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NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
January 21, 2010
Junior Achievement Advocate Wins Inaugural Albert E. Suter
Award for Exceptional Leadership
Colorado Springs,
Colo. –
Junior
Achievement (JA) has honored
Albert E. Suter, long-time Junior Achievement board member and advocate, as the
inaugural recipient of a new national award bearing his name and recognizing
exceptional individual leadership. The award, established by the Junior
Achievement USA Board of Directors, was presented at its recent board of
directors meeting in recognition of Suter’s leadership and his contributions to
the organization and to the future success of the nation’s youth.
Subsequently, the annual Albert E. Suter Award will be given
to a member of the Junior Achievement USA Board of Directors or a member of a
local JA board of directors in the United States, who has demonstrated
exceptional leadership and made a significant contribution to the advancement of
JA’s mission to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.
Future honorees have a lot to live up to in Suter’s example.
After a 20-year career at Emerson, he retired as its Chief Operating Officer. He
has served on both the local Junior Achievement Board of Directors in St. Louis
and on the Junior Achievement USA and JA Worldwide Boards of Directors in nearly
every leadership role. His personal and professional commitments of time and
financial resources to Junior Achievement are unmatched, and he remains a
respected ambassador of the organization, opening the doors of opportunity for
young people around the world.
When asked the reason for his years of Junior Achievement support, Suter was
quick to answer: “Young people must understand the free market system to
completely participate as productive, voting citizens. For millions of young
people, Junior Achievement is the only source of this much-needed information.”About JA Worldwide® (JA)
Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to inspiring
and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. Through a dedicated
volunteer network, Junior Achievement provides in-school and after-school
programs for students which focus on three key content areas: work readiness,
entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. Today, 129 individual area
operations reach more than four million students in the United States, with an
additional 5.7 million students served by operations in 121 other countries
worldwide. For more information, visit www.ja.org.
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