Summer 2022 • PENNSYLVANIA RESTAURANT & LODGING matters • 15 Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 Pat Daugherty The Tavern Restaurant (posthumously) Patrick Daugherty was a man of many hats— a restaurateur, an engineer, a United States Army National Guard Captain, a storyteller, an avid supporter of his State College community, and perhaps most importantly, a kind, genuine, and generous individual, beloved by many. According to StateCollege.com, Pat was a licensed professional engineer who first worked at The Tavern Restaurant in State College while earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Penn State. In 1980, Daugherty and partner Bill Tucker purchased the Tavern from original owners Ralph Yeager and John “Jace” O’Connor, who opened it in 1948. Tucker retired in 1986, but Daugherty carried on as the face of the downtown State College institution for 40 years. Pat served as Chairman of the Board of what was then the Pennsylvania Restaurant Association in 2002. Pat’s committed leadership and stewardship of the Association, particularly during this transformational period, cannot be overstated. Pat and his wife Ruth rarely missed a meeting, and his insight enhanced every conversation and decisionmaking process that he took part in. Pat truly understood the meaning of hospitality, and lived his life in service of others. His impact on the Association, to his community, and the hospitality industry as a whole will not be forgotten. It is the pleasure of the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association to honor Patrick Daugherty with the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. Going forward, the award will be renamed as the Pat Daugherty Lifetime Achievement Award to honor Pat’s legacy of hospitality. • <iframe width=”560” height=”315” src=”https://www.youtube.com/ embed/K_SWCxIr4Eo” title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0” allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encryptedmedia; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen></iframe> (Embedded Video)
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