The Austin Lions Club has many outstanding members that have been recognized for their accomplishments throughout the years. This page is dedicated to showing our pride in these Austin Lions Club members.  The members recognized on this page have received awards from the Austin Lions Club, Lions Club District 5M1, Lions Multiple District 5M or Lions Club International.

GEORGE DUGAN
Multiple District Hall of Fame Candidate

This Austin native was born in 1910 and raised in Austin. He worked for twenty years at Hormel Foods before opening and operating Dugan’s Sport Shop for thirty years. He spent ten years on the Austin City Council, served on the Board of Directors of Northwestern State Bank and was a past president of the Austin Chamber of Commerce, the Austin Country Club, the Izaak Walton League and the St. Olaf Lutheran Church Men’s Club. He received Outstanding Citizenship and Service Awards from the Austin Jaycees and from Mower County.

George was a member and leader of many local organizations including a seven-year term on the Local Selective Service Board. After retirement George stayed active in SCORE (Service Club of Retired Executives) and or course in our Lions Organization.

George played amateur baseball for years and after his playing days he served as Commissioner of Minnesota Amateur Baseball. He bowled in Austin leagues for 65-years and was Austin City tennis champion for ten years. He was named a member of the Austin High School Hall of Fame in 1984.

George joined our Club in 1950 and maintained perfect attendance until 1995. It was through his tenancy and leadership that the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank was founded in 1959. George has served that organization as a board member, board chair and trustee. He is a past President of our Club, as well as a past District Governor. He has received the 5M-1 District Governor Extension Award, the International President’s Melvin Jones Fellowship Award, the International Counselor’s Cap Award and the Lions International Old Monarch Award…ten-year and fifteen year.

Lion George went to many Lions International conventions, Multiple District conventions and meetings. He spent countless hours on the phone and traveled countless miles in his car traveling to Lions clubs to further the cause of the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank. He personally drove many patients to the Eye Bank for evaluation. It is only fitting that our Club and this Lion share the same birth date, October 15th.

Lions International and Our Club have both benefited from the dedication and hard work of this Lion. George is a true humanitarian, who has dedicated his life, in Lionism and in his community, to the Lions motto,
“We Serve”.