Originally posted to http://www.press.org
As we prepare to celebrate the beginning of our new president’s term,
I wanted to take a moment to pass along my heartfelt thanks to everyone
who made the past year so memorable. I’ll always treasure the special
memories of having the honor to serve The National Press Club.
We have more than a century of tradition behind us as a Club. That
continuum has helped to ensure that our membership and our enterprise
remain remarkably strong. Bright, young, energetic and capable leaders
populate the Board of Governors. The NPC staff is the best anywhere,
always taking special care with members and visiting VIPs alike. Of
course, I’m so very grateful for the love of my wife Jeanne and son
Christopher as well the strong support of my employer, The Associated
Press.
Looking ahead, I will begin my 26th year as an AP broadcast journalist this summer. And I’ll continue blogging here at http://hamrickisms.blogspot.com.
I’d like to recall a passage that I shared with you upon taking office a year ago.
We are ever bound in community:
We build on foundations, we did not lay.
We warm ourselves at fires, we did not light.
We sit in the shade of trees, we did not plant.
We drink from wells, we did not dig.
We profit from persons, we did not know.
We light this chalice in thanksgiving
For those who have passed their light to us.
That fire still burns brightly, and we pass that proverbial chalice
on to 105th President Theresa Werner. I look forward to celebrating
with you at her inauguration, continuing a grand NPC tradition, one
among many.
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