Awards, Aug 12, 1999

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

Arts. Americans for the Arts (Washington) has given its 1999 Lifetime Achievement Award to Don Greene, president of the Coca-Cola Foundation (Atlanta), for his long-time support of the arts, including as chairman of the American Council for the Arts and as a board member at Atlanta Business Volunteers for the Arts, Atlanta Landmarks, Zoo Atlanta, and other regional groups. The 1999 Michael Newton Award, which recognizes exemplary leadership and dedication to supporting the arts through united arts funds, went to David C. Hudson, president and chief executive officer of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County (Winston-Salem, N.C.). The 1999 Selina Roberts Ottum Award, which recognizes outstanding local arts leadership, went to Janet L. Brown, executive director of South Dakotans for the Arts, the Community Arts Network of South Dakota, and the South Dakota Alliance for Arts Education, all based in Deadwood.

Community service. The Jessie Ball duPont Fund (Jacksonville, Fla.) has presented its 1999 Jessie Ball duPont Fund Award to the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (San Francisco) and to its president, Barry Krisberg, for their work to reform the U.S. criminal- and juvenile-justice systems through various research-based prevention and control efforts. The award carries a $40,000 grant.

Education fund raising. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington) has presented its 1999 John L. Grenzebach Research Awards in two categories. The awards for outstanding doctoral dissertation went to Debra Block of the U. of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) for “Virtue Out of Necessity: A Study of Jewish Philanthropy in the United States, 1890-1918,” and to Kangmei Yang of the U. of Iowa (Iowa City) for “A Study of the Relationship Between Winning at Athletics and the Financial Profile of the Selected Athletic Programs.” The award for outstanding published scholarship went to Paul G. Schervish and John J. Havens for “Social and Charitable Giving: A Multivariate Analysis,” an article in Voluntas.

Philanthropy. The National Society of Fund Raising Executives-Greater New York Chapter has presented its 1999 Special Achievement Award to Walter J. Turnbull, founder and executive director of the Boys Choir of Harlem (New York), for his work over the past 30 years to transform the lives of urban boys and girls through music. The 1999 Philanthropists of the Year Award went to Martin and Doris (Dottie) Payson, of New York, for their work with various groups, including the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Jewish Museum.

Public service. The American Institute for Public Service (Wilmington, Del.) has named its 1999 National Jefferson Award Winners in the following categories:

— Greater Public Service by a Private Citizen: Elizabeth H. Dole, former president of the American Red Cross (Washington).

— Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official: U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Democrat of New York.

— Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged: Millard Fuller, the founder and president of Habitat for Humanity International (Americus, Ga.).

— Greater Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under: Anthony K. Shriver, founder and president of Best Buddies International (Miami).

Scientific research. The Warren Alpert Foundation (Providence, R.I.) has presented the 1999 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize to K. Frank Austen, director of the Allergy Program and Inflammation and Allergic Diseases Research Section at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston), whose research on asthma has led to the first new treatments for the disease in 20 years. The award, which is presented annually to recognize “creative research that drastically affects the human condition,” carries a $100,000 prize; recipients are selected by the foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee, which is made up of experts from Harvard Medical School (Boston) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge).