Awards, Aug 13, 1998

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

Arts.The McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis) has presented its inaugural McKnight Distinguished Artist Award to Dominick Argento, composer laureate of the Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) and a founder of the Minnesota Opera Company (Minneapolis). The award, which carries a $40,000 prize, will be given annually to a working artist who has had a significant long-term impact on the arts in Minnesota.

Children.The National Association of Child Advocates (Washington) has given its 1998 Corporate/Foundation Award to the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation (Chicago) for its leadership in the child-advocacy field and for its efforts to improve early-childhood education and child care in Chicago, particularly among low-income families.

Non-profit leadership. The Chicago Community Trust has awarded its 1998-99 Community Service Fellowships to the Rev. James Demus III, senior minister of Park Manor Christian Church (Chicago), which is involved in various community-development efforts on Chicago’s south side, and to Donald Moore, founder and executive director of Designs for Change (Chicago), a non-profit group that promotes education reform in major U.S. urban school systems. Each fellowship carries a stipend of up to $100,000 that enables the recipient to take a 15-month sabbatical in order to pursue career and personal growth.

Public advocacy. The Tides Foundation (San Francisco) has presented its Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Excellence in Public Advocacy. This year’s awards honor two individuals working on issues related to fair trade along the U.S.-Mexico border and two individuals working on issues related to campaign-finance reform. The awards in the area of fair trade went to Cipriana Jurado, who organizes woman workers at maquiladoras — foreign-owned assembly plants — in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on issues related to labor rights, reproductive health, and safety, and to Elizabeth (Bety) Robles Ortega, who works to expose unjust labor practices against workers in Mexican maquiladoras in the Mexican border state of Coahuila. The awards in the area of campaign-finance reform went to Randy Kehler, who helped draft state and federal campaign-finance-reform legislation, and to Johnnie Pugh, who organizes voters from churches throughout Arkansas and who has led a successful effort to reform campaign financing in that state. Each award carries a $5,000 prize.

Public radio.The Development Exchange Inc. (Minneapolis), which provides public-radio stations with information on fund raising and marketing, has presented its 1998 Development Professional of the Year Award to Cathy Ives, vice-president for development and marketing at New Hampshire Public Radio (Concord) and director of the DEI Center for Corporate Support. The General Manager of the Year Award went to Roger Sarow of WFAE (Charlotte, N.C.), and the PRADO (Public Radio Association of Development Officers) Pioneer Award went to Gordon Bayliss, corporate sales manager at WGUC (Cincinnati) and associate director of the DEI Center for Corporate Support. The Development Exchange also presented awards in the following categories to these stations:

— Overall Station Development and Marketing: First Place — KEDM (Monroe, La.); Second Place — WUNC (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

— Corporate Support: First Place — KWMU (St. Louis); Second Place — WFAE (Charlotte, N.C.).

— Marketing: First Place — KNOW/Minnesota Public Radio (Minneapolis); Second Place — WHQR (Wilmington, N.C.).

— Major Giving: First Place — WBEZ (Chicago) and WMFE (Orlando, Fla.); Second Place — WDAV (Davidson, N.C.).

— Membership and Individual Support: First Place — WBEZ (Chicago); Second Place — WKSU (Kent, Ohio).