- Date
- 2002-09
- Kind
- Award
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- commercecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September 2002 Beaver Beacon reported that Beaver Island’s Bill Thomas had won the Business Advisory Council’s Gold Medal Award for Michigan and would serve on the Council, which advocated for small businesses in Washington. The report also said he was invited to the October Republican Entrepreneurs’ Convention and a dinner with Vice President Dick Cheney.
Evidence limits
This record preserves the newspaper’s report of the selection and planned events; it does not independently verify the award organization’s records or the later convention attendance.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, September 2002, “Bill Thomas wins Medal.”Reports Bill Thomas’s Michigan Gold Medal selection, his seat on the Business Advisory Council, and his planned attendance at the October Republican Entrepreneurs’ Convention in Washington. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the recognition report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s Bill Thomas wins Michigan Business Advisory Council Gold Medal recognition in 2002”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bill-thomas-business-advisory-gold-medal-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2002, “Bill Thomas wins Medal.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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