honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Vermont. The Deane C. Davis Outstanding Business Award annually honors a Vermont enterprise that shows an outstanding history of sustained growth while displaying an acute awareness of what makes Vermont unique. The award is sponsored by Vermont Business Magazine and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Davis was a noted horseman and proponent of the Morgan horse breed, including service as President of the Morgan Horse Club, Inc. The Vermont Morgan Horse Association created the Deane C. Davis Memorial Award in his honor. The Davis Award is presented annually to a person who has a history of promoting the Morgan Horse, but may have made their contribution quietly and steadily over a long period of time. A collection of Davis papers is part of the University of Vermont's special collections. Another, the Deane C. Davis Papers are part of the Vermont Historical Society's Barre History Collection. References Works Sources The Vermont Encyclopedia, edited by John J. Duffy, Samuel B. Hand and Ralph H. Orth, 2003, page 102 External links Deane C. Davis at The Political Graveyard 1900 births 1990 deaths People from Barre, Vermont People from Montpelier, Vermont Military personnel from Vermont Boston University School of Law alumni Vermont lawyers State's attorneys in Vermont Vermont state court judges American businesspeople in insurance Republican Party governors of Vermont Writers from Vermont 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American judges