Eight members of the Greater Boston Association of REALTORS® (GBAR) are among the latest real estate brokers and agents nationwide to be conferred with the REALTOR® Emeritus membership status by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). This prestigious honor is awarded to licensed real estate professionals who have held membership in the REALTOR® organization for a minimum of 40 years. Currently, less than 2,500 brokers and agents across the U.S. have earned this distinguished designation.
Each of the GBAR members who achieved REALTOR® Emeritus this spring has held membership in the REALTOR organization since 1974. They are: Robert Grigsby, a broker with Fortini & Wilcox in Natick; Glorya Geltman, a broker with Realty Executives Boston West in Framingham; Sally Harper, a broker with Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty in Weston; Richard J. Loughlin, Jr., a broker and former president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage of New England, of Concord; James H Marr, broker-owner of Marr Real Estate in Winthrop; Lynne Mironer, a salesperson with The Higgins Group, REALTORS® in Lexington; Bonnie Traylor, a broker with Century 21 Commonwealth in Westwood; and Faye Winer, a broker with RE/MAX Best Choice in Framingham.
All eight receive a waiver of future association membership dues, as well as a commemorative pin and REALTOR® Emeritus certificate which were presented during ceremonies.