OFFICE OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20850
Isiah Leggett
County Executive
March 19, 2014
Dear Friends: On behalf of the residents of Montgomery County, it is my great pleasure to extend warm greetings to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington as you confer the prestigious Benjamin Ourisman Memorial Award for Civic Achievement to Norma Lee and Morton Funger. You always bring local leaders, activists and philanthropists together for these occasions that make it a grand celebration. The Fungers have been prominent figures in the Washington, D.C. political and public service arena for more than three decades. Morton Funger is a graduate of The George Washington University and an emeritus member of the board of trustees of the University. With 50 years of real estate development experience, he holds many roles in various civic, charitable and industry. Norma Lee Funger has been in the real estate business fro 27 years and has served the arts in many roles, including as a member of the board of the National Symphony Orchestra, on various committees for the Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center, a commissioner for the Smithsonian American Art Museum, on the trustees council for the National Gallery of Art, and as a board member of the Washington Performing Arts Society. President Barack Obama appointed Norma Lee to become a member of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Morton Funger has served as Vice President and President of American Friends of Hebrew University (AFHU) in Washington, D.C. Together, they received AFHU’s prestigious Scopus Award in 2007. They have also been long-time supporters of George Washington University which included the renovation of the Norma Lee and Morton I. Funger Hall, named in 1988. It is with pride and gratitude that I extend warmest congratulations to Morton and Norma Lee Funger. Everyone present has good cause to celebrate their contributions, to feel blessed being together and to leave better prepared to be a blessing to others. Sincerely,
Isiah Leggett County Executive www.montgomerycountymd.gov
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