12/23/2005  Olive Benson

You could never meet anyone so completely devoted to the beauty industry as Olive Benson. Education was her forté and she was the proclaimed expert in relaxed hair.

When Olive spoke everyone listened.

Olive was one of the founding Board Members and served 8 years on the ABCH Board of Directors. She committed to teach at the 2005 Energizing Summit long before she became gravely ill . She left the hospital in Boston to catch a flight to Los Angeles to teach at the Energizing Summit because she did not want to disappoint anyone. That's the type of person she was—loving, caring, and completely devoted. To know her was to love her. There will never be another Olive.

Rest in peace, dear friend!

The board voted to dedicate the next printing of the study portfolio to Olive as a remembrance. There will be a special presentation for Olive at the 2006 Energizing Summit Sunday evening at 7:00 pm. Olive's sister will fly out from Boston to receive the ‘Andre’ award for Olive.