Awards, Feb 21, 2002

The following awards have been presented for achievement in leadership, philanthropy, and technology:

Corporate philanthropy. Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta) has presented the Compaq Computer Corporation (Houston) with its 2001 Corporate Recognition Award. Compaq has pledged $7-million over five years to establish technology centers and provide technical support at Boys & Girls clubs nationwide.

Education and technology. NetDay (Irvine, Calif.) has presented its 2002 NetDay Hero Awards to John Chambers, president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems (San Jose, Calif.), and his wife, Elaine, in honor of their leadership and commitment to education and technology. The award is given annually by NetDay in recognition of leadership that supports its mission to help children succeed through the effective use of technology.

Leadership. The Heinz Family Foundation (Pittsburgh) has announced the winners of its annual Heinz Awards, which recognize “significant and sustained” individual achievement in five areas. Each recipient receives an unrestricted $250,000 prize. The winners:

— Arts and humanities. Dudley Cocke, director of the Roadside Theater (Whitesburg, Ky.), for his work promoting community-based art and “democratic, inclusive, and participatory” theater nationwide, and Rick Lowe, founding director of Project Row Houses (Houston), a neighborhood-based art program that renovated houses in one of Houston’s poorest neighborhoods, turning dilapidated buildings into art galleries, offices, and housing for young, single mothers.

— Environment. Jane Lubchenco, a professor of marine biology professor at Oregon State U. (Corvallis), who co-founded a leadership program in 1998 that trains scientists in communications skills and links scientific findings with public policy and political action.

— Human condition. Cushing Dolbeare, a housing advocate for five decades and founder of the National Low Income Housing Coalition (Washington). Ms. Dolbeare’s writings and research have been instrumental in promoting innovative housing policies for low-income people.

— Public policy. Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. George Lee Butler, an expert on nuclear arms (Laguna Beach, Calif., and Omaha). Throughout his distinguished 33-year military career and beyond, General Butler has worked to increase awareness of the dangers of nuclear war and has significantly affected the way the public and the U.S. government and military view nuclear weapons and arms control.

— Technology, the economy, and employment. Anita Borg, president of the Institute for Women and Technology (Palo Alto, Calif.). Ms. Borg also created Systers, an information-sharing network designed to inspire young women to pursue careers in high-technology fields.

In addition, the foundation presented Ruth Patrick, a senior scientist at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, with its Chairman’s Medal for Lifetime Career Achievement. The 93-year-old scientist was recognized for her pioneering work in the prediction of threats to ecosystems.