Men honored with recognition award
By ELOISE OGDEN, Regional Editor eogden@minotdailynews.comArticle Photos
Dan Feist and Terry Hoff were honored by the Minot Area Chamber of Commerce with its Genie Award, the Chamber's outstanding citizen award.
The award was presented Thursday during the Chamber's annual meeting in The Vegas Motel in Minot. The award is presented to an individual who has given unselfishly of time and talent toward the bettering of the Minot community, said John MacMartin, Chamber president.
Feist received the award for his philanthropic leadership in Minot and Hoff was presented the award to recognize his leadership in health care in Minot.
Feist's philanthropic leadership is demonstrated by the creation of both the Rotary Scholarship Foundation and the Minot Area Community Foundation, MacMartin said.
He said Feist grew up in Karlsruhe and from an early age he learned all about sharing, as the 10th child in a family of 15. Feist and three of his brothers founded Feist Construction in 1952. Eventually the business was divided into Feist Construction, Minot Sash and Door, Magic City Lumber and Feist Company.
Feist became a Rotarian in 1972 and in the world of giving back to the community, like the Rotary motto "Service Above Self," Feist did just that, MacMartin said. While fishing with his friend, Mike Dolan, in 1984, MacMartin said the two were trying to figure out a way to get more kids into college.
The Rotary Scholarship Foundation was born and money in that foundation has been largely raised by Feist's personal efforts, MacMartin said. The foundation principal is $500,000 and since 1985, just over $500,000 in scholarships have been awarded to 560 students.
Feist was the impetus behind the creation in the late 1990s of the Minot Area Community Foundation. Since its inception nine years ago, just over $3.2 million has been given back to the community in more than 500 grants to different organizations. The foundation has in excess of $8 million in managed funds and future gifts of several times that amount. The Minot Area Community Foundation has become the center of community giving, encouraging people to give back to their community to make a difference, MacMartin said.
Feist and his wife, Regina, have three daughters, three sons and several grandchildren.
Hoff retired in June after a 39-year career with Trinity Health, with 23 of those years as president and chief executive officer.
Hoff's leadership navigated Trinity through one of the most dynamic periods of change in the organization's 86-year history, which included a budget growth from $32 million in 1986 to $250 million in 2008, MacMartin said.
Hoff's other successes include the expansion of the emergency/trauma center with 24-hour physician coverage, revival of the heart surgery and neurosurgery programs, and the expansion of Trinity Homes.
Trinity and Hoff became the first hospital and first hospital CEO in North Dakota in 1993 to recruit and employ physicians, which redefined the relationship between the hospital and the doctor. Hoff presided over the purchase of UniMed Medical Center and Kenmare Community Hospital from Quorum Health Group in 2001. This action achieved a long sought after community goal of the consolidation of the health-care facilities in Minot and as consolidated facilities, Trinity became the state's first hospital to have a fully integrated electronic health record.
Hoff has been involved professionally in numerous medical associations. Locally, he has been active in Minot Area Development Corporation, Norsk Hstfest and the Chamber. He also is past chairman of the North Dakota Chamber of Commerce.
Originally from Parshall and a product of Parshall High School and the University of North Dakota, he and his wife, Shireen, have four daughters and two grandchildren.
MAC Jr. Award
Lyn Dockter-Pinnick and Chris Morsfield received the MAC Jr. Award.
They created MAC Jr. under the umbrella of the Chamber's Military Affairs Committee, with the purpose of raising funds for a project that would tangibly demonstrate the community support for Minot Air Force Base. They got the idea in 2003 when they visited Offutt AFB at Omaha, Neb., where they saw an entrance flag display given by the community to the base.
A number of other projects were suggested but the two women never wavered from the project to have a flag display at the main entrance of the Minot base, MacMartin said. The flag display was dedicated in late July.
"Without their leadership, the display would not have become reality," MacMartin said.
Dockter-Pinnick and Morsfield also received matching mementos from The Minot Daily News front page with the story about the dedication.
Morsfield was present to receive the award but Dockter-Pinnick, who now lives in Menahja, Minn., was unable to attend.
Past chairmen and chairwomen, the 2008-2009 board of directors, outgoing board members and staff also were recognized during the meeting.
Terry Zeltinger, president of United Community Bank, took over Thursday as the new chairman. Rob Dick, adviser with Raymond James Financial Services, is the outgoing chairman.
About 225 people attended the event. Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, was guest speaker.
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10-31-09 8:03 AM
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Honestly to get the community involved in the base goes beyond giving a flag dedication, it's really getting to know the Airmen of Minot and not just the big flag officers.
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10-31-09 8:01 AM
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How about honor our Veterans. They're the ones that count and especially those who choose to stay in Minot.
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