David Capron Named the 2009 J. Walter Juckett Community Service Award Recipient

David Capron, Facility Engineer at Navilyst Medical, in Glens Falls, will be honored as the recipient of the 2009 J. Walter Juckett Community Service Award, on January 31, 2009, as part of the “Go Tandem” ARCC Annual Dinner and Tri-County United Way Auction. Mr. Capron has a combined 116+ years of volunteer service through a wide variety of community organizations.

One of the criteria used to select the recipient of this prestigious community service award is that the efforts of this volunteer are substantial and enduring. David Capron’s first memory of volunteering was in 1966 when the Town of Granville recognized the need to create a new rescue squad. He is a charter member and a past President of the Granville Rescue Squad. He has also served for well over 17 years as a board member of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization locally and its’ President four times seeing the number of local children matched with a Big increase from less than 50 to over 200 children annually.

David Capron’s volunteer service commitments include but are not limited to: a Director for the EDC of Warren County; Past President of the Hudson River LDC, Past Member of the Warren County Zone Administration Board, Past President of the Parish Council of the Church of the Annunciation, of Queensbury; a Committee Member for the United Way’s Fund Drive at Navilyst, formerly Boston Scientific; a Board member for the Glens Falls Civic Center Foundation; Vice Chairman for the Queensbury Economic Development Corporation; and 9 years on the ARCC’s Board of Directors. He now lives in Queensbury with his wife, Jane. The couple has two daughters, Debi and Jen.


PAST J. WALTER JUCKETT AWARD RECIPIENTS:
1990—John A. Matochik, Jr., DVM
1991—George C. Frost, PE
1992—Frank Munoff
1993—Merritt E. Scoville
1994—John P. Cushing
1995—Floyd H. Rourke
1996—Ann Butler
1997—Thomas E. Haley
1998—Frank Leonbruno
1999—Charles R. Wood
2000—Michael F. Massiano
2001—Thomas Ross, CPA
2002—Senator Ronald B. Stafford
2003—Joan Kubricky
2004—Paul E. Pontiff, Esq.
2005—Thomas L. Hoy
2006--Richard Trowbridge
2007--David Kruczlnicki
2008--Jim and Tina Marshall
2009--David Capron

J.Walter Juckett - A Legacy of Community Service
J. Walter Juckett was born on May 26, 1908, in Mittineague, Massachusetts, the son of the late Frank A. and Laura F. Juckett.
His childhood years were spent in central Massachusetts where he graduated from Springfield Technical High School with Honors in 1926. Mr. Juckett enrolled and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont in 1930. He was, and remains, the only individual to graduate NU, a military school, who served as the Cadet Major and graduated with the highest academic achievement.
Upon graduating with an engineering degree, he began his business career in 1930 at the Hurlbut Paper Company of South Lee, MA, where his father, Frank A. Juckett, served as the President. He was very proud of his achievement in becoming a papermaker. During the depth of the depression in the Spring of 1936, the Juckett father-son team were enticed to move to Hudson Falls to take over active management of the Sandy Hill Iron and Brass Works, manufacturer of machinery and equipment for the pulp and paper industry. The family quickly established its reputation in the paper industry and the local community.
J. Walter Juckett had a remarkable business career in the paper industry and was recognized as a major community leader in his adopted home, the Village of Hudson Falls, and its entire surrounding community.
During World War II he entered the military in May 1942, earned the rank of Captain while being in charge of the training programs at the First Service Command Tactical School. Captain Juckett was honorably discharged in November 1945.
Mr. Juckett's leadership and commitment transgressed a wide range of civic, charitable, religious, political, business and educational activities. He was recognized with honors for his work and contributions from the Boy Scouts of America, New York Business Development Corporation, the Salvation Army, Norwich University, the Presbyterian Church, Hudson Falls Central School and many other organizations.
He was active for several years with the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce, was a tireless worker for the arts, having served as a director of the Lake George Opera Festival and was a major force in The Hyde Collection Capital Campaign.
J. Walter Juckett was trained in engineering, the military, and papermaking. His exceptional career saw him head a pulp and paper machinery firm, Sandy Hill Corporation; serve as a public educator, trustee, a board member and vice chairman of his alma mater; become a member of both a regional and a national financial institution's board of directors; be named president of the National Council of United Presbyterian Men; and left a legacy as one of the region's greatest philanthropists.