Mark C. Paine Servant Leadership Award
Dear Friends:
It has now been six months since the loss of my brother Mark. My family and I are piecing our lives together one day at a time. I read once that the space between taps and reveille can feel impossibly vapid. So have these months proven—and I am yet uncertain that the new day will bear any resemblance to the days I remember before October 15th, 2006.
In December, Jill and I traveled to Ft. Hood, TX to welcome Mark’s division home from Iraq. From General Thurman (Commander, 4th Infantry Division) to Mark’s interpreter and security detail who traveled everywhere with him, one common theme was repeated time and again: Mark was a servant leader.
As some of you may know, Mark was expecting to begin the Eisenhower Leader Development Program (ELDP) in Fall 2007—a specialized Masters degree for the Army’s future leaders. The program operates as a joint venture between West Point and Teachers College, Columbia University and accepts only a small and tightly knit cohort each year. Through his application, reputation and just “Mark being Mark,” his matriculation was eagerly anticipated.
Since October, West Point and Columbia have been working with my family to commemorate Mark’s legacy in some fashion associated with the ELDP and future students of the program. Today, we are pleased to announce the creation of the Mark C. Paine Servant Leadership Award Fund. The award fund will serve two purposes. The first is to honor Mark’s exemplary life and his dedicated commitment to servant leadership. The second is to recognize each year a graduate of the ELDP cohort voted by his or her peers as the best example of “servant
leadership”.
The criteria for the award are:
The ELDP student who has demonstrated behaviorally the manifestations of servant leadership:
To [Captain or Major] [Name of Recipient] who was selected by his (her) peers as the one among them who manifested most the qualities and characteristics of servant leadership – putting others first.
A wall plaque will be mounted permanently at West Point bearing Mark’s name and the name of each year’s recipient. If funds permit, a matching wall plaque will be mounted at Teachers College, Columbia University. The first award will presented during the May 11, 2007 graduation for the ELDP cohort at West Point.
Contributions to the Mark C. Paine Servant Leadership Award Fund will be used to purchase the individual awards each year, design and create the wall plaque(s) and purchase the name plates, and cover the costs for engraving. The Fund will carry over into each fiscal year and all contributions will be acknowledged by the program.
If you wish to make a contribution, please make checks payable to Teachers College, Columbia University with the designation: Mark C. Paine Fund. You may send your contributions to:
Program in Social-Organizational Psychology
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, Box 6
New York, NY 10027
ATTN: MARK C. PAINE FUND
The Paine Family would like to thank:
W. Warner Burke, Ph.D., Department and Program Chair, Edward Lee Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education, TC, Columbia University for his leadership in establishing this award
Lt. Colonel Todd Henshaw, Ph.D., Director of Leadership and Management Programs, United States Military Academy, for sponsoring this award
Colonel Tom Kolditz, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, and Colonel Patrick Sweeney, Ph.D., Director of the Eisenhower Leader Development Program, United States Military Academy, for their support of this award
Deanna Siegel Senior, Ph.D., alumna of TC, Columbia University and currently of Tiffany & Co., for helping to create and make arrangements for the individual awards
Fred Delmhorst, Ph.D. and Orla Nicdomhnaill, Ph.D., alumni of TC, Columbia University , for helping to create the award
Lynda Hallmark, Social-Organizational Psychology Program Manager, TC, Columbia University for overseeing the creation of the fund
You—our friends and family—for your letters, calls and support over these past months
I hope in some small way, the Mark C. Paine Leadership Award Fund furthers his legacy and recognizes servant leadership in others.
On more than one occasion Mark reminded his troops: “Never forget who you are.” Brother: we will never forget who you were.
May God bless and keep you,
Brandon Paine and the Paine Family
It has now been six months since the loss of my brother Mark. My family and I are piecing our lives together one day at a time. I read once that the space between taps and reveille can feel impossibly vapid. So have these months proven—and I am yet uncertain that the new day will bear any resemblance to the days I remember before October 15th, 2006.
In December, Jill and I traveled to Ft. Hood, TX to welcome Mark’s division home from Iraq. From General Thurman (Commander, 4th Infantry Division) to Mark’s interpreter and security detail who traveled everywhere with him, one common theme was repeated time and again: Mark was a servant leader.
As some of you may know, Mark was expecting to begin the Eisenhower Leader Development Program (ELDP) in Fall 2007—a specialized Masters degree for the Army’s future leaders. The program operates as a joint venture between West Point and Teachers College, Columbia University and accepts only a small and tightly knit cohort each year. Through his application, reputation and just “Mark being Mark,” his matriculation was eagerly anticipated.
