On Wednesday, August 26, Rotarian Marv Logan honored the late John Furman with the Iowa Great Lakes Community Service Award. John's daughters Ann Esse and Betsey Furman accepted the honor on behalf of their father. A check in the amount of $500 was also presented to Friends of the Lakeside Lab in John's memory from Rotary.
 

John joined Rotary in 1983 and both he and his wife Pat went on to be very active with Rotary. When the club celebrated its 50th anniversary, John wrote letters to clubs around the country and world. He had responses from more than 75 states/countries that sent congratulatory messages and memorabilia to the Iowa Great Lakes club. John was wrote the weekly club newsletter, The Rotary Spirit, for many years.

Pictured here are Dan Brown, Board President of Friends of Lakeside Lab; Ann Esse; Peter van der Linden, Executive Director of Iowa Lakeside Laboratory; Betsey Furman; Rotarian Marv Logan and President Jason Carlstrom.