Amador County Museum Curator Georgia Fox was honored in an emotional yet celebratory retirement presentation at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Fox, who has worked for the County since 1989, has become the face of the museum and the champion of many local causes. Supervisor Richard Forster read aloud a resolution listing Fox’s many achievements during her lifetime. These include 10 years working for Union Oil, working as a model, presiding as President of the Sutter Creek Woman’s Club, service on the Amador County Sesquicentennial Committee, 15 years membership in the Amador County Historical Society, working with schools to increase youth interest in local history, and 30 years of contributions to the business community through her participation in a cooperative called Fox’s Den. Her time as a freelance model at Universal Studios gave her the opportunity to be photographed with celebrities like Jeff Chandler and Burt Reynolds. Each Board member took the opportunity to individually commend Fox for her years of dedicated service, and jokingly nudged her for stories about her time with Reynolds. Fox said she will miss the children more than anything, then added one final statement. “I’m willing to help with the museum someday and get started again; I will miss it very much. I love this county, you know.”
Wednesday, 27 August 2008 02:33
Curator Georgia Fox Retires
Amador County Museum Curator Georgia Fox was honored in an emotional yet celebratory retirement presentation at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Fox, who has worked for the County since 1989, has become the face of the museum and the champion of many local causes. Supervisor Richard Forster read aloud a resolution listing Fox’s many achievements during her lifetime. These include 10 years working for Union Oil, working as a model, presiding as President of the Sutter Creek Woman’s Club, service on the Amador County Sesquicentennial Committee, 15 years membership in the Amador County Historical Society, working with schools to increase youth interest in local history, and 30 years of contributions to the business community through her participation in a cooperative called Fox’s Den. Her time as a freelance model at Universal Studios gave her the opportunity to be photographed with celebrities like Jeff Chandler and Burt Reynolds. Each Board member took the opportunity to individually commend Fox for her years of dedicated service, and jokingly nudged her for stories about her time with Reynolds. Fox said she will miss the children more than anything, then added one final statement. “I’m willing to help with the museum someday and get started again; I will miss it very much. I love this county, you know.”
