Awards, Mar 25, 1999

The following awards have been presented for work in philanthropy, fund raising, volunteerism, and non-profit management:

AIDS. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Santa Monica, Cal.) has presented its 1999 Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Awards, which support research on pediatric AIDS and HIV, to Robert Doms of U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Philip Goulder of Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston), Paul Johnson of Harvard Medical School (Boston), and Julie Overbaugh of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle). Each award provides approximately $700,000 over five years.

Community colleges. The Council for Resource Development (Washington) has announced the recipients of its 1998 Benefactors of the Year Award, which are recognized for their outstanding financial support of community and technical colleges nationwide. The recipients and the colleges they supported:

— Bernard and Helen Berger, Central Wyoming College (Riverton).

— Besser Foundation (Alpena, Mich.), Alpena Community College (Mich.).

— Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation (East Longmeadow, Mass.), Springfield Technical Community College (Mass.).

— Mary Kathryn N. Frith, Patrick Henry Community College (Martinsville, Va.).

— R. D. and Joan Dale Hubbard, Butler County Community College (El Dorado, Kan.).

— Mattie M. Kelly, Okaloosa-Walton Community College (Niceville, Fla.).

— Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Wash.), Green River Community College (Auburn, Wash.).

— Moody Foundation (Galveston, Tex.), Galveston College (Tex.).

— Linda M. Rohrer, Camden County College (Blackwood, N.J.).

— Thomas A. Simons, British Columbia Institute of Technology (Canada).

— Charles (Tye) Veden, Glendale Community College (Cal.).

Community organizing. The Fund for the City of New York has named the inaugural recipients of its Union Square Awards, which recognize individuals and organizations that have developed effective grassroots approaches to meeting social needs in New York. Each award carries a $50,000 grant to be shared by the individual and his or her organization. The winners:

— Nieves Ayress and Victor Toro of Vamos a la Pena del Bronx, a multi-ethnic community center in the South Bronx that feeds 5,000 people daily and provides other social services.

— James Bergland of Patmos Associates (New York), which provides services for the families of incarcerated people.

— Milli Bonilla and Barbara Gross of Mothers on the Move (South Bronx), which mobilizes parents to reform public schools in this disadvantaged community.

— Diana Gubiseh-Ayala of the American Indian Community House’s HIV/AIDS Project (New York), which serves local HIV-positive American Indians and their families.

— Katina Mantis Johnstone of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Education Fund (New York), which raises public awareness of the local proliferation of firearms.

— Paul Lipson, Mildred Ruiz, Steven Sapp, and Maria Torres of the Point Community Development Corporation (Bronx, N.Y.), which engages local residents in community-revitalization activities.

— Michelle Lopez of the Community Healthcare Network (New York), which provides preventative AIDS education and services to women with minimal access to health care.

— Brother Joel Magallan of Asociacion Tepeyac de New York, which works with Mexican immigrants at 40 church-based branches citywide.

— Suki Terada Ports of the Family Health Project (New York), which educates women and their families served by a Harlem soup kitchen about preventing the spread of HIV.

— Alexie Torres of Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice (New York), which provides youth-development activities in New York’s Soundview/Bruckner neighborhood.

— Clara Williams of African Americans for Bread not Bombs (Brooklyn, N.Y.), which distributes food to needy people and operates a food pantry that serves more than 30,000 annually.

Community service. The Chicago Community Trust has given its 1998 James Brown IV Award of Excellence for Outstanding Community Service to the Chicago Architecture Foundation, in recognition of its community-education activities. The award carries an unrestricted $50,000 grant, which CAF will use to expand the Newhouse Architecture Competition and its other youth-education programs.

Direct mail and marketing. The Direct Marketing Association Non-Profit Council (New York) has presented its 1999 President’s Award to Gene Henderson, president and chief executive officer of Transmedia Network (North Miami, Fla.), and its 1999 Fund-Raising Achievement Award to Phyllis Freedman, senior vice-president and managing director of the Fund-Raising and Member-Services Group at Epsilon (Burlington, Mass.).

Education and community service. The Koret Foundation (San Francisco) has awarded its 1999 Koret Prize to the following individuals:

— Richard C. Atkinson, president of the U. of California (Oakland) and Gerhard Casper, president of Stanford U. (Palo Alto, Cal.), for their outstanding contributions to American education.

— Mary G. F. Bitterman, president of KQED (San Francisco), for outstanding contribution to community enhancement by a former Koret fellow.

— Arnold M. Eisen, professor of religious studies at Stanford U. (Palo Alto), for his outstanding contribution to the Jewish community.

Medical research. The Metropolitan Life Foundation (New York) has presented its Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease to Paul Greengard, head of the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience and director of the Zachary and Elizabeth M. Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research. He received a $50,000 personal award, and a $200,000 research grant for his institution. The foundation also presented Promising Investigator Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease of $100,000 each to Iva Greenwald of Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York) and to Karen Hsiao of U. of Minnesota Medical School (Minneapolis).

Public television. The Public Broadcasting Service (Alexandria, Va.) has given its 1998 Development Professional of the Year Award to Malcolm Brett, director of development at WHA (Madison, Wis.) and executive director of the Friends of WHA-TV.

Volunteers. The Association for Volunteer Administration (Richmond, Va.) has presented its 1998 Volunteer of the Year Award to Mary Mulligan, director of volunteer administration at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute (Detroit), and its 1998 AVA Organizational Service Award to the Idaho Press-Tribune (Nampa, Idaho) and the Courage Center (Minneapolis).

The Catholic Network of Volunteer Service (Washington) has given its 1998 Father George Mader Award for outstanding leadership in promoting volunteerism to Sister Mary Rose McGeady, president and chief executive officer of Covenant House International (New York).