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The 2014 BCI Distinguished Service Award
Recipient, Pauline Muth , USA
BACI Director and Executive Officer
merican bonsai artist and instruc- tor, Pauline Muth, was awarded the 2014 BCI Distinguished Ser- vice Award at the awards banquet during the recent convention in
the Gold Coast, Australia August 23, 2014. Pauline first became active in BCI in 2001 when she helped with a convention. The following year, she joined the board of directors and served in varying capaci- ties during the next twelve years. She has served as the Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Executive Director and most recently as Treasurer, before leav- ing the board in late August of this year. Pauline worked with past BCI President Linda Brant to bring BCI and the Ameri- can Bonsai Society (ABS) together as they held several joint BCI/ABS conventions in North America. Muth has been a leading figure in American bonsai for many years and been an important contributor to BCI. She is the owner of PFM Bonsai Studio in West Charlton, New York. BCI is pleased to recognize Pauline Muth for her many years of valuable service to BCI.
Pauline Muth, bonsai artist, and two trees in her collection; a Trident maple, Acer buergeianum, left, and a Bougainvellia glabra, above.
A Strong Supporter of Bonsai
Soeroso Soemopawiro, Indonesia
Bottom; Soeroso with his Premna M
mycrophylla landscape
Committee Chair, Grand Indonesian Bonsai & Suiseki Exhibition 2014
r. Soeroso Soemopawiro has been trad- ing in oil and gas since the 1970s. He has grown his business by entering the mining industry in 1991 and real estate in 2011.
Soeroso has been active since 1979 in HiswanaMi- gas (Association of Indonesian Oil and Gas Entre- preneurs), an association that unites the oil and gas entrepreneurs throughout Indonesia. Soeroso was first appointed the Head of HiswanaMigas Region 3 (covering the Jakarta and West Java areas), and a cou- ple years later was appointed as the General Secretary of HiswanaMigas. Soon after that, he was appointed as the Chairman until 2001. Since 2001 to the present, Soeroso has served as Chairman of the HiswanaMigas Advisory Board.
Soeroso also served as a member of the Advisory Board of Kadin Indonesia (Indonesian Chambers of Trade and Industry).
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