Scott Southworth, a major in the Wisconsin Army National Guard and the Juneau County district attorney, is one of 10 nominees for Beliefnet.com’s 2007 Most Inspiring Person of the Year Award. But he’s got some tough competition, including actress Angelina Jolie.
Southworth, a single father, met a boy with cerebral palsy while volunteering at an orphanage in Iraq. Last year he adopted the boy and has worked to provide medical care for other orphans.