2026 Person of the Year Nominations - Closed on 8/17

Past Honorees are listed below.

On Wednesday October 14, 2026, the Lebanon American Club is hosting the 14th annual Person of the Year Banquet at the Amber Room in Danbury, starting at 6:00pm. The Club will be honoring the contributions of

Norma Kalil Rohde

and

Khalil Rasamny

These individuals are being recognized for their contributions to the Lebanon American Community through any one or more of the business, civic, charitable, political, religious and social activities in the Greater Danbury area. Formal Invitations will be sent to members of the Lebanon American Club and Ladies Auxiliary upon selection of honorees. Others may use below to send in their reservations and program book submissions.

2026 PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD BANQUET

RSVP by Monday, September 21st

Number of people attending ______ at $85 per person, Total _________________

Names of People Attending

________________________________________________________________

Dinner to be served - Surf & Turf of NY Strip Steak and Shrimp

** Vegetarian and Children Dinners available upon request.

Your Name_______________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________

Phone:______________________ email: _______________________________

Make checks payable to Lebanon American Club (LAC) & Mail to

LAC Person of The Year Committee You may pay

22 West Street OR by CC, by using

Danbury, CT 06810 this QR Code

For questions, please send an email to lebanonClub22@att.net.

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LEBANON

AMERICAN CLUB

2026 PERSON OF THE YEAR PROGRAM BOOK

Please check your choice of Ad size:

Full pg. _______ $110

Half pg. _______ $60

Quarter pg. _______ $35

Name: ___________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________

Street:___________________________________________

City: _______________________ State _____________ Zip-code_________________

Phone:______________________ email: _____________________________

Please Email or Mail Ad by Monday September 21

Mail your camera-ready ad or print message below. You may also email your ad to LebanonClub22@att.net Let us know if you want to re-use last year’s ad.

Message: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Make checks payable to: Lebanon American Club (“LAC”)

LAC Person of The Year Committee You may pay

22 West Street OR by CC, by using

Danbury, CT 06810 this QR Code

For questions, please send an email to lebanonClub22@att.net

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CC Payment: In addition to the QR code on the response cards above, both the Dinner Reservation and Commemorative Ad or any of the above options, you may also request a Payment link by sending an email to Lebanonclub@att.net

Once on the first page, you will need to enter the total amount being paid first before checking out.

At checkout, you will have the opportunity to select what event the payment is made for, and provide additional detail info. This can be used for online reservations.

Mail the RSVP and Ad forms if paying by check, or if you are paying by CC and have not provided the requested details.

“Person(s) Of the Year” Nominations – Closed for 2026

In 2011, the Lebanon American Club Person(s) of the Year Award was established. The award recognizes men and women in the Lebanon American Community who have made significant contributions to the advancement and betterment of Lebanese Community in Danbury through business, civic, charitable, political, religious and/or social activities involving the Lebanon American Club and the Lebanese Community in greater Danbury at large. These contributions may have occurred over a period of years or in the most recent year prior to consideration by the Committee.

The Club is seeking nominations from Club and Ladies Auxiliary members, or or from our greater Danbury communities including the 3 Mid-East Parishes. You may also reach out to committee members Dr. Fred Kayal of St. George Church, Randy Michael of St. Anthony Church and Pres. Nabil Takla of St. Ann Church. The Committee will also reconsider nominees submitted previously who were not selected for the award. If you submitted a nomination in the past, you may submit an update to that nomination or submit a new one. All nominations are due by August 17. Formal invitations and Program Book sponsorship forms will be sent once the Committee selects the Honoree(s).

LAC PERSON OF THE YEAR NOMINATION FORM

Nominator Name(s):__________________________________________________________

Address:_____________________________________________________________________

Telephone:______________________ Email _______________________________

Signature: ________________________________________

Nominee Name: __________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________ Zip Code ______________

Phone: ___________________________ Email: _________________________________

NOMINEE ELIGIBILITY: Please check any box(s) that apply to the Nominee:

[ ] Not a Past Honoree of this program (Check list below)
[ ] Member of the Lebanon American Club (LAC) (regular or social)

[ ] Member of the LAC Ladies Auxiliary.

[ ] Member of St. Ann's, St. Anthony's or St. George's Churches in Danbury

[ ] If not a member of LAC or Ladies Auxiliary, or any of the churches listed above, then of Lebanese descent residing in greater Danbury (Danbury, Brookfield, Bethel, Newtown, New Fairfield, Ridgefield or Redding)

Mail this form or attach type written pages to LAC Person(s) of Year Committee, 22 West Street, Danbury 06810,

or email a ‘word’ or ‘pdf’ attachment of this form or if you have a question to LebanonClub@att.net.

“Describe in detail the reasons this nominee has earned this recognition. Focus on the contributions by the

nominee to the advancement and betterment of the Lebanese Community in greater Danbury through any one or

combination of the following: business, civic, charitable, political, religious and/or social activities involving the

Lebanon American Club and/or the Lebanese Community in greater Danbury.

The contributions may have occurred over a period of years or in the most recent year prior to consideration.

You may also include personal stories about the nominee that will assist the committee in its deliberations”

Description (use additional pages as needed:

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Past Person of the Year Honorees:

2025 - Robert J. Yamin And Rita M. Elkhoury

2024 - Toni A. Glynn, Ferris M. Nasser,

and Posthumous Honorees Raymond A. Antous and Albert J. Salame

2023 - Mary Elizabeth Salame, Joseph Walkovich and Posthumous Honoree Theresa Taylor

2022 - Event was not held due Centennial Celebration

2021 - Randa G. Antous and Daniel P. Jowdy

2020 - Event was not held due to Covid-19

2019 - Ruth Anne Ashkar and William A. Asmar
2018 - Josephine Nassif and State VA Commissioner Thomas Saadi,

2017 - Dr. Ziad Taweh & Evelyn Ellis

2016 - Jeanette Beylouni, Dr. Frederick A. Kayal,

and Posthumous Honoree Raymond A. Beylouni

2015 - John Ashkar and Georgette Ayoub

Posthumous Honorees George Dimyan

2014 - Dick Jowdy and Judge Dianne Yamin

Posthumous Honoree Fouad Antonios

2013 - Edward Nahom and Betty Lubus

2012 - Najla Antous, Mark Chory, and

Posthumous Honorees Laurice Saffi and Annis Nassif.

2011 - James Sr, Taffy Sr and Edward Sr. Jowdy, and Leila Shaker

14th Annual Person of the Year - Oct. 14, 2026

Please Email or Mail Ad by Monday September 21

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