Alumni Association News
Awards presented for service, entrepreneurship

In addition to the Distinguished Alumni Awards, the following awards were presented at the Oct. 11 Founders' Day program:

- The Albert B. "Buck" Gornto Jr. Regional Service Award to Joan D. Gifford, chairman of the board for Coldwell Banker Gifford Realty Inc. Gifford chairs the university's Educational Foundation board and has served on Old Dominion's Board of Visitors and Real Estate Foundation board.

- Distinguished Entrepreneurial Awards to Frank Batten Jr., chairman of Landmark Communications Inc. (headquartered in Norfolk), and Jack L. Ezzell Jr., president and chief executive officer of Zel Technologies LLC (headquartered in Hampton).

- Town-N-Gown Community Service Awards to Joseph M. Donnelly, vice president, corporate secretary and board member for Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad, and A. James English Jr., assistant professor of community and environmental health at Old Dominion. Donnelly is involved with the Rotary Club of Portsmouth, Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, United Way of South Hampton Roads and American Red Cross. English is chairman of the Norfolk Environmental Commission and president of the Wards Corner Civic League.



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