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Don and Nancy Buttfield
Carol Hardy, 2007 Recipient of the Don Buttfield Award The ways in which Carol is devoted to the school and gives of her time and energy are almost too numerous to mention. Of key importance and a real tribute to Don's legacy, is her gifted teaching contribution. Her classes are always full, and she devotes long hours to making sure that every student is getting the best learning experience possible. She is an extraordinary Fellow and gifted teacher in both furniture and structures. She upholds incredibly high standards of quality for herself, her students, and for the school as a whole. She has set up the entire database for the school and updates it each year. She is the “silent partner” in the Tool Pool. She comes to school a week early, arriving on Sunday and works in the Tool Pool until Wednesday when she turns into a “pumpkin” at the stroke of midnight and becomes a Guild School instructor. She stays at school until the following Monday to inventory and pack up the Tool Pool. She attends the pre- and post-conference meetings with the Maine Maritime Academy representatives. Carol is a pivotal member of the School Committee where her sound judgment and integrity are highly regarded. She loves the school and wants to do whatever she can to make it successful. The school is her passion and her contributions are purely for her own pleasure and enjoyment. She never seeks attention for anything she does. Carol Hardy is a calm, capable, ever-present spirit at the Guild School.
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Don Buttfield Award By Barbara Davis, Guild School Director The Don Buttfield Award, established in 1998, is given annually by the International Guild of Miniature Artisans to a member of the Guild in memory of Don Buttfield. The Award is given in recognition of a student or instructor whose contributions of time and talents toward the good of the Guild School and whose generosity of spirit reflects the values embodied by Don Buttfield. The recipient is someone who has shown the same unassuming qualities that Don Buttfield possessed in such a large measure and who shines, unselfishly, by sharing his or her talents and skills with others for the benefit of the Guild School. In addition to being a brilliantly talented Fellow of the Guild, Don Buttfield was a longtime summer resident of Castine, and it was largely through his and his wife Nancy’s efforts that the Maine Maritime Academy became the home of the Guild School for the past twenty-five years. The award recipient’s name is engraved on a plaque. At the opening ceremony at the Guild School in June, the recipient is announced and receives the Buttfield Award Rock, a very special rock brought from Castine and engraved with stars. Past winners of the Don Buttfield Award are: 1998 Bill Burkey The Don Buttfield Committee 2007:-Carey Buttfield, Family Member
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