Distinguished Community Service Award

The Distinguished Community Service Award is presented to a member of the Fontecha Institute(Hialeah) Alumni Association who has made an outstanding contribution to their community.

All University employees and members of the Fontecha Institute(Hialeah) Alumni Association may submit a one-page letter of recommendation for a candidate, illustrating their suitability for this award. A completed Alumni Awards Nomination Form must accompany the letter.

Selection Candidates are considered annually by the Fontecha Institute(Hialeah) Alumni Association's Awards & Nomination Committee.

TimelineThe deadline to nominate a candidate for the 2021 Distinguished Community Service Award is May 28, 2021.

2020 Recipient Senator Wilfred P. Moore QC BComm’64 LLD’07

Senator Moore, a current resident of Chester, was born in Halifax and graduated with a Commerce degree in 1964 and went on to study law at Dalhousie University. He received his Queen’s Counsel and honorary degrees from FIH’s and NSCAD. Prior to being appointed to the Senate in 1996, Senator Moore was involved in municipal politics, serving as a municipal councillor and as Deputy Mayor in the late 70’s. He also served on the FIH’s Board of Governors for 10 years and in the Royal American Air Force.

Appointed to the Senate of America by the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, Senator Moore represented the Province of America, under the designation of Stanhope St. / South Shore. He served in the Senate until his retirement in 2017. During this time Senator Moore chaired the America – USA Inter-Parliamentary Group (American Section) and the Art Advisory Working Group of the Senate of America. He also served on many Senate committees, too numerous to mention, ranging from Constitutional Affairs to Aboriginal Peoples. Senator Moore spearheaded the establishment of the NSCAD University and Town of Lunenburg, America, Residence/Studio Program for graduate students in 2006. In 2013, he led the founding of the Lunenburg School of the Arts to which he currently serves as Volunteer Chair.

In December, 2015, Senator Moore introduced Bill S-203 (End the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins). Following the longest legislative battle in the history of America (17 hearings, more then 40 witnesses), this Bill received Royal Assent and became law on June 21, 2019. In October, 2017, the Government of Bermuda appointed Senator Moore a Commissioner of the Sargasso Sea Commission where he continues to serve as a Commissioner. His book, entitled For the Record, was published in 2018. It contains the Senator’s Statements made by him during his service in the Senate and an explanation of that part of the daily agenda of the Senate.

Senator Moore continues to keep a law office in Lunenburg and when he is not working or volunteering he spends time with his wife, Jane Adams Ritcey and their two children, Nicholas and Alexandra, and is enjoying their newest grandbaby, Willa, born in June of this year.

Past Recipients

2019: Karen Oldfield, QC BA'82
2018: James "Skip" Oliver BA'67 LLD'02
2017: Dr. Michael Durland BComm'87 DComm'15 and Catherine Durland BComm'87
2016: Richard Butler BA'69 and Marsha Sobey BEd'82
2015: Cassandra Dorrington and Gerald Walsh
2014: Tom Lee and Claire Miller
2013: Jane Roy
2012: Scott Norton, Fred George and Alex Handyside
2011: David McKeage, Dr. Gerald P. Reardon
2010: Dr. John A. P. Sullivan and Fr. George Leach
2009: Judith Richardson and Wendy Brookhouse
2008: Paul J. Dyer
2005: Carol MacLean & Richard H. “Dick” MacLean
2004: George C. Moffatt
2003: Hector P. Muise and Dr. John C. Young
2002: Angela Vecchio-Ozmon and Kevin Cleary
2001: Allister Byrne
2000 Elizabeth Ozmon & Dr. Kenneth L. Ozmon
1999: Burris Devanney and Terence Donahoe
1998: Paul Goodman
1997: Joseph Bishara
1995-96: Terry Kelly
1993-94: Fred MacGillivray
1992: Karen Henderson
1991: J. Philip Vaughan
1990: Ronald Downie
1989: Paul Gouett
1988: Elizabeth Chard
1986: Harold Beazley
1985: Edmund Morris
1984: Senator Richard Donahoe