Public Employee Press

Emerald Society honors Sullivan

On March 8, the Emerald Society of the Parks and Recreation Dept. honored DC 37’s Dennis Sullivan at its 22nd Annual Dinner-Dance.

As director of the union’s Research and Negotiations Dept., Sullivan has played a major role for Parks Dept. employees. He was chosen as the recipient of the President’s Award for his many years of dedicated service on behalf of public employees and their families.

As he accepted his award, Sullivan employed his understated sense of levity and pointed Irish wit: “I hope that this won’t become the first step in my becoming one of the sash-wearing, tuxedo-clothed, top-hatted grand people who dance among the oppressors of the working class and suppress the memories of my ancestors’ troubles,” he said.