Awards, Feb 22, 2001

The following awards have been presented for work in leadership and volunteerism.

Leadership.

The Heinz Family Foundation (Pittsburgh) has announced the recipients of its 2000 Heinz Awards, which recognize outstanding leaders in five areas. Each recipient receives an unrestricted $250,000 prize. The winners:

— The Arts and Humanities: Jacques d’Amboise and Arthur Mitchell, two classical ballet dancers, share this prize for their individual achievements. Mr. d’Amboise created the National Dance Institute, in New York, to offer inner-city children experience in the art form. Mr. Mitchell was the first black member of the New York City Ballet and, with Karel Shook, created the Dance Theatre of Harlem.

— The Environment: James Hansen, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, in New York, for his research and leadership on public-policy issues surrounding global climate change. In 1994, with Carolyn Harris, he founded the Institute on Climate and Planets at the Goddard Institute in collaboration with local public high schools and colleges to provide research internships for students.

— The Human Condition: Aaron Beck, a professor emeritus in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), for his seminal work in developing cognitive therapy. Developed in the 1950’s, cognitive therapy was the first real alternative to long-term psychotherapy or medication.

— Public Policy: John Holdren, a professor in government and earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.), for his work to inform policymakers on environmental issues and arms control, including the management of nuclear weapons in the United States and countries that were part of the former Soviet Union. Mr. Holdren also served on former President Clinton’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology.

— Technology, the Economy, and Employment: Stephen Wozniak, who invented the first personal computers, the Apple I and the Apple II, before resigning from Apple Computers to concentrate on teaching and philanthropy. In addition to creating a few charities, he has donated computers and made them Internet-accessible for children in the Los Gatos School District, in California, while volunteering there and studying to become a licensed teacher.

The organization also awarded Dorothy Irene Height and Russell E. Train with Chairman’s Medals for lifetime achievements. Ms. Height is the president emerita and chairwoman of the National Council of Negro Women (Washington), and Mr. Train is a founding director and chairman emeritus of the World Wildlife Fund (Washington).

Volunteerism. The United Way of America has awarded the 2001 National Alexis de Tocqueville Society Award to Johnnetta B. Cole for extraordinary voluntary community service. Ms. Cole, a professor of anthropology, African-American studies, and women’s studies at Emory University (Atlanta) and former president of Spelman College (Atlanta), serves on the boards and committees of many charities, corporations, and foundations, including Gallaudet University, the Rockefeller Foundation, Coca Cola Enterprises, and the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta.