MURRAY ROTARY HONORS MURRAY HIGH SCHOOL OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARD

Last week, Murray Rotary honored this year's recipient, Rhett McQuiston, as the Murray High School Outstanding Alumnus Award at a luncheon.  Murray Rotarian Harold Brockbank, started  the program with a brief overview of Rotary International.

Murray Rotarian Dr. Steve Hirase, Superintendent of Murray School District, gave a few remarks.

He stated that the wall of pictures of past alumni winners at Murray High School is now more significant than ever, noting that it includes people like former Murray Mayor Lynn Pett.  Murray Rotary Club has been presenting this award since 1979.  He declared that this year’s winner of the Outstanding Alumnus Award, Rhett McQuiston embodies “service above self” to the children of the community.  He said  Rhett’s two children are students and his sister is a teacher in the District. 

Rhett's roots run deep in Murray: he, his mother and his grandmother all attended Murray High, as will his two children.  He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and a Masters of Arts in Organizational Management.  He has been a certified law enforcement officer since 1994, when he began his career aas an Adult Probation & Parole Officer.  He was promoted to Criminal Invertigator with the Utah Department of Corrections.  In 2000, Rhet was assigned to a newly created task force within the Utah Attorney General's Office: the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Rhett McQuiston

Rhett ultimately was the Task Force Commander. He has also been an investigator for the Utah Child Abduction Response Team since it began in 2007. In 2010, Rhett was assigned as the Supervisory Special Agent of the Utah Attorney General’s State Enforcement of Crimes Committed by Undocumented Residents (SECURE) Strike Force. He is currently a Supervisory Special Agent with the Cooperative Disability Investigation Unit, which is responsible for investigating Social Security fraud. 

Rhett expressed his appreciation for the honor, noting that he was proud just to be nominated and surprised and honored to be selected.  He pointed out that the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force started with four original members and by 2010, 80 officers were involved state-wide.  He stated child sex predators to be a huge problem and described the cases as being "tough".

Congratulations are extended to Rhett McQuiston and his entire family!