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AKC
ANNOUNCES THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2002
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
New York, NY - The American Kennel Club announced today the
winners of the 2003 AKC Lifetime Achievement Awards in Orlando,
FL. The awards, engraved Tiffany and Co. sterling silver bowls,
will be presented to the winners by AKC President and CEO Al
Cheauré at the AKC Open House on February 9, 2003. A
larger-sized version of the award, engraved with the names of
all recipients past and present, is on permanent display at
the American Kennel Club Library in New York.
The American Kennel Club Lifetime Achievement Awards were created
to honor those individuals who have made outstanding contributions
to the sport of purebred dogs on a national level. The recipients
were selected by votes cast by AKC member clubs for one of three
nominees in each of the following categories: Conformation,
Companion Events and Performance.
· The recipient in Conformation, Dr. M. Josephine Deubler,
was the first female graduate of the University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Deubler's career in dogs
started with Dandie Dinmont Terriers. She became a judge in
1962 and is approved for the Terrier and Hound groups. She has
twice judged the Dandie Dinmont Club of America's national specialty.
According to Dr. Deubler, the highlight of her judging career
was the honor of selecting Best in Show at the 1998 Westminster
Kennel Club show.
She has served as show chair for the Bucks County Kennel Club
since 1969 and the Montgomery County Kennel Club's All-Terrier
Show since 1977. Dr. Deubler is a three-time winner of the Gaines
Fido Award as Dogdom's Woman of the Year.
· Dorothy M. McCauley is the Lifetime Achievement Award
recipient in Companion Events. She was approved as an AKC obedience
judge in 1973, and in 1978 was honored with the Richard H. D'Ambrisi
Award. She has been an AKC Delegate from 1980 to present, first
representing the Santa Maria Kennel Club and now the Sandia
Dog Obedience Club of Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition,
she has been the liaison to the Associated Obedience Clubs of
Northern California and is currently an officer of the Southern
California Dog Obedience Council.
Ms. McCauley's additional accomplishments include helping to
form the California State Obedience competition, which she was
involved with until 1997, and the Western International Obedience
competition, which brings together teams from western states
and Canada.
· The award recipient in Performance, Kenneth L. Ruff,
began raising Irish Setters in 1971 and became a field trial
judge in 1975. Over the years he has owned, bred, trained and
handled twenty-two Field and Amateur Field Champions and fourteen
Irish Setter Club of America (ISCA) National or National Amateur
Champions.
Mr. Ruff has served as chairman of the ISCA National Championship
on nine different occasions. He is a past chairman of the ISCA's
Field Advisory Committee and the Field Executive Committee.
An active ISCA board member since 1984, Mr. Ruff currently serves
as the club's first vice-president. Mr. Ruff is a member of
the AKC Field Advisory Committee and strong supporter of the
AKC Field Program.
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The
AKC, founded in 1884, is one of the oldest sports-governing
organizations. It maintains the largest registry of purebred
dogs in the world, is responsible for overseeing the governance
of the sport of purebred dogs, and keeps records of competitive
results.
For further information about AKC and the sport of purebred
dogs, visit AKC Online at www.akc.org or contact the Communications
Department at 212-696-8343.
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