Lynchburg Business

Honors & Awards

Issue: February 2010 by Lynchburg Business in Movers and Shakers

P. Tulane Patterson, Owner and CEO of Generation Solutions,  was recently invested into the Order of St. John at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City. The Order of St. John is a world wide organization that was designated in 1888 as a Royal Order of Chivalry by Victoria, Queen of England. It is a Christian Order that finds it roots with the hopitallers of Jerusalem in the year 1080 AD. The Order’s original mission was to look after the poor and sick of all faiths because they regarded them “their Lord’s” irrespective of circumstance. Today the order operates two hospitals in the Middle East and many other health care related services around the world. Patterson is the first Lynchburg resident invested into the Order.

Fred Armstrong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wiley|Wilson, has joined the Central Virginia Community College Educational Foundation Board of Directors. Armstrong holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from Lynchburg College. Before joining Wiley|Wilson, his experience includes employment with the City of Lynchburg as the Principal Engineer and at Babcock & Wilcox as the Task Engineer responsible for the structural analysis of the nuclear-powered steam supply components.

In July 2000, he was named CEO of Wiley|Wilson and, in 2004, he became Chairman of the Board. His professional affiliations include the National Society of Professional Engineers, the American Council of Engineering Companies, and the American Public Works Association. Armstrong and his wife live in Forest.

Beckie Nix, Director of Tourism for the Lynchburg Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau, has been selected to represent Lynchburg on both the state wide Tourism Committee for the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Advocacy Committee of Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI). These committees are working to promote and protect the Tourism Industry and its positive economic return, and work with legislators to take action on numerous tourism related issues that affect the State and global economy.

In January, Ryan George’s work for Biplane Productions earned seven design awards at auction marketing competitions in Minnesota, Ohio, and Virginia.