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July 31, 2009

Award highlights 101st birthday

Weatherford attorney Jack Borden honored as America’s Outstanding Oldest Worker

WEATHERFORD — On Wednesday, Jack Borden, of Weatherford, will celebrate his 101st birthday.

But that’s not the only ceremony on his schedule for the day. He will also be recognized by Experience Works as America’s Outstanding Oldest Worker for 2009 at a 1 p.m. press conference at The Alkek Fine Arts Theater on the campus of Weatherford College.

Following his recognition by Experience Works, Borden’s birthday party is planned at the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse clubhouse.

The public is invited.

“No gifts please,” Borden said. “The ladies can bring me hugs and I’ll have someone here to shake the men’s hands.”

Borden, who traveled to Washington, D.C. in September 2008 to accept accolades as Texas’ Outstanding Older Worker of the Year, credits a positive outlook on his longevity and his desire to continue working.

“It’s a good attitude,” he told the Democrat then. “If you have drive, determination and do the best you can to serve your customers and employer, nothing can stop you.”

An attorney since 1935, Borden still works 40 hours a week in an office he shares with his nephew, John Westhoff — specializing in real estate and probate work. Borden is the oldest member of the State Bar of Texas and is also the nation’s oldest living former FBI agent.

“I’ve been licensed for more than 70 years,” he said in a 2008 interview. “I thank God every day that I still have my mind so I can still help people by practicing law.”

Always active in the community, Mr. Borden served as Mayor of Weatherford from 1960 to 1964, and was selected as Outstanding Citizen of Weatherford in 2005.

“I think one of the reasons I’ve lived so long is that I love life,” he said. “That’s really the important thing, isn’t it?”

Experience Works is the nation’s largest nonprofit training and employment organization for older workers.

Previous America’s Oldest Workers include a 100-year-old journalist, a 101-year-old engineer, a 100-year-old business owner, a 103-year-old real estate developer, a 102-year-old professor, a 100-year-old architect and a 104-year-old entrepreneur.

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