Mr. Michael C. Quinn

2008 Historic Preservation Medal

Presented to Michael C. Quinn, a lifelong preservationist who is curently President of The Montpelier Foundation. He has led his organization in launching and carrying out the most significant preservation project of this generation: the restoration of Montpelier, the home of James and Dolley Madison. His career includes preservation, planning and policy work in both federal and state government, successful advocacy for the preservation of historic buildings in our nation's capital and important achievements at George Washington's Mount Vernon.

Proposed by: Dolley Madison Garden Club, Zone VII
Seconded by: a member of Albemarle Garden Club, Zone VII

The Historic Preservation Medal is awarded for outstanding work in the field of preservation and/or restoration of historic gardens or buildings of national importance.

The Historic Preservation Medal was designed in 1973 by Joseph Kiselewski of New York City and endowed by two GCA club members: Elizabeth “Betty” Work Kirby (Mrs. Leonard Kirby: 1910–2007), Jupiter Island Garden Club, Zone VIII, and Erin Bain Leddy Jones (Mrs. John Leddy Jones: 1896–1974), attorney, author, and lay expert on environmental issues, who was a member of Founders Garden Club of Dallas, Zone IX. Originally awarded in 1973, it was the intention of the donors that non-members or groups receive preference in the awarding of this medal.

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