COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

MEMBERSHIP & ACTIVITIES

  • Member, International Bar Association
        Latin American Regional Forum; Legal Profession & World Organizations Committee
  • International Law Associate, American Bar Association (& its International Law Section)
  • Member, 1993 to present, Bar of Attorneys of Nicaragua
  • Member, 1993 to present, Association of Democratic Jurists of Nicaragua
  • Member, Latin American Studies Association
  • Member, American Legion,Post 132 (Orange, CA)
  • Member, Knights of Columbus, Council 4922
  • Member, International Fellowship of Christians & Jews
  • Member & Former Historian, Epsilon Nu Delta Fraternity
  • Blood Donor, American Red Cross, Orange County Chapter
  • Founder & Former Director, Immigration Law Project, The Gary Center, Inc.
  • Founder & Former President, Nicaragua-USA Chamber of Commerce
  • Former Member, 1959-, Congress on Racial Equality/CORE
  • Former Youth Commissioner, 1976-79, City of Fullerton, California
  • Former Member, Southern California Rehabilitation Exchange
  • Former Member, Occupational Bilingual Rehabilitation Assocs., Orange County Chapter
  • Former Board Director & Secretary, 1976-80, Legal Aid Society of Orange County
  • Former Board Director & Secretary, 1993-94, Family Service of Orange County
  • Former Member, National Federation of Independent Business
  • Former Board Director, V. Pres. & Secretary, Minority Business Council of Orange County
  • Former Special Deputy Sheriff, 1962-83, Office of the Sheriff, Passaic County, NJ 
  • Former Member, American Historical Association
  • Former Member, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of No. America/AFL-CIO
  • Former Member, Culinary Workers & Bartenders Union/AFL-CIO
  • Former Member, Taxi Drivers’ Union Local/AFL-CIO
  • Former Board Director, Laotian-American Chamber of Commerce
  • Former Member, Calif. Assoc. of Rehabilitation Professionals
  • Former Member, Calif. Hotel & Motel Assoc.
  • Former Member, American Hotel & Motel Assoc. 
  • Former Cadet Member, 1955-60, Civil Air Patrol (US Air Force Auxiliary), NJ Wing, Group 221
  • Former Musician Member, 1960-62, Doremus (American Legion) Post 55 Drum & Bugle Corps, Hackensack, NJ
  • Former Musician Member, No. Caldwell (NJ) Community Orchestra

HONORS

  • Recipient, Cold War Service Recognition Certificate, US Secretary of Defense, 2000
  • Awarded, NRCC Congressional Order of Merit, 2008
  • Recipient, Ronald Reagan Republican Gold Medal, 2004
  • Honorary Chairman (California), US House [of Representatives] Majority Trust, 2004
  • Recipient, 2003 Businessman of the Year, Business Advisory Council: National Republican Congressional Committee
  • Recipient, National Leadership Award, Business Advisory Council: National Republican Congressional Committee, 2002
  • Appointee for California, Presidential Business Commission, 2002
  • Appointee, Honorary Chairman, Business Advisory Council: National Republican Congressional Committee, 2002
  • Nominee, 2002 Businessman of the Year, Business Advisory Council: National Republican Congressional Committee
  • Recipient, Presidential Commendation, Office of the President of Nicaragua, 1996
  • Recipient, Certificate of Appreciation, City Council, Fullerton, CA, 1978
  • Recipient, Walter Greacen Memorial/Poorfellow of the Year Award, 1968-69, Epsilon Nu Delta Fraternity
  • Recipient, Proclamation of City of Orange, California
  • Honoree, Who’s Who in the West, 14th ed.
  • Honoree, Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, 42nd ed.
  • Service Honoree, The Gary Center, Inc.
  • Recipient, Certificate of AppreciationOrange County Legal Education Program
  • Recipient, Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Significant Legal Scholarship (Administrative Law), West Publishing Company
  • Elected, 9th Circuit Governor, Law Student Division, American Bar Association, 1974-75
  • Executive Editor & Publications Editor, Western State University Law Review
  • President, Student Bar Assoc., Western State University College of Law
  • President, Senior Class, Western State University College of Law
  • Justice,  Moot Court Competition, Western State University College of Law
  • Justice, Student Court, Fairleigh Dickinson University
  • Recipient, Honorable Discharge, USA Armed Forces, 1970