Awards, Dec 13, 2001
December 13, 2001 | Read Time: 4 minutes
The following awards have been presented for achievement in leadership, management, research, and volunteerism:
Grass-roots leaders. The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (Winston-Salem, N.C.) has presented its 2001 Nancy Susan Reynolds Awards honoring North Carolinians who have worked largely without recognition and, in some cases, for causes that lack broad public support. The winners: for advocacy, Rick Dove, river keeper for the Neuse River Foundation (New Bern, N.C.), who recruited many volunteers to help clean up the river and lobbied for laws to block industrial pollution; for personal service, Cora Neville, founder of Cora’s Charities (Sparta, N.C.), a group that collects clothing, food, and household items to give to people in need; and for race relations, Thomas Broken Bear Squier, an American Indian who works to help different ethnic groups in Hoke County, N.C., learn about each other, an effort achieved in part through the local NAACP and the establishment of a Hispanic Council. Each award carries a cash prize of $25,000, of which $5,000 goes to the individual and $20,000 to charitable organizations designated by the winners.
Housing. Six organizations have been presented the 2001 Metropolitan Life Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing. Recipients are selected by the Enterprise Foundation (Columbia, Md.) and given prizes ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 by the Metropolitan Life Foundation (New York). The winners are:
— Property and asset management. Riverbend Community Mental Health (Concord, N.H.), which received $25,000 for providing permanent rental housing for homeless elderly people with persistent mental illnesses; Integrated Community Services (Green Bay, Wis.), which received $15,000 for its apartments for elderly people who can’t afford other housing; and Greater Germantown Housing Development Corporation (Philadelphia), which received $10,000 for building garden-style apartments for low-income individuals.
— Supportive housing. Project New Hope (Los Angeles), which received $25,000 for offering career and financial services and affordable housing to homeless people with HIV/AIDS and their families; House of Ruth (Baltimore), which received $15,000 for transitional housing for victims of domestic violence and their children coupled with child-care, job training, and mental-health services; and Sarah’s Circle (Washington), which received $10,000 for permanent homes for low-income elderly people who also receive art classes, hot lunches, and health care.
Humanities. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (New York) has announced the inaugural Distinguished Achievement Awards for humanities scholars who have made significant contributions to their disciplines and continue to do so through teaching and research. Each recipient is eligible for up to $1.5-million in grants over three years to support their work. The winners are: Peter Brown, professor of history at Princeton University (N.J.); Stephen Greenblatt, professor of humanities at Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.); Sabine MacCormack, professor for the study of human understanding, of history, and of classical studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; Alexander Nehamas, professor of the humanities and of philosophy and comparative literature at Princeton University; and Robert Pippin, professor on the Committee on Social Thought in the department of philosophy at the University of Chicago.
The University of Louisville (Ky.) has announced the 2002 Grawemeyer Awards “to honor powerful ideas” in five fields. The awards, established by H. Charles Grawemeyer’s foundation, carry a $200,000 honorarium. The recipients are:
— Education. Martha Nussbaum, professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago, for her book, Cultivating Humanity: a Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education.
— Music composition. Aaron Jay Kernis, music adviser to the Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis), for “Colored Field,” a concerto for cello and orchestra.
— Psychology. James McClelland, a professor of psychology and computer science and co-director of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh), and David Rumelhart, a professor of psychology and computer science at Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.), for their research on “connectionism,” the theory that neurons work collectively, not singly or merely sequentially.
— Religion. Miroslav Volf, a theologian at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.), for his analysis of how and why groups develop patterns of inclusion or exclusion. This award is presented jointly by the University of Louisville and the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Public service. The Advertising Council (New York) has presented its 2001 Public Service Award to Roger Enrico, former chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo (Purchase, N.Y.). The award recognizes business leaders who demonstrate commitment to community service and volunteerism. Mr. Enrico is known for encouraging PepsiCo’s board to cap his salary at $1-million and to use the savings to provide scholarships for the children of employees earning less than $60,000. Under his leadership, the company foundation also contributed to many cultural, educational, and humanitarian causes.
Social entrepreneurship. Six individuals have received the 2001 Social Entrepreneurship Awards from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (New York) for their efforts to help individuals and communities. Each honoree’s organization received a $9,500 prize. The winners are: Eric Adler and Rajiv Vinnakota, founders of the Supporting Excellence in Education Foundation (Washington); Michael Danzinger, founder of the Steppingstone Foundation (Boston); John and Catherine Dixon, founders of the Junior Uniformed Mentoring Program (Buffalo, N.Y.); and Mark Levine, who established the Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union/Credit Where Credit Is Due (New York).
