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Kiwanian of the Year (2009-2010)

 

Joanne Bowen

Joanne Bowen

This year's Kiwanian of the Year for our club is a long time Davis resident and community volunteer.  Immediately upon joining the Kiwanis Club of Greater Davis, Joanne dove into our club projects with enthusiasm.  She assisted Circle-K with the Holiday Food Drive and chaired the club's participation in the STEAC "Adopt a Family" project.  She is currently a member of the Board of Directors and has also accepted the Club Secretary position for 2009-2010.  Joanne has eagerly helped with the Holiday Bell Ringing project, ARCO Arena Concession duty for the Kiwanis Family House, Cinco De Mayo project and our Crab Feed fundraiser.  Joanne says her favorite activity was supporting the Special Olympics project by purchasing and helping to barbecue 2,000 hot dogs for the volunteers at the Summer Games at U.C.Davis. 

Joanne has worked for 38 years in retrovirus research at U.C.Davis.  She has a passion for research and discovery, but has found her work with dozens of graduate and veterinary students to be particularly rewarding.  She is proud of her two daughters Laura and Lisa, who have followed in her footsteps in the biological sciences.  She wishes to thank her husband and best friend Cliff Bowen, also a member of our club, for introducing her to Kiwanis and working side-by-side on all the club's projects.

We are thankful and proud of the service Joanne provides our club and community.  Her commitment and perseverance deserves this recognition.  We thank and congratulate her with the honor of being our Kiwanian-of-the-Year!

 

Previous Honorees 

08-09 Ruben Lubers 07-08 Roger Henley 06-07 Becky Roseman
05-06 Roy Uejio 04-05 John Jones 03-04

John Brown

02-03 Wes Honbo

 

01-02

John Moren

 

00-01

Carol Leung

99-00

Doug Shepard

 

98-99

Bob Bell

97-98

Don Barrow

96-97

Stan Wells

 

95-96

George Barden

 

94-95

Adrian Bowen

93-94

Ted Springfield

 

92-93

Steve Gary

 

91-92

Bill Bunn

90-91

Frank DeMasi

 

89-90

Jack Olmsted

 

88-89

Vic Lim

87-88

Bob Givens

 

86-87

Gavin Shows

 

85-86

Bob Halferty

84-85

Tom LaBrie 

 

83-84

Bill Houk

 

82-83

Jim Hilliard

Also see Distinguished Award Recipients