MIRAMAR, Fla. – Tropical Financial Credit Union recently honored retired Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Joe Oglesby for his dedication and service to credit unions over the past three decades.

Oglesby, who spent most of his career at the Miami Herald, recently came off the board of Tropical Financial.  Previously, he served on the Financial Federal Credit Union board which merged with Tropical Financial in 2017, and before that he was a board member for the Media First Credit Union which originally served Herald employees.

On behalf of the TFCU Board, President and CEO, Rich Helber, presented Oglesby with a commemorative vase with in inscription that reads: “In Recognition and Appreciation for Outstanding and Progressive Leadership to the Credit Union System… from 1990 to 2018.”

“Over the past 30 years, very few have been as loyal and passionate about the credit union mission as Joe,” said Helber. “We are pleased to recognize him for his years of service and dedication.”

Oglesby retired from the Miami Herald as opinion page editor in 2009 after a nearly four-decade career in journalism.   He started at the Herald fresh out of college, but left for other opportunities before returning to Miami for good in 1997.  In 1984, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his exceptional work as a member of the Herald’s editorial board.

About Tropical Financial Credit Union

Based in Miramar, Florida, Tropical Financial Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial institution whose deposits are federally insured.  Anyone who lives or works in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Lee, Collier, Hendry and Sarasota Counties is eligible to join. Tropical Financial Credit Union was formed in 1935 by employees of the former Southern Bell with just a few hundred dollars and has grown to $700 million in assets.  For more information, log on to www.tropicalfcu.com.