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DUEHR, Michael
DUEHR, Michael. (Dubuque, IA,-- ). Duehr graduated from DUBUQUE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in 1962 and joined the Fraternal Order of Eagles the following year. His father and mother were Bell-Ringing State Presidents in Iowa. His father, Don was the state president in 1974-75 and his mother, Raph, served as state president of the Auxiliary in 1980-81. Michael also won the coveted Bell-Ringer Award when he was President of the Iowa State Aerie from 1999-2000, and at the 2005 Grand Aerie Convention in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he was elected to the post of Grand Outside Guard.
Within the Eagles, he was instrumental in obtaining a national Eagles grant to support the Dubuque Area Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse. He was also a strong financial supporter of the D. A. R. E. programs for the Dubuque County Sheriff's Department and the Dubuque Police Department. Using his contacts at the state, regional and national levels of the Eagle's organization, Duehr also obtained funds for other organizations. He raised over $110,000 towards the cost of a new 3-D imagery device for the Wendt Regional Cancer Center. Active in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program, Duehr annually raised over $1,000 for the program and began a Christmas program for children in the program in 2005.
Duehr founded the "Eyes on the Future" program which involves students in service projects that assist children and the needy. Among other activities, the group has wrapped Christmas presents for residents of the Maria House, Teresa Shelter and Manasseh House.
Michael Duehr was the recipient of the FIRST CITIZEN AWARD from the Telegraph Herald in 2013.