[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 105 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S9420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 INSTALLATION OF WILLIAM B. GREENWOOD AS PRESIDENT OF THE INDEPENDENT 
                      INSURANCE AGENTS OF AMERICA

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I rise today to commend a fellow Kentuckian 
and my friend, William B. Greenwood of Central City, who will be 
installed as president of the nation's largest insurance association--
the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA)--next month in 
Boston. Bill is president of C.A. Lawton Insurance, an independent 
insurance agency located in Central City.
  Bill's career as an independent insurance agent has been marked with 
outstanding dedication to his clients, his community, IIAA, the State 
association--the Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky--his 
colleagues and his profession.
  At the state level, Bill served as president of the Independent 
Insurance Agents of Kentucky in 1983, and was named the Kentucky 
association's Insurer of the Year in 1986. He was Kentucky's 
representative to IIAA's National Board of State Directors for seven 
years beginning in 1985.
  Bill also has been very active with IIAA. He served as chairman of 
its Communications and Membership Committees as well as chairman of the 
Future One Communications Task Force. Bill was elected to IIAA's 
Executive Committee in 1992 and since then he has exhibited a spirit of 
dedication and concern for his 300,000 independent agent colleagues 
around the country.
  Bill's selfless attitude also extends to his involvement in numerous 
Central City-area community activities. He received the 1989 Kentucky 
Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year Award. He is on the Boards of 
Directors for the Leadership Kentucky Foundation, Kentucky Audubon 
Council Boy Scouts of America, and Central City, Main Street, Inc.
  In the past, Bill served on the Board of Directors of the Muhlenberg 
Community Theater, the Everly Brothers Foundation, and the Central City 
Main Street and Redy Downtown Development Corporation. Also, Bill is 
past president of the Central City Chamber of Commerce and the Central 
City Lions Club.
  Bill's professional endeavors outside IIAA extend to serving on the 
board of directors and serving as president of the First United Holding 
Company, which owns Central City's First National Bank.
  I have complete confidence that Bill will serve with distinction and 
provide strong leadership as president of the Independent Insurance 
Agents of America. I wish him and his lovely wife, Leslie, all the best 
as IIAA President and First Lady over the next year.

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