Geraldine
"Geri" Curley is the recipient of the Raymond C. Lemieux Memorial
Award for distinguished service, presented at the 2004 annual MCCC
Delegate Assembly. The award recognizes service to higher education
and the labor movement in the quest for improved working conditions
and high standards of professional excellence.
Curley has been a professional staff unit member at Bunker Hill Community College for 20 years where she is Mathematics Coordinator in the Center for Self-Directed Learning.
She has been extremely active in MCCC affairs for many years. The MCCC director from Bunker Hill for 12 years, Geri has been elected an at-large member of the Executive Committee for three terms. She is a member of the critical Finance Committee and also a member of the Nominations and Elections Committee.
Furthermore, Geri is the Executive Committee Representative to the DCE Grievance Committee where she provides input on decisions to take grievances to mediation and later to arbitration. On the local chapter level she has been the Strategic Action Coordinator, Membership Chairperson, day and DCE Grievance Coordinator. Political action is another area where she demonstrates her commitment to the union. She regularly serves on MTA candidate endorsement teams and has been active in many campaigns of endorsed candidates. She is well known by her town's senator and representative.
Ted Ridout, Bunker Hill chapter president, said of Curley, "In all positions she has shown an extraordinary commitment and vigilance. She knows the issues. She is engaged always." Raymond C. Lemieux (1931-1987), Professor of Economics at STCC, was a Massachusetts Community College Council treasurer, negotiator, grievance coordinator, and Health & Welfare trustee. His service and dedication to higher education, to the Massachusetts community college system, and to the MCCC / MTA / NEA immeasurably enhanced the lives of those around him.
The award recognizes members who demonstrate the following characteristics: