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 Lifelong Logan County resident and 1988 Lincoln
College graduate David W. Irwin will receive the Alumni Achievement
Award, while 1998 graduate Steven J. Georgy will receive the Young
Alumni Achievement Award. Also this year, Mary Jo Werth, who
recently retired from the Lincoln College advancement office will
receive a special honorary alumni award.
The banquet will be held in the Davidson-Sheffer Gymnasium on the
Lincoln College campus, with a cocktail reception beginning at 5:30
p.m., followed by the dinner and awards program. Alumni will have
the chance to attend back-to-back basketball games that same day,
with the women’s team playing Governors State at 1 p.m., and the men
going up against Missouri Valley College at 3 p.m.
The alumni event will follow on the heels of the College’s sixth
annual Athletic Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony Friday
night. The Hall of Fame banquet will also be at the Davison-Sheffer
gymnasium and also includes a cocktail reception from 5:30 p.m. to
6:30 p.m., followed by dinner and the awards program.
David Irwin
David Irwin has always had a strong connection to
Logan County’s bedrock industry of agriculture, spending his
childhood on the family farm and attending elementary school in
Beason. After graduating from Lincoln Community High School, he
enrolled in Lincoln College. In the 1980s, he was among the first
group of students focused on agriculture studies and credits working
on college farmland with providing great real life experience for
the work he does today. After graduating from Lincoln College, we
went on to earn his Bachelor’s Degree in Ag Production.
He is currently Vice-President and Farm Manager at State Bank of
Lincoln. An active member of the community, Irwin served on the
Board of Directors of the Logan County Fair for 13 years and is on
the Board of Directors for the Downstate Classic. He is a past
treasurer of the Logan County Cooperative Extension Service Council,
served on the Board of Directors of Frontier Mutual Insurance
Company, is the Chair-Elect of Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital and
twice served as Chairman of the Lincoln-Logan Chamber of Commerce Ag
Committee.
Steven Georgy
Steven Georgy of Crystal Lake was an active member of
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and captain of the baseball team while
at Lincoln College.
Georgy is today President of Allendale, Inc., a
successful business offering brokerage services and market
strategies and analysis to the farm and agriculture industry. He is
also part owner of Allendale Risk Management.
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A talented communicator, Georgy has been seen on
“This Week in Agribusiness” with legendary broadcasters Orion
Samuelson and Max Armstrong and has done radio broadcasts for
“Market Rally” on WGN. He hosts a daily Morning Market Commentary
that provides the latest agriculture market reports over Allendale’s
You Tube channel and has been a driving force in Allendale’s
extensive web and social media communications services to the ag
industry.
Steve and his wife Kristin are certified in the Safe Families for
Children program that gives a safety net to parents in need with
mentoring relationships and tangible support in times of crisis.
Georgy has also worked with his local United Way and Habitat for
Humanity.
Mary Jo Werth
Mary Jo Werth recently retired after working for
Lincoln College for 17 years. She began working as a part-time data
entry employee before being hired as the Administrative Assistant in
the Office of Advancement & Alumni Relations.
Werth was born and raised in Taylorville. She has been married to
Kenneth Werth for more than 40 years. Before working at Lincoln
College, she worked for Franklin Life/American General in
Springfield for 30 years.
Tickets for the alumni dinner are $30 and can be purchased online at
https://lincoln college.givingfuel.com/lc-reunion-weekend-2018
or by contacting the Lincoln College advancement office
217-735-7217.
[Mark Gordon
Public Relations and Media Manager
Lincoln College] |
