Don Alhart – Brighton Memories III
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Leo Dodd Heritage Preservation Award
To Be Presented to Richard Reisem
- Sunday, February 4, 2024 – 2 p.m.
- Brickstone Wintergarden – 1325 Elmwood Avenue
- Presented by: Don Alhart, WHAM News Anchor
- Dodd Award presented by Board of Trustees
- Free and open to the public
About the speaker – from Wikipedia:
Don Alhart is the main news anchor and Associate News Director for WHAM-TV (Channel 13, ABC Affiliate) in Rochester, New York. Alhart began his professional television career at WOKR-TV (the predecessor of WHAM) in 1966 after graduating from Ithaca College.
He has won the Edward R. Murrow Award five times for Best Newscast in the nation. He has also received the 60th Annual Rochester Rotary Award, the oldest major civic award in Rochester’s community, presented each year to a citizen who has made a significant contribution to the business, professional, cultural, or civic life of the community.
In 2010, he was elected to the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. He has been an active member of the Rochester Rotary Club for the past 33 years, serving as president in 1987 and Governor for Rotary District 7120, which includes Brockport, for 2002–2003. Don is involved in numerous charitable organizations throughout the Rochester area.
Richard Reisem
Photo courtesy
Josef Johns
Richard O. Reisem has been named the 2023 recipient of the Leo Dodd Heritage Preservation Award. Richard is a charter member of Historic Brighton, and is the author of sixteen books on local history and preservation which include 6 books on Mount Hope Cemetery. Richard served as a trustee of the Landmark Society of Western New York for more than twenty years and in 2012, Richard received the Landmark Society’s Special Achievement Award for his work as a researcher, author and preservation activist.
