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TextLord and Lady Fairfax
The Lord and Lady Fairfax Awards Program yearly honors two volunteer leaders from each Magisterial District. The honorees are selected for their outstanding volunteer service in their home districts or for an act of heroism. This year's Lord and Lady are introduced below, and at the bottom of this page is a list of all the honorees from Mount Vernon.
Susan Fremit, Lady Fairfax 2008
Susan Fremit has served in multiple and crucial roles in the Mount Vernon District all the while, ensuring citizen involvement for the residents of the Lorton area. Susan served two terms as the president of the South County Federation, the umbrella group of nearly forty community associations in the Lorton area. Simultaneously she also served as the president of her community, Lorton Station, representing over 950 homes. Performing leadership roles in both these organizations is daunting task. Through her leadership, she guided the Lorton Station community from its establishment to an active participant in community affairs. As President of the South County Federation she helped shape burgeoning Lorton’s from the proposal for old prison area to the need to address growing education issues. She also served on Supervisor Hyland’s 2005 Annual Plan Review Task Force and is a member of the special Base Realignment and Closure Annual Plan Review Task Force. Susan Fremit’s willingness to organize and empower her community is a great asset to the Mount Vernon District. Her community continues to benefit from her keen mind, attention to detail and sharp analysis.
Frank Cohn, Lord Fairfax 2008
Frank Cohn has been involved in every major transportation project in the Mount Vernon District over the last several years. As Chairman of the Mount Vernon Council of Citizens’ Association Transportation Committee he established a well oiled, cohesive group of dedicated experts who evaluated and raised awareness of all transportation issues confronting the Mount Vernon District. Frank served on a committee to redesign the Mount Vernon Traffic Circle, the Woodlawn Road Replacement Citizen Advisory Committee, was instrumental in making changes to the Transportation Plan and pushing forward the creation of community parking districts. He is an unrelenting advocate for sidewalks and trails as well as rail to Fort Belvoir. Frank steered neither the MVCCA nor Supervisor Hyland wrong as long as he was at the wheel. While he is retired from MVCCA formal duties, he remains very active in the back ground providing historical background information, and writing draft resolutions and letters for the committee to act upon.
Former Mount Vernon District
Lords and Ladies Fairfax
Year |
Lord Fairfax |
Lady Fairfax |
| 2007 | Marvin Miller | Elizabeth I. Promen |
| 2006 | Mack Rhoades | Susan Aheron Magill |
| 2005 | Tim Sargeant | Louise Cleveland |
| 2004 | Joe Chudzik | Harriet Piper |
| 2003 | Neal F. McBride | Diane Donley |
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2002 | Charlie Creighton | Beryl A. Harman |
| 2001 | John F. "Jack" Knowles | Irma A. Clifton |
| 2000 | Sy Berdux | Mary Jo Tandy |
| 1999 | Earl Flanagan | Queenie Cox |
| 1998 | Phil Downs | Betty McManus |
| 1997 | John Byers | Joyce D. Andrews |
| 1996 | Warren Cikins | Henley Gibble |
| 1995 | Eugene L. Krizek | Adeline R. Krizek |
| 1994 | Thomas W. Chadwick | Louise L. Meade |
| 1993 | Henry B. Norton, Jr. | Christa H. Hellberg-Cook |
| 1992 | Raymond W. Philipps | Gertrude L. Wright |
| 1991 | Colonel David Bolte | Ruth R. Freaney |
| 1990 | Arthur W. Friedberg | Anne A. Andrews |
| 1989 | Colonel Robert Hardiman | Virginia A. Weber |
| 1988 | Albert J. Perry | Emily Myatt |
| 1987 | Joseph T. Adinaro | A. Virginia Dupart |
| 1986 | Curtis Shufflebarger, Jr. | Virginia Shufflebarger |
| 1985 | Brigadier General Lyon | Helen Lyon |
| 1984 | Joseph Flakne | Eleanor Kennedy |