding Teacher of the Year.” He played a key role in the creation of several PBS documentaries, including A History of Northern Kentucky, which won two Emmy awards. He is a co-author of the 1,100-page The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky and the recently published bicentennial book, Gateway City: Covington, Kentucky, 1815. Dr. Tenkotte is currently a Professor of History and Director of the Center for Public History at NKU, and chairs the History and Education Committee of the Covington Bicentennial Project.
Service to Learning: Jim R. Hicks, Dixie Heights High School chemistry and physics teacher;
Jim Hicks’ 45-year career as an educator includes 34 years teaching at Cumberland College, where he served 10 years as chair of the chemistry department, co-founded the college’s Chemistry Symposium and Science Olympiad, co-authored a million-dollar grant and received the college’s first public service award. In 2004, he joined the faculty at Lloyd High School and later, Dixie Heights High School, where he developed an innovative course which used amateur radio as a lens for teaching physics, and garnered international attention for his innovative and highly successful approach. Hicks, who will retire after this year, has had a significant impact on his students over the years and has guided many of them into science, technology, medical and related careers.
Special Recognition for Academic Improvement: Glenn O. Swing Elementary School, Covington.
Tickets are $100 each. Call 859-491-4003 or email Executive Director Laurie Risch at lrisch@bcmuseum.org for information.
A special raffle will include a one-of-a-kind bottle of Woodford Research bourbon embossed with Behringer-Crawford Museum’s distinctive Two-Headed Calf logo and a glamours Baroni “Rainwash” necklace and earring set.
Behringer-Crawford Museum in Devou Park is serious about its mission as “a center for the collection, presentation, study and enjoyment of our natural, cultural, and visual and performing arts heritage” – and serious about its exhibits that capture Northern Kentucky’s story.
But the museum has always had a good sense of fun, too. And perhaps nothing symbolizes that good humor more than the museum’s taxidermic prize, the two-headed calf. So, in the spirit of both serious devotion to the mission of the museum and BCM’s reputation as a fun place to visit, it annually presents “Two-Headed Calf Community Service Awards” to Northern Kentuckians with outstanding contributions to the preservation and celebration of local history, art and culture.
From Behringer-Crawford