Jack Hamilton / Photos by Jeff Moorman
(Editors note: Jack presented this award to Dr. Ferris at the Seattle North Clinic on November 5, 2015.)
Three Fellow of the NMRA award winners; from L to R: Gay Liesse, Dr. Roger Ferris, and Ed Liesse
From time to time, the National Model Railroad Association takes special notice of the service and contributions of members and recognizes that contribution through one or more of several special awards. Tonight, on behalf of the NMRA president Charlie Getz, the Board of Directors, and the membership association, I have the honor of recognizing one of our own. Tonight’s honoree is well known to all of us in the Pacific Northwest Region for his years of dedicated service and his boundless energy and willingness to undertake any challenge. His personal leadership has been a mainstay in the success we all enjoy in our hobby and through our membership in the NMRA. He has served as a personal role model for all of us in our dealings with each other and in finding the ways to get the most out of our NMRA fellowship.
The Fellow of the NMRA Award is granted to those in the National Model Railroad Association who have fostered the organization and the hobby and have increased or advanced social interaction and the social benefits of the hobby. In the history of this award, only 18 other individuals have been so recognized.
On November 5, in the presence of his fellow modelers and NMRA members, The National Model Railroad Association recognizes Doctor Roger Ferris as a Fellow of the NMRA.
Our congratulations to Roger for this most appropriate recognition and for all he has given to our hobby and association. Thank you, Roger.
Dr. Roger Ferris holding his Fellow of the NMRA plaque at the Nov. 5, 2015 Seattle North clinic
Jack Hamilton presenting the Fellow of the NMRA award to Dr. Roger Ferris at the Nov. 5, 2015 Seattle North clinic
Congratulations Roger on an honor well deserved. I am personally proud to have served with you and to have had you as a very good friend.
All Best Wishes to Roger on this well-earned award. This organization owes you a lot more than most of the “newer” members know about. Thank you, from one of the “old timers”.