Tom Lotz Honored by USRowing

from the USRowing website:

PRINCETON, N.J. – USRowing is pleased to announce the winners of its 2010 Annual Awards, the organization announced on Thursday.

The Jack Franklin Service Award is given to a referee for his or her lifetime contribution to the sport. This year’s recipient is Tom Lotz. A graduate of Syracuse University and a participant at the 1956 Olympic Trials, Lotz has been a licensed referee since 1990. Over the years, Lotz has served as the Southeast regional representative to the USRowing Referee Committee, chair of the USRowing Referee Committee and as an instructor at the USRowing Referee College. He has coordinated numerous programs that have increased the number of new referees in the Southeast region and developed a core of referees in Texas that are self-sufficient for area regattas. Lotz has refereed at 20 IRA Regattas and has served as the lead umpire at the Head of the Charles. He is a founding member of the Bay Area Rowing Club of Houston and was the sports director for the Houston 2012 Foundation, which prepared Houston’s bid for the 2012 Olympics. In 2002, he was honored with Syracuse University’s Varsity Club Letterwinner of Distinction. Lotz is a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Army with 24 years of service.

Congratulations Tom!