Since October, West Point and Columbia have been working with my family to commemorate Mark’s legacy in some fashion associated with the ELDP and future students of the program. Today, we are pleased to announce the creation of the Mark C. Paine Servant Leadership Award Fund. The award fund will serve two purposes. The first is to honor Mark’s exemplary life and his dedicated commitment to servant leadership. The second is to recognize each year a graduate of the ELDP cohort voted by his or her peers as the best example of “servant
leadership”.
The criteria for the award are:
The ELDP student who has demonstrated behaviorally the manifestations of servant leadership:
- Putting others, in particular followers, and peers as well, first, that is, attempting to meet their needs and priorities, especially those needs concerning learning and growth, before one’s own needs and priorities;
- Maintaining a perspective of wholeness, a feel for patterns in situations instead of merely pieces and parts;
- Having foresight, being anticipatory and envisioning the future;
- Understanding the importance of spiritual matters in life particularly in relationships with others, being considerate, full of energy, courageous, and soulful all based on a clear set of values; and
- Perceiving oneself as a leader with depth of self-insight.
To [Captain or Major] [Name of Recipient] who was selected by his (her) peers as the one among them who manifested most the qualities and characteristics of servant leadership – putting others first.
A wall plaque will be mounted permanently at West Point bearing Mark’s name and the name of each year’s recipient. If funds permit, a matching wall plaque will be mounted at Teachers College, Columbia University. The first award will presented during the May 11, 2007 graduation for the ELDP cohort at West Point.
Contributions to the Mark C. Paine Servant Leadership Award Fund will be used to purchase the individual awards each year, design and create the wall plaque(s) and purchase the name plates, and cover the costs for engraving. The Fund will carry over into each fiscal year and all contributions will be acknowledged by the program.
If you wish to make a contribution, please make checks payable to Teachers College, Columbia University with the designation: Mark C. Paine Fund. You may send your contributions to:
Program in Social-Organizational Psychology
Teachers College, Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, Box 6
New York, NY 10027
ATTN: MARK C. PAINE FUND
The Paine Family would like to thank:
W. Warner Burke, Ph.D., Department and Program Chair, Edward Lee Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education, TC, Columbia University for his leadership in establishing this award
Lt. Colonel Todd Henshaw, Ph.D., Director of Leadership and Management Programs, United States Military Academy, for sponsoring this award
Colonel Tom Kolditz, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, and Colonel Patrick Sweeney, Ph.D., Director of the Eisenhower Leader Development Program, United States Military Academy, for their support of this award
Deanna Siegel Senior, Ph.D., alumna of TC, Columbia University and currently of Tiffany & Co., for helping to create and make arrangements for the individual awards
Fred Delmhorst, Ph.D. and Orla Nicdomhnaill, Ph.D., alumni of TC, Columbia University , for helping to create the award
Lynda Hallmark, Social-Organizational Psychology Program Manager, TC, Columbia University for overseeing the creation of the fund
You—our friends and family—for your letters, calls and support over these past months
I hope in some small way, the Mark C. Paine Leadership Award Fund furthers his legacy and recognizes servant leadership in others.
On more than one occasion Mark reminded his troops: “Never forget who you are.” Brother: we will never forget who you were.
May God bless and keep you,
Brandon Paine and the Paine Family
posted by Brandon at 4:11 PM
5 Comments:
He was a great Commander he lead by exapmple and I wish I could have told him
I served with Mark as a fellow Company Commander in Iraq. We were in 1-22 when I was the S-2 and moved on to take an MI Company.
I've visited his resting place in Arlington. I left something at your grave, Mark, and I miss you.
The last conversation I had with Mark (before I changed command and moved from Taji to Baghdad), he told me that he was tired. I think God was calling him home, for whatever reason. He's good now, and he's waiting for us all up there.
Mark and I were classmates, and we both did Model UN together. That's how I got to know him, and we became good friends. My last memory of him was just after graduation in June '97. He and I drove down to University of Delaware to visit a friend of his. At the time, I was driving an old Corvette. It was a perfect day, so we took the t-tops down and cruised south on I-95. He was a good friend and the kind of guy you wanted on your team. The army and the country lost a good one. I hope your family has been able to find some peace over the past few years. You're in my thoughts and prayers.
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I just came across this posting site after searching for photos of Mark to show my daughter what a true hero looks like. I was telling her about his good nature and the example he set for others as a Christian and all around positive person. I then told her a story about Mark and I playing paint ball in High School. He was a great football teammate and friend during that time. We lost touch after high school and I feel such sadness that the world lost a strong Christian and brother. His memory inspires me as I'm confident it does for all that were blessed to have Mark's amazing influence touch their lives. God bless you Mark and may He also bless your family with peace and comfort as you join the King of Heaven's Army for eternal life.
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