Bill Morris receives Rotary Lifetime Achievement Award for ‘servant leadership’
Bill Morris is the first recipient of the Dunavant/Rotary Lifetime Achievement Award. Friends and colleagues spoke of Morris' spirit of volunteerism and servant leadership. "If I say anything to you today, be constantly aware that volunteerism makes things work and preserves a democracy. We all need to be participating in something,” he told the audience at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis on Wednesday, April 3. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
Former Shelby County mayor Bill Morris said Wednesday public service “preserves a democracy” after receiving the first lifetime achievement award from the Rotary Club of Memphis East.
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Christin Yates is a native Memphian who has worked in PR and copywriting since 2007. She earned her B.S. in public relations and M.S. in mass communications from Murray State University.
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