Bridgeway Presents the Legacy Award to
Adanto D'Amore, MD

DECEMBER 1, 2008

Bridgeway Center, Inc. presented it’s first ever Legacy Award to Dr. Adanto D’Amore on November 26, 2008 in the presence of a full house of invited guests and the doctor’s family.  The Legacy Award Presented by Daniel Cobbs, Bridgeway’s Chief Executive Officer, recognizes Dr. D’Amore for his 32 years of dedicated service to Bridgeway Center’s Crisis Stabilization Unit and Detoxification Unit.   Among his numerous accomplishments, Dr. D’Amore assisted in the establishment of the Bridgeway Center’s Detoxification Unit and out-patient substance abuse services; coordinated the funding and construction of the Eglin Air Force Base Hospital; was on the founding board of Westwood Retirement Center; and served as the public health physician for the state of Florida. He was the first surgeon for the Army’s Provisional Parachute Group and for the 19th Bomb Group in World War II.  He was taken prisoner by the Japanese in the Philipines and was part of the 65 mile Bataan Death March.  During that march he saved numerous lives by trading personal items for medical supplies.  The doctor served as hospital commander and chief of surgery and coordinated the establishment of several Air Force base hospitals before retiring from the Air Force in 1968.  Daniel Cobbs in talking about Dr. D’Amore stated, “We feel honored that he is a friend and that we have had the opportunity to work with him.”  The doctor retired from Bridgeway Center in 2006 at the age of 93, but continues to study the practice of medicine.

PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT

Dr. D'Amore with long-term lodgebrother, Mike Mancini, from the Sons of Italy. Centered in the back is daughter, Helen Holt. View Larger Photo »	Dr. D'Amore's daughter, Helen Holt, teacher at Bruner Middle School assisted Bridgeway in the planning of the event. View Larger Photo »
Bridgeway Board of Trustee members with Dr. D'Amore. Back, left to right - Douglas R. Burgess, Julie Smith, Joyce Kiser, and Missy McKim. View Larger Photo »	Numerous friends and family members welcomed the opportunity to honor Dr. D'Amore. View Larger Photo »
Dr. D'Amore is congratulated by (L-R) Dan Cobbs, Bridgeway CEO, Joe Davis, Stan Reither, Mary Mancini and Mike Mancini. View Larger Photo »	L-R Dr. D'Amore and his family, (son) John D'Amore, MD and wife Kate, Henry Holt and wife Helen (daughter), Madeline Bowell (Helen's granddaughter and Dr. D'Amore's great granddaughter), Melissa Bowell (granddaughter) and husband David Bowell, Scott Powell and wife Heather (granddaughter). View Larger Photo »
Dr. D'Amore with Tom Durenburger and son, John D'Amore, MD. View Larger Photo »