Issue link: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1054784
For Members 28 SAG-AFTRA | Fall 2018 | sagaftra.org S AG-AFTRA has honored seven extraordinary individuals for dedicated service to their fellow members. SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris presented the President's Award to former SAG President Richard Masur on Oct. 20, during the meeting of SAG-AFTRA's national board. Masur has been active in union service since 1989, when he ran for a SAG board seat. He was elected SAG president in 1995 and served until 1999. Seven years later, he returned to serve the union as a National Board member and was a key player in the merger of SAG and AFTRA. Today, he is national chair of the Government Affairs and Public Policy Committee, leading the union's legislative efforts. "In the life of this union, I have been honored to have lived during extraordinarily interesting times," Masur said in accepting his honor. "Every single person sitting in this boardroom is here because they wish only the best for the members of this union. We are all here to do the same thing, which is to get the best wages and working conditions and improve the lives of every member of this union." Also at the meeting, some of the union's earliest members were named recipients of the Founders Award for meritorious ALISON BUCK/GETTY IMAGES/SAG-AFTRA ALISON BUCK/GETTY IMAGES/SAG-AFTRA UNION HONORS MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Honorees and leadership at the Oct. 20 National Board meeting. service. SAG-AFTRA National Honors and Tributes Committee vice chairs Don Ahles and Kevin Scullin introduced Carteris, Executive Vice President Rebecca Damon and Secretary-Treasurer Jane Austin, who presented the awards. Honorees included: • Barbara Perry, who became a Screen Actors Guild member in 1934, one month before her 13th birthday. Perry's daughter, Laurel Lee James, read remarks for her mother, channeling Shakespeare: "All the world's a stage … and I humbly thank the board and all the union's members for playing their parts so gloriously and by kindly recognizing me with this most prestigious award. I can no other answer make than thanks and thanks and ever thanks." • Marsha Hunt, who joined Screen From left, Executive Vice President Rebecca Damon, President Gabrielle Carteris, honoree Norman Lloyd and Secretary-Treasurer Jane Austin CLICK HERE for more photos