Texas Youth Commission Notes, Fall 1988 Page: 3
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Agency's First Volunteer Coordinator Retires
Nancy Miller of Brownwood,
the first volunteer coordinator in
the Texas Youth Commission,
was honored at a retirement din-
ner on October 27 in
Brownwood.
Ms. Miller went to work at the
Brownwood State School in 1972
under a Hogg Foundation Grant
obtained by then superinten-
dent Ron Jackson, now TYC's ex-
ecutive director.
Speaking in appreciation of Ms.
Miller's many years of service to
the agency were Brownwood Su-
perintendent Don Pagett;
Reception Center Superinten-
dent Linda Steen; former Super-
intendents Byron Griffin, Bill
Doggett, Mart Hoffman and
Jackson; Brownwood com-
munity advisory council member
Judy Ehrke; and Joan Timmons,
Chief of Volunteer Services.
A framed resolution by the TYC
Board in appreciation of her con-
tributions was presented to Ms.
Miller by Jackson.
About 100 guests from the
Brownwood institutions, com-
munity advisory council andcommunity residents attended
the event.
Students and staff at
Brownwood State School
declared Monday, October 24th
"Nancy Miller Day" and picketed
the entrance with placards read-
ing "Don't Retire....."
Ms. Miller has involved hundreds
of local residents as volunteers,
and more than 200 have served on
the advisory council. She has
been responsible for assisting in
more than $1 million in donated
goods and services to the students
at Brownwood institutions over
the years. In addition to herElton Strother receives award
Elton Strother, Parole Super-
visor for Central Region,
received the distinguished
Clayton-Morrison award during
the 43rd Annual Texas Institute
on Children and Youth
workshop. The workshop was
attended by over 100 participants
from various organizations that
deal with children and youth in
some capacity or another, in-
cluding Juvenile Probation,
Texas Youth Commission,
Department of Human Services,
and numerous non-profit
facilities. The workshop washeld September 11-15 at Mo Ranch,
which is located in Hunt in the
Texas hill country. Adrian
Moore, Central Region Director
made the presentation.
This endowed award is given an-
nually to the most outstanding
youth worker in the State of
Texas and was created in the
early 1960's in the name of Bess
Clayton who was a champion of
hard working and unrecognized
juvenile officers.duties as volunteer coordinator,
she also served as grievance coor-
dinator for several years.
Ms. Ehrke summed up the com-
ments of those attending: "Her
office may be filled, but she can
never be replaced."
Steen-----
(continued from p. 1)
An exhibit honoring this year's
Outstanding Women in Texas
Government was displayed in
the Capitol Rotunda during
Women in Texas Week, which
was held November 27 - Decem-
ber 3, 1988.After she married Judge Mor-
rison in the early 1970's, the name
of the award was changed to the
Clayton-Morrison Award and the
criteria expanded to include
anyone working with youth in
the State.3
Brown wood Superintendents that Miller served under include (pictured Ito
r) Bill Doggett, Linda Steen, Don Paggett, Byron Griffin, Mart Hoffman, and
Ron Jackson. Not pictured are Carey Cockerell and Steve M. Robinson.
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