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__** THE PAUL HANSON AWARD **__ Paul Hanson began his educational career as a social studies teacher and taught at the middle and high school level for 14 years. He served as a high school assistant principal, principal, and as region director. The majority of his career involved directing the Social Studies Program for the school district, during which time many programs were initiated. Among them are: Close Up, student voter registration, Kids Voting, the Historical Museum Project, Character Education, Junior Achievement programs, Holocaust Studies, Black Archives, Legal Project, Mock Trial, and We The People. In initiating these and other programs Mr. Hanson cooperated with numerous organizations and agencies such as the NAACP, the Center for Civic Education, Miami-Dade County, Florida and Dade Bar Associations, Close Up Foundation, League of Women Voters, Dade County Elections Department, the Cuban American National Council, National Conference for Christians and Jews, National and Florida Councils for the Social Studies, the Miami Herald, and USA Today. Mr. Hanson has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center, Historical Museum of Southern Florida, and the Peace Education Foundation. Now retired, he works part-time in the Bureau of Elementary, secondary, and Workforce Development Education. Paul and his wife, Marilyn, have five children and five grandchildren.
 * MIAMI-DADE COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES (MDCSS) **

__** PAUL HANSON AWARD RECIPIENTS **__ Frank de Varona - 1999 John R. Doyle - 2000 Ron Cold - 2001 Donna Genet - 2002 Dr. Paul George - 2003 Dr. Mohammed K. Farouk - 2004 Sharon Shelly - 2005 Dr. Mara Zapata - 2006 Thirlee Smith, Jr. - 2007 Dr. Miriam Klein-Kassanoff - 2008 Dr. Gail Hawks - 2009 Lon Lazzeri - 2010 Robert Brazofsky - 2011 Tom Glaser - 2012 Annette Boyd-Pitts - 2013 Gary Sheckman - 2014 TBA - 2015