John C. Randolph Award

The John C. Randolph Award was established to honor persons or organizations in the community who exemplify the mission of the Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians & Jews. It was named for current Fellowship chair, John C. "Skip" Randolph, who was also the first recipient, following a decade of service as chair from 1993-2003.

 

The 2025 Randolph Award will be presented at the Annual Fellowship Dinner to Kimberly Coombs, K-12 Holocaust and Jewish History Program Planner for the School District of Palm Beach County, one of the largest urban districts in the country. 

 

Kim oversees the Holocaust curriculum for the middle and high schools offering the elective and ensures compliance with education mandates across all 183 schools in the District, impacting more than 187,000 students annually. An Alfred Lerner Fellow earned through the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous and the recipient of the Naftaly Award of Excellence from inSIGHT Through Education, Kim is dedicated to Holocaust education. She has more than 30 years of educational experience, including 20 years as a classroom teacher.


Previous Randolph Award Recipients

 

2024: William A. Meyer

2023: Charles Hagy

2022: Michael Ainslie

2020: Barbara* and Morton Mandel*

2019: Louis C. Pryor* and Harold B. "Hal" Scott*

2018: Joyce McLendon*

2017: Frances Fisher

2016: H. Irwin Levy*

2015: Rosalie H. Franks, EdD and Mary Gerstenberg Hulitar*

2014: Ervin S. Duggan

2013: Robert C. Wright

2012: Gail L. Coniglio

2011: Herbert C. Lee* and Anita Hamilton Michaels

2008: RAdm (retired) Philip A. Whitacre*

2007: Rabbi Howard Shapiro and Rev. Ralph R. Warren, Jr.

2006: Nettie Finkle*

2005: Thomas G. O'Brien III

2004: John C. Randolph

 

No award was given in 2021 -- no Annual Dinner due to covid-19.

 

* of blessed memory