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The 2014 BCI Distinguished Service Award

Recipient, Pauline Muth , USA

BCI Director and Executive Officer

merican bonsai artist and instruc-
tor, Pauline Muth, was awarded
the 2014 BCI Distinguished Ser-
vice Award at the awards banquet
Aduring the recent convention in
the Gold Coast, Australia August 23, 2014.
Pauline first became active in BCI in 2001
when she helped with a convention. The
following year, she joined the board of
directors and served in varying capaci-
ties during the next twelve years. She has
served as the Corresponding Secretary,
Recording Secretary, Executive Director
and most recently as Treasurer, before leav-
ing the board in late August of this year.
Pauline worked with past BCI President
Linda Brant to bring BCI and the Ameri-
can Bonsai Society (ABS) together as they
held several joint BCI/ABS conventions in
North America. Muth has been a leading
figure in American bonsai for many years
and been an important contributor to BCI.
She is the owner of PFM Bonsai Studio in Pauline Muth, bonsai artist, and two trees in her collection; a
West Charlton, New York. BCI is pleased to Trident maple, Acer buergeianum, left, and a Bougainvellia glabra,
recognize Pauline Muth for her many years above.
of valuable service to BCI.

A Strong Supporter of Bonsai

Soeroso Soemopawiro, Indonesia
Bottom; Soeroso with his Premna
mycrophylla landscape Committee Chair, Grand Indonesian Bonsai & Suiseki Exhibition 2014
r. Soeroso Soemopawiro has been trad-
ing in oil and gas since the 1970s. He
has grown his business by entering the
mining industry in 1991 and real estate
Min 2011.
Soeroso has been active since 1979 in HiswanaMi-
gas (Association of Indonesian Oil and Gas Entre-
preneurs), an association that unites the oil and gas
entrepreneurs throughout Indonesia. Soeroso was
first appointed the Head of HiswanaMigas Region 3
(covering the Jakarta and West Java areas), and a cou-
ple years later was appointed as the General Secretary
of HiswanaMigas. Soon after that, he was appointed
as the Chairman until 2001. Since 2001 to the present,
Soeroso has served as Chairman of the HiswanaMigas
Advisory Board.
Soeroso also served as a member of the Advisory
Board of Kadin Indonesia (Indonesian Chambers of
Trade and Industry).

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