In Toastmasters, we love to give awards to those who have demonstrated outstanding leadership skills. Awards presented at the Spring Convention include the following:

Lou Novak Award recipient David Deutsch, DTM.

Don Murray Award recipient Brian Hinton, DTM.

• C & L Award - This award is presented annually to a non-Toastmaster who has made significant contributions in his or her community, modeling effective communication and leadership skills. Judy Southwick, DTM, is our C&L Chair. Read about this year's recipient, Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson below.
• Lou Novak Award - 2010 winner is David Deutsch, DTM.
  This award is presented annually to a District 6 Toastmaster who has demonstrated excellence in Club Building. Please visit the Lou Novak Award page for more details.
• Don Murray Award - 2010 winner is Brian Hinton, DTM.
  This award is presented annually to a member who has made significant contributions to the District, outside of his or her own club, while not serving as a District Officer. Please visit the Don Murray Award page for more details.
• Lorin Pollmann Award - 2010 winner is Carlsonics Club #6393.
  This award is presented annually for Excellence in Speechcraft. Please visit the Lorin Pollmann Award page for more details.
• Spring Public Relations Contest - These awards were presented to those clubs who excelled in the area of PR, including best website (Hutchinson II), newsletter (Big Apple), flyer/brochure (Saturday Morning Live!), press release/news article and guest packet(Word Masters). Please see the PR Contest page complete list of winners.

2010 Communication & Leadership Award Recipient:
Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson

Written by Judy Southwick, DTM, C&L Chair

Our communication and leadership award winner is Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson, a native Minnesotan born in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. He was raised on a dairy farm in Eden Prairie, now a Minneapolis suburb. He graduated from Eden Prairie High School. Justice Anderson attended Macalester College and received a B.A. degree, cum laude with departmental honors in Political Science. He then attended the University of Minnesota Law School receiving his Juris Doctor degree. After graduating, he served as a VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) volunteer attorney with New Haven Legal Assistance, New Haven, Connecticut. He then served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Minnesota. In 1971, he became an associate and later a partner in the South St. Paul law firm of LeVander, Gillen & Miller for over two decades until his appointment to Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 1992. In 1994, Governor Arne Carlson appointed him an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, where he currently serves.

Justice Anderson’s interests on the court include extensive participation in outreach programs in order to make the court more understandable and approachable. He is an active member of the Race Bias Elimination Committee and the Advisory Committee on the Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Macalester College Distinguished Citizen Award, Lawyers Assistance Program Award, and the Minnesota YMCA Youth in Government Crystal Dome Award for services to youth leadership development, the MSBA Civil Litigation Section’s 2009 Advocate Award, and the first MSBA Citizen Lawyer Award. He is also the author of numerous legal papers and articles.

The awards are evidence of his passion for helping people. Justice Anderson also participates in long-distance bicycling, gardening and gourmet cooking. He is married to Janice Anderson, recently retired Metro State University Administrator, and has two daughters.

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