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Helen B. Horton Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who Executive, Professional and Entrepreneurial Registry
Ms. Horton's winning increased females having fee licenses to two percent.
PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL, March 12, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Helen B. Horton, Chairwoman of Horton Broadcasting Co. Inc., has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of her career.
At the age of 17, Ms. Horton graduated from high school as Helen B. Mason and relocated from the mountains of West Virginia where only poverty existed to Washington, D.C. where she applied for a job at air force intelligence and worked as a Leads Specialist. Four years later, a Foreign Investigations Division was created and Ms. Horton then headed that Division. Ms. Horton then decided to diversify her experience and became an Administrative Officer with the District of Columbia, Department of Public Welfare and a year later became a Procedures Specialist. In the meantime, a Department of Human Resources was created and Ms. Horton became a Policy and Regulations Specialist in 1968. In December 1979, Congress enacted the first Public Law affecting the District of Columbia. Certain employees could retire if they so choose to do so. Ms. Horton did not meet the age requirement but decided after so many years in policy and legislation to move. She took an early out and in 1980 moved to Port St. Lucie, Florida. In 1989, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it would be issuing a license for Port St. Lucie's first FM radio frequency. A total of 17 people applied. After years of hearings and depositions Helen B. Horton, Horton Broadcasting Co. Inc. was announced the winner. Ms. Horton's winning increased females having fee licenses to two percent. Ms. Horton closed Helen B. Horton Realty, which was a successful company and had performed Broker Services for Resolution Trust Corporation.
Ms. Horton is active in the community with youth groups and senior citizen matters and recently served as the keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration in Martin County, Florida.
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