| USA. Merrill-Stevens chairman to serve as dinner chair for Coast Guard Foundation event |
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| Monday, 13 November 2006 | |
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Coast Guard news: The nonprofit Coast Guard Foundation is pleased to announce that Hugh A. Westbrook, chairman, Merrill-Stevens, will chair its 13th Annual Tribute to the Coast Guard’s Seventh District, on November 16th in Miami. The seventh district consists of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. “Rev. Hugh Westbrook is known throughout Florida not only for his long and distinguished career, but also for his record of community involvement and service,” said James Link, Coast Guard Foundation president. “We’re fortunate to have a man of his stature as chair of this year’s Tribute to the Coast Guard’s Seventh District.” About Hugh A. Westbrook, Chairman, Merrill-Stevens Westbrook is chairman of Merrill-Stevens, Florida’s oldest continuously operating yacht services company, which he and his wife, Carole Shields Westbrook, acquired in December 2004. Prior to his involvement in the marine industry, Westbrook headed VITAS Healthcare Corporation, the nation’s largest provider of medical, emotional and spiritual care to the dying. Westbrook is highly regarded for his leadership in the American hospice movement. In this role, he has worked with the Congressional Budget Office, committees of both chambers of the U.S. Congress, state legislators, the Health Care Financing Administration (now Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and hospice colleagues throughout the country. Westbrook also founded the Hospice Foundation of America in 1980. Westbrook currently serves on the Advisory Board of the South Florida Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Florida International University Arts and Sciences Dean’s Board of Advisors. He is a member of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society of the United Way of Miami-Dade County and the Florida International University Council of 100. He is also an active member of the Board of Visitors of the Duke University Divinity School, which in the spring of 2005, honored him by naming the newly constructed Duke Divinity School building the “Hugh A. Westbrook Building.” Westbrook, 61, is a retired ordained United Methodist minister whose theological training specialized in ethics and pastoralcare. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University and a Bachelor of Arts from Emory University. He has served as a hospital chaplain specializing in the care of terminally ill patients and their families, and also served as Associate Dean of Miami-Dade Community College during the 1970’s. Westbrook is a native of Florida and currently resides in Coral Gables with his wife. About Merrill-Stevens Incorporated in 1885, family owned and Florida’s oldest continually operating business, Merrill-Stevens provides full service yacht repair/refit, yacht sales, charter arrangement, yacht management and crew placement. Locations found in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, San Diego, Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Singapore. About the 13th Annual Tribute to the Coast Guard’s Seventh District Sponsored by the Coast Guard Foundation, the Tribute to the Coast Guard’s Seventh District is an annual fundraising event to boost awareness and support for the dedicated men and women of the Coast Guard, who serve this district. The event tells the dramatic stories of Coast Guard men and women who put their lives on the line everyday to provide life-saving rescues, border security patrols, drug and illegal immigrant interdiction and other law enforcement activities. About the Coast Guard Foundation The Coast Guard Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard and its Academy. The Foundation funds academic and athletic excellence at the Coast Guard Academy, provides scholarships to the children of enlisted personnel and educational grants to Coasties pursuing college degrees, and builds training and education facilities across the country. Visit the website at: www.cgfdn.org. |
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