As a national award-winning leader in the field of child services, Frederick G. Tully knows the power of story. He also knows the value of vision, and of teamwork. During his long tenure as clinical director of the Children's Home Society of South Dakota, Tully relied on community leaders who provided extensive support to kids in need. Among his favorites were the founders of the famed Crazy Horse Memorial, the unquenchable Ziolkowski family.

That relationship led to Tully's final career move; the Ziolkowskis hired him as Crazy Horse's director of development. From that vantage point, Tully saw the origin story behind the world's largest sculpture as only he could: the hard-fought, nearly impossible survival of two disenfranchised children--who grew up to be men with a shared purpose.

A Navy veteran and ordained Catholic deacon, Tully is retired and lives in the Black Hills with his wife of 62 years.