During long careers with both the U.S. Navy and Shelby County government, Harvey Kennedy is most proud of being able to maintain integrity, honesty and objectiveness, with a focus in the latter half of his career on getting the best return for the taxpayers of Shelby County.

2. Tough Love - Wednesday, February 14, 2018

For the Honorable Tim Dwyer, helping people who stumble get back on their feet and have a second chance is a trademark of his distinguished career. Dwyer is recipient of this year’s Bobby Dunavant Public Servant Awards for an elected official. He and the non-elected award winner, Shelby County Chief Administrative Officer Harvey Kennedy, will be honored at the 15th annual Dunavant Awards luncheon on Feb. 28 at the Holiday Inn-University of Memphis on Central Avenue.

3. Dunavant Set Gold Standard As Public Servant - Wednesday, January 31, 2018

For the late Bobby Dunavant, who worked as Shelby County Probate Court Clerk for 40 years from 1954 to 1994, qualities like being honest, accessible, generous, empathetic and highly attentive to detail made him beloved by friends and colleagues throughout his life.

4. Joyner, McCloy to Receive Dunavant Awards - Thursday, March 30, 2017

Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner and Memphis Public Libraries director Keenon McCloy are the 2017 winners of the Bobby Dunavant Public Servant Awards.

A committee of members of the family of late Probate Court clerk Bobby Dunavant and the Rotary Club of Memphis East announced the award winners Wednesday, March 28, in advance of the April 18 awards luncheon.

5. Joyner and McCloy To Receive Dunavant Awards - Thursday, March 30, 2017

Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner and Memphis Public Libraries director Keenon McCloy are the 2017 winners of the Bobby Dunavant Public Servant Awards.

A committee of members of the family of the late Probate Court Clerk and the Rotary Club of Memphis East announced the award winners Wednesday, March 28, in advance of the April 18 awards luncheon.

6. Local Nominees Sought for Annual Dunavant Awards - Friday, April 1, 2016

The path isn’t always a smooth one lined with platitudes and milestones.

But that’s politics, which is a part of service in local government.

So when the family of the late Probate Court Clerk Bobby Dunavant and members of the Rotary Club of Memphis East start to look for who they might honor with the annual public service award named in honor of Dunavant, they usually find a story as well.

7. Orgel, Shular Honored With Dunavant Awards - Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Shelby County Schools board member Billy Orgel and Shelby County government public affairs officer Steve Shular receive the annual Bobby Dunavant Public Servant Awards Wednesday, March 25, from the Rotary Club of Memphis East.

8. Ford Jr. to Headline Dunavant Award Event - Friday, January 23, 2015

Former U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. will be the keynote speaker for the March 25 Dunavant Public Servants Awards luncheon hosted by the Rotary Club of Memphis East.

The awards, now in their 12th year, honor one elected official and one non-elected public official within Shelby County who demonstrate the qualities and characteristics of longtime Probate Court Clerk Bobby Dunavant.

9. Dunavant Award Nominations Open - Wednesday, January 7, 2015

With Memphis elections on the horizon in another election year, Rotarians are about to begin the process of selecting new winners of the Bobby Dunavant Public Servant Awards.

The 12th annual awards that go to one local elected official and one local non-elected public official are a way of not only honoring the late Shelby County Probate Court clerk but also fostering a broader discussion about the nature of public service and specifically local public service.

10. Dunavant Awards Symposium Set for April 21 - Monday, February 17, 2014

When the 11th annual Bobby Dunavant Public Service awards are given out in April, the University of Memphis will also host the awards’ second annual symposium on public service.

11. Luttrell, Weirich Win Dunavant Awards - Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell and Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich are the winners of the eighth annual Bobby Dunavant Public Service Awards.

12. Gov. Haslam Announced As Speaker at Dunavant Awards - Friday, April 8, 2011

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will be the featured speaker at the eighth annual Bobby Dunavant Public Service Awards.

13. Rotary Seeks Nominations for Dunavant Award - Monday, November 29, 2010

The Rotary Club of Memphis East is seeking nominees for its 8th annual Bobby Dunavant Public Service Award, an event that honors distinguished work by public officials.

14. ABC to Air Report On Memphis’ Infant Mortality - Wednesday, August 20, 2008

ABC Television Network will air a one-hour report about the high infant mortality in Memphis on its news magazine show “20/20” Friday at 9 p.m.

“Babyland,” anchored by Elizabeth Vargas, will focus on Memphis, which has the highest infant mortality rate in the nation.

15. Award-Winning Filmmaker Tells Little-Known St. Jude Story - Friday, February 1, 2008

Documentary filmmaker and University of Memphis film professor Craig Leake won two Mid-South Emmy Awards last week in Nashville, Tenn., for his film, "The Chemo Ate My Homework," a look at the teachers who work for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

16. Todd Named CFO at Methodist North - Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Kevin Todd has been named chief financial officer at Methodist North Hospital.

Todd joined Methodist Healthcare in 1996 and has held various positions in corporate accounting and financial analysis. He previously served as director of finance at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center from 2002 to 2005 before becoming the CFO at Methodist South Hospital in 2005.

17. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, May 10, 2001
David F David F. Leake, a senior partner with the Winchester Law Firm, was elected to the board of directors of American National Lawyers Insurance Reciprocal. Leake will represent about 4,300 Tennessee lawyers insured by the ANLIR. Leake returned t...

18. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, February 10, 1999
Promus Names New Development Ronald C. Muzii Jr. has been named vice president of development for Promus Vacation Resorts. Muzii was formerly president of Innovative Hospitality Group Inc. in Miami. He is a graduate of Cornell University. B. Ted Ham...

19. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, December 13, 1995
12/13 Memos Jeri L. Ashley has been named staff development coordinator for Trinity Hospice. Ashley has a master of science degree in nursing from the University of Tennessee-Memphis and a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Murray State Univ...

20. Archived Article: Benchmark Cases - Thursday, November 30, 1995
Benchmark cases Benchmark Cases Jean B. Cole vs. B'Nai B'Rith Home dba The Memphis Jewish Home and The Primacy Corporation, St. Francis Hospital. A Germantown woman has filed a wrongful death suit in Circuit Court, claiming her mother, Lorell Magger...