Alabama-West Florida executive earns Board of Pension award
5/1/1998 News media contact: Tim Tanton · (615) 742-5470 · Nashville, Tenn. by United Methodist News Service The Rev. Gerald Maddox, conference benefits officer for the Alabama-West Florida Annual (regional) Conference, has received the 1997 Charles L. Calkins Award from the United Methodist Board of Pension and Health Benefits.
Maddox was cited for leadership in his annual conference. He has served the conference board of pensions since 1984 and became conference benefits officer in 1991.
"Gerald always approaches problems with a positive attitude," said Jackie Miller, benefits educator with the Board of Pension, in a prepared statement. "He is one who wants to find solutions."
The Board of Pension gives the Calkins Award annually to honor leadership in pension and benefits administration. The award is named for former General Secretary Charles L. Calkins, who served the board from 1938 to 1964.
Maddox was recognized at the board's regular spring board meeting, April 17-18, in Skokie, Ill. The award was presented by Alabama-West Florida Bishop William W. Morris, vice president of the pension agency's board of directors, and the Rev. Karl Stegall, a member of the Board of Pension and the Alabama-West Florida Conference.
The Board of Pension noted Maddox's work in raising his conference's pension rate-to-average compensation ratio, bringing the level of retiree benefits in line with the standard for other conferences.
In the early 1990s, he became one of the first conference benefits officers to use a new telecommunication system to transmit data to the Board of Pension. Last fall, he volunteered to help test the board's new recordkeeping system. In addition, he has held several financial planning seminars in his conference.
Maddox, who turns 61 on May 6, is retiring this year. He also will finish a term on the Coordinating Committee of the Association of United Methodist Pension and Benefit Officers.
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