Friday, May 26, 2000
Four honored for civic service
NCCJ recognizes volunteer spirit
By Marie McCain
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ) presented four Distinguished Service Citations at the 50th annual awards dinner Thursday at the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati, downtown.
Those honored by the Greater Cincinnati Region of the organization, founded as the National Conference of Christians and Jews Inc., were Joseph Pichler, Kroger Co. chairman and chief executive officer; his wife, Susan, volunteer and civic leader; U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Nathaniel Jones and Neil Bortz, a founding partner with Towne Properties, a real estate and development firm.
The four were honored for volunteer and civic accomplishments.
Mrs. Pichler, of Anderson Township, who at one time taught English in a Catholic girls school on Chicago's South Side, is a member of the national advisory board and the board of trustees for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
She also started the Junior Great Books program, which encourages students to read, at Washington Park School and St. Francis Seraph School, both in Over-the-Rhine.
Mr. Pichler is co-chairman of the Greater Cincinnati Scholarship Association; a member of the Xavier University board of trustees; an advisory member of the Cincinnati chapter of the Salvation Army; and member of the Commercial Club and the Cincinnati Business Committee.
Mr. Bortz, of Indian Hill, serves on a number of boards, including the United Jewish Appeal, Cincinnati Equity Fund, the National Multi-Housing Council, and the Cincinnati Olympic 2012 Committee.
Judge Jones, of Mount Lookout, works through the Cincinnati Bar Association to improve opportunities for minority lawyers and works to improve education through his involvement with the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative and serves as co-chairman of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
NCCJ is a human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in America. The Greater Cincinnati region was founded in 1944.
Thomas Cody, executive vice president of Federated Department Stores was the event chairman.
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