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The Mortensen Award 1997 Affirmation Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah August 23, 1997 The Mortensen Award was established, under the direction of Ron Kershaw, in 1987. It was decided the award would be given annually to the one individual who had given outstanding service and leadership to Affirmation. It is the only continuing award Affirmation presents and it tries to recognize the best people in the organization. The past recipients are:
The selection committee for the award is composed of past recipients. Each year, around July, a call is sent out to all Affirmation leaders, chapters and groups asking for nominations. Anyone may nominate any individual or you may even nominate yourself. The receipt of nomination letters constitutes the only people considered for the award. The award was established and intended to always be an award for service to Affirmation. This is the only consideration in the selection of the recipient. We greatly applaud those wonderful souls in our midst who also make great contributions to the gay and lesbian community at large. We especially applaud those people who have made outstanding efforts in the Mormon community through related groups such as Family Fellowship, Gamofites and others in increasing the understanding of the gay and lesbian Mormon community. But because the Mortensen Award is intended to honor only service and leadership to Affirmation, the winner is decided totally on the merits of the nomination letters received and the contributions to Affirmation as spelled out in those letters. The selection committee for the award is composed of past recipients. Each year, around July, a call is sent out to all Affirmation leaders, chapters and groups asking for nominations. Anyone may nominate any individual or you may even nominate yourself! When you hear nominations, you may feel that someone else was more qualified, but remember you have only yourself to blame for not sending in a nomination letter. The receipt of a nomination letter constitutes the only people considered for the award. We need to make one thing about the Mortensen Award very clear. The award was established and intended to always be an award for service to and for Affirmation. This is the only consideration in the selection of the recipient. We greatly applaud those wonderful souls in our midst who make great contributions to the gay and lesbian community at large. We especially applaud those people who have made outstanding efforts in the Mormon community through related groups such as Family Fellowship, Gamofites and others in increasing the understanding of the gay and lesbian Mormon community. But please be aware that this Mortensen Award was always intended to honor only service and leadership to Affirmation. It is decided totally on the merits of the nomination letters received and the contributions to Affirmation as spelled out in those letters.
The committee received 6 letters of nomination for 1997. We acknowledge the great service and contributions of the five nominees not selected: Alan Blodgett (Portland, OR), Ben Jarvis (Los Angeles, CA), Sara Jordan (Salt Lake City, UT), Rob Killian (Seattle, WA), Scott Lambert-MacKay (Los Angeles). The 1997 recipient of the Mortensen Award has been an active member of the Los Angeles Chapter for 15 years. Although rarely in the limelight, he has worked continuously, patiently, persistently in making Affirmation a success. He is currently the Los Angeles Chapter newsletter editor of Reflections. When he is in the limelight, he pays great tribute to the Hollywood costume and clothing designer, Edith Head. He is best known in Affirmation for the LDS AIDS Quilt, first exhibited at the Roosevelt Hotel in West Hollywood in 1988, and most recently (with additions) at the Salt Lake City Conference in August. Congratulations Ricky Hans Gilbert!
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