Awards, Jul 30, 1998

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

Community services. The Amoco Foundation (Chicago) has presented its 1998 Amoco Leader Awards, each of which carries a $50,000 prize, in five categories:

— Health and substance-abuse recovery: the Chenny Troupe (Chicago).

— Housing: Bethel New Life (Chicago).

— Jobs and economic development: Uptown Center-Hull House, Economic Development Unit (Chicago).

— Partner: Paternal Involvement Project (Chicago).

— Youths and violence prevention: Urban Programs West Y.M.C.A. (Chicago).

Education fund raising. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington) has named the recipients of its 1998 Circle of Excellence in Educational Fund Raising Awards in two categories: overall performance and overall improvement.

The winners in the performance category:

— Colleges and universities: Amherst College (Mass.), Babson College (Babson Park, Mass.), Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.), Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, Cal.), Colby College (Waterville, Me.), Duke U. (Durham, N.C.), Hampden-Sydney College (Va.), Harvard U. (Cambridge, Mass.), Luther Seminary (St. Paul), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge), Ohio State U. (Columbus), Princeton U. (N.J.), Queens College (Charlotte, N.C.), Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.), Smith College (Northampton, Mass.), Stanford U. (Palo Alto, Cal.), U. of California at Berkeley, U. of California at Los Angeles, U. of Chicago, U. of Michigan (Ann Arbor), U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, U. of Virginia (Charlottesville), U. of Wisconsin at Madison, and Wellesley College (Mass.).

— Private schools: Concord Academy (Mass.), Deerfield Academy (Mass.), Eaglebrook School (Deerfield, Mass.), Foxcroft School (Middleburg, Va.), Greenwich Academy (Conn.), Groton School (Mass.), Hotchkiss School (Lakeville, Conn.), Santa Catalina School (Monterey, Cal.), Shady Hill School (Cambridge, Mass.), Sidwell Friends School (Washington), St. Stephen’s Episcopal School (Bradenton, Fla.), St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Ky.), and Summit School (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

The winners in the improvement category:

— Colleges and universities: Barnard College (New York), Bates College (Lewiston, Me.), Carlow College (Pittsburgh), Doane College (Crete, Neb.), Hampshire College (Amherst, Mass.), Lake Erie College (Painesville, Ohio), Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Ky.), Lutheran Theological Seminary (Gettysburg, Pa.), Mary Baldwin College (Staunton, Va.), Michigan State U. (East Lansing), Shorter College (Rome, Ga.), Slippery Rock U. of Pennsylvania, St. Lawrence U. (Canton, N.Y.), State U. of New York College of Technology at Canton, U. of Colorado at Boulder, U. of Indianapolis, U. of Maryland at Baltimore, U. of North Florida (Jacksonville), U. of Notre Dame (Ind.), U. of St. Thomas (St. Paul), U. of Texas at Austin, U. of Tulsa (Okla.), Virginia Commonwealth U. (Richmond), Wesleyan U. (Middletown, Conn.), and Western Washington U. (Bellingham).

— Private schools: Berkeley Preparatory School (Tampa, Fla.), Cambridge School (Weston, Mass.), Far Hills Country Day School (N.J.), Lancaster Country Day School (Pa.), Marin Academy (San Rafael, Cal.), North Yarmouth Academy (Yarmouth, Me.), Oak Hill School (Nashville), Purnell School (Pottersville, N.J.), Tabor Academy (Marion, Mass.), and Trinity Preparatory School (Winter Park, Fla.).

The 1998 Leadership Awards, which recognize successful and innovative programs that are conducted as part of an overall institutional-advancement effort, went to Georgetown U. (Washington), U. of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration (Troy, Mich.).

CASE also presented its 1998 Grenzebach Awards in two categories. The “Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation” award went to Roy Nirschel, Jr., for his dissertation at the U. of Miami (Coral Gables, Fla.), “Charitable Giving as Obligation or Option: an Analysis of Cuban Alumni and Jewish Alumni at a Private Research University.” The “Outstanding Published Scholarship” award was shared by W. Bruce Cook for “Surveying the Major Gifts Literature: Observations and Reflections,” an article in the Spring 1997 issue of Nonprofit Management & Leadership, and by Kathleen S. Kelly for “From Motivation to Mutual Understanding: Shifting the Domain on Donor Research,” an essay in the book Critical Issues in Fund Raising. Each award carries a $2,000 prize.

Lutheran fund raising. The Association of Lutheran Development Executives (Verona, Wis.) has presented its 1998 Executive of the Year Award to Paul Dovre, president of Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.), and its 1998 President’s Award, which honors outstanding volunteer service, to Alan Zacharias, senior vice-president of university advancement at Concordia U. (River Forest, Ill.).

Non-profit leadership. The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management (New York) has announced the recipients of its 1998-99 Frances Hesselbein Community Innovation Fellowships: Dolores Barrett, director of social services at the Salvation Army-Orange County (Tustin, Cal.); Anson Laytner, executive director of Multifaith AIDS Projects (Seattle); Michael E. Neely, founder and director of the Homeless Outreach Program/Special Service for Groups (Los Angeles); Jan Owen, national director of the Australian Association of Young People in Care (Brisbane); and James A. Williams, superintendent of the Dayton Public Schools (Ohio). The fellowships provide for a year-long professional-development program.