by Robert Carter Arnold, Director, NASW Foundation

Remarks at Jim Evans’s Funeral, November 14, 2008, Silver Spring, MD

Thank you for the opportunity to be here and to highlight some of Jim’s contributions and impact at the National level.

I am honored to be here today representing the National Office of the National Association of Social Workers and our 150,000 social worker members.

My name is Bob Arnold, and I am Director of the NASW Foundation.

I met Jim soon after joining NASW in 2001, through Jim’s involvement with the Whitney Young, Jr., Memorial Lecture and Tea—and the Verne Lyons Scholarship Committee.

[You’ve already heard about Jim from Dr. Charles Howard and Dr. Sheryl Brissette-Chapman.]

Jim was a member of NASW for nearly 50 years, having been a member continually since 1961.

In 1976, Jim was awarded the National Social Worker of the Year Award from NASW. At that the time, he was Executive Director of the Urban League of Nebraska.

That same year—1976—Jim joined the NASW National Office staff. For the next 7 years, Jim served as Senior Staff Associate…working with Clinical Practice, Minority Affairs, the Student Intern Program, and Chapter Services. (more…)