Chief Mulligan honored by Rotary
By Sally Applegate/ Correspondent
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Georgetown Police Chief James Mulligan received the prestigious Paul Harris Fellow from the Greater Georgetown Rotary Club on Tuesday. The award is named for Paul Harris, who founded the International Rotary Club in 1905, and is presented "in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world."
The award consists of three emblems, a certificate, a medal and a lapel pin.
Charter President Teri Roche, a two-time recipient of the award, passed it on to Mulligan Tuesday in recognition of his outstanding work with the Rotary. Roche, who is also foundation chairman and assistant district governor for the Rotary, donated $1,000 in Mulligan's name to contribute to ongoing Rotary causes.
"Jim is receiving this because he has done an outstanding job in two years," said Roche.
Mulligan, who became Georgetown's chief of police in April of 2003, serves as the community service chairman for the Rotary, and led The Dictionary Program to bring new dictionaries to local classrooms. Every third grade student in the towns of Georgetown, Newbury, Rowley and Groveland received a free dictionary from the Rotary through the program.
"We held assemblies at the different schools for the third grade students with their teachers and principals," said Mulligan. "We gave a speech explaining the work done by the Rotary. Then we gave each student his or her own new dictionary, along with a card saying it was from the Rotary Club of Greater Georgetown. We gave dictionaries to 420 third grade students."
Mulligan attended Tuesday's Rotary ceremony with his wife Margo. The couple moved from Nashua, N.H. in 2003, when he took over as chief, and he has often said how welcoming the couple has found the community.
"Thank you so much for your friendship," said Mulligan as Roche presented the award. "This [award] is very kind, but I'm just one of a team."
He thanked the Rotary for supporting the Everyday Heroes program that brought recognition to people "who never would have been recognized otherwise."
 
This article originally appeared in the Georgetown Record on Thursday October 13, 2005 , By Sally Applegate/ Correspondent.
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