SOMETHING SPECIAL-A tribute to Jim Valvano-Second Leo Award Recipient
SOMETHING SPECIAL A Tribute to Jim Valvano DH DeForge, VMD 16JULY2014 Comments from Dr. Don DeForge: I have written in my blog, in the past, about individuals that I call hero. Today, I wish to offer the Second Leo Award posthumously to Jim Valvano. The LEO AWARD is not presented as a plaque; it is not presented on television or at a festival of stars. It is a PEOPLES AWARD. It is given as a gift; it is a form of love; and it comes from deep inside those who have been honored to have met, read, or heard the recipient[s] speak. The LEO AWARD is a statement that recognizes the recipient[s] as a disciple[s] of Leo Bustad and Leo Buscaglia. Nothing less and nothing more! Some would say why would Jim Valvano be linked to Leo Bustad. Leo Bustad is not just a person who espoused the Human-Animal Bond...Leo Bustad espoused values and the value of living. Leo Buscaglia may have met Jim Valvano. Both were men of immense inspiratio...