LERA Honors Dennis Rocheleau in San Francisco
Dennis Rocheleau accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award in San Francisco, January 2009.
Retired General Electric Labor Relations Manager Dennis Rocheleau was honored with the LERA Lifetime Achievement Award by LERA presidents and members at the San Francisco annual meeting on January 4, 2009.
The Lifetime Achievement Award, which is the most prestigious award given by LERA, signifies the admiration and appreciation of the members of the Association for Rocheleau’s lifetime of work and achievement in our field.
Anthony T. Oliver, Jr. 2008 president of LERA presented the Award to Rocheleau at the Presidential Luncheon at the 61st Annual Meeting in San Francisco. “You personify the LERA goal of advancing the cause of peaceful, constructive workplace relations in your many years with General Electric,” Oliver told Rocheleau at the presentation. “I am sure that everyone in our field shares the view that your labor-management achievements will continue to serve as a model for others to replicate in the future.”
Oliver also pointed out that Rocheleau was the first recipient of the award to come from the management/practitioner side of LERA membership.
Previous distinguished recipients of this award include: William J. Usery, John T. Dunlop, Lois Spier Gray, Theodore Kheel, Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., F. Ray Marshall, David Brody, Lynn Williams, Wayne Horvitz, Clark Kerr, Neil Chamberlain, George P. Shultz, Walter Gershenfeld, Robert McKersie, George Strauss, and Jack Stieber.
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