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Public Employee Press
LIU honors Retirees
Norman O. Davis Norman O. Davis was named recently
to the national honor society for public affairs and administration. Long Island
University inducted the DC 37 Retirees Association vice president into Pi Alpha
Alpha April 6 in a ceremony at its Brooklyn campus. Davis recalled that
he was hired as a Parks worker after answering an ad in the Chief that said, No
education, no experience, for which he quipped he was adequately qualified.
Davis said he was inspired by his mother to pursue his Parkscareer. As a
Parks worker, he served 11 years as a shop steward with Laborers Local 924, and
was the vice president of Uniformed Parks Supervisors Local 1508 from 1980 to
1988. Davis earned his undergraduate degree in psychology at the DC 37
campus of the College of New Rochelle in 1975. In the mid-1980s, as president
of CNRs DC 37 Alumni Association, Davis convinced the college to establish
a unique masters program in public administration. LIU honored
Davis for his role at the recommendation of Judith J. Kirchhoff, program director
of the public administration program, and Aziza Zemani, assistant professor and
faculty advisor to Pi Alpha Alpha for national honors. | |