WILLIAM W. FRIEDMAN CHAPTER LEADERSHIP AWARD
2015 Application Form
PURPOSE: The William W. Friedman Chapter Leadership Award posthumously honors William W.
Friedman, an advisor to Wheaton AZA in the early to mid 1960’s, whose work with BBYO youth
promoted leadership to build strong AZA chapters and individual members. The award was first
presented in 1967 to recognize leadership contributions within individual chapters.
ELIGIBILITY: Application for the William W. Friedman Chapter Leadership Award is open to any
member of BBYO who is completing his/her junior or senior year in high school. Applicants must
have exhibited those qualities which promote the ideals of BBYO and leadership on the chapter level.
Award: Will be given at the annual awards night ceremony and will include a donation to BBYO in the
teens honor towards D.C. Council scholarship.
TO THE APPLICANT: Please type your answers to these questions on separate paper. Remember, we
can only judge your qualifications by the information you provide! Your name and chapter should
only be listed on page 3 to preserve anonymity.
The answers should be typed on separate paper in either Arial or Times New Roman font.
Applications are due to Regional Director Jonah Potasznik in the D.C. Council office by Friday, May
15th. Please email the completed application (as an attachment) to jpotasznik@bbyo.org.
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Application Questions
1. Date of entrance into BBYO and year in school (8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade) when you first
joined BBYO. If membership has not been continuous, show dates for active periods and explain
reasons for lack of continuity. What year do you anticipate graduating from high school?
2. In 100 words or less, define leadership and its importance to the chapter.
3. What committee(s) have you served on in your chapter? Indicate whether you volunteered for the
committee(s) or were appointed to the committee(s) and the date(s) of your service on the
committee(s). Please list committee memberships chronologically. What contributions did you make
as a member of each committee?
4. What committee chairmanship(s) have you held in your chapter? Indicate whether you
volunteered for the committee chairmanship(s) or were appointed to the committee chairmanship(s)
and the date of your service as committee chairman. Please list committee chairmanship(s)
chronologically. What was accomplished under your committee chairmanship(s)?
5. What elected offices have you held in your chapter? Indicate whether you volunteered for the
office or were nominated by someone else and the dates of your service in the office. Please list
offices held chronologically. What was accomplished as a result of your holding these offices?
6. If you progressed to another leadership level (i.e. Council), identify the specific leadership roles and
responsibilities you assumed. Did you volunteer for these roles or were you elected? How did you
continue to provide leadership to your chapter while in a leadership role on another BBYO level?
7. In 100 words or less, explain how you contributed to fulfilling the ideals of BBYO.
8. In 100 words or less, explain how you benefited from BBYO.
9. In 50 words or less, explain what you would change or do differently if you had it to do all over
again.
10. What other organizations do you belong to and what other activities have you participated in?
Give dates.
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William W. Friedman Chapter Leadership Award
This page will be removed by the BBYO office to preserve the applicant’s anonymity.
Applicant’s Name __________________________________________________________
Chapter _____________________________________________________
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