HOLLACE AVA WEINER

HOLLACE AVA WEINER

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Hollace stands at the center in black-and-white dress. Her husband and proofreader, Bruce Weiner, holds the winner's sign

Awards

  • 2021 Sam Proctor Award, presented by Southern Jewish Historical Society for foundational writing and research into Texas Jewish history
  • 2020  Extraordinary Preservation of Texas Jewish History, presented by Texas Jewish Historical Society.
  • 2018 Writing Award, 2nd place, Texas State Genealogical Society for “Monuments and Memory: Fort Worth’s World War I ‘Tribute to Our Boys.’” Lynna Kay Shuffield, co-author. Southern Jewish History, Vol. XX, 2017: 70-95. 
  • Preservation Achievement Award, from Historic Fort Worth, Inc., for restoration of World War I “Our Boys” honor roll tablets at 4050 S. Hulen St.
  • 2012 Preservation Achievement Award for writing  River Crest Country Club: The First Hundred Years, from Historic Fort Worth, Inc. 
  • 2011 Great Woman of Texas, Fort Worth Business Press
  • 2008 B’nai B’rith Person of the Year Award, Isadore Garsek Lodge of Fort Worth
  • 2008 Mickey Goldman Award, Men of Reform Judaism, for volunteer services to Beth-El Congregation, Fort Worth
  • 2008 William E. Jary Jr. Memorial Award, Outstanding Contributions to the Documentation of Tarrant County History, Tarrant County Historical Commission 
  • 2007 Deolece Parmelee Award, Texas Humanities Foundation, Outstanding Achievement of Preservation through Historic Research, for the book Lone Stars of David: The Jews of Texa.
  • 2004 recipient George Wolfskill Award, Outstanding Student Achievement in History, University of Texas at Arlington