Awards, Nov 28, 2002

The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas.

Cancer. The American Cancer Society (Atlanta) has presented awards to individuals for distinguished service, leadership, and volunteer efforts in the struggle against cancer. Stephen Wyatt, associate director for cancer control at the U. of Kentucky (Lexington), received the 2002 Distinguished Service Award. The 2002 Humanitarian Award went to Lovell Jones, a professor of gynecologic oncology and biochemistry and molecular biology at the U. of Texas (Austin), and to Armin Weinberg, director of the Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston). The Humanitarian Award honors individuals who have made significant contributions to human welfare and social reform, mitigating the problem of cancer among medically underserved people. The 2002 Volunteer Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding medical or lay volunteers, went to Irwin Belk, president of the Belk Group (Charlotte, N.C.), and to Raymond Weisberg, a former clinical professor at the U. of California at San Francisco.

Conflict resolution. Search for Common Ground (Washington) and the European Centre for Common Ground (Brussels) have named the recipients of their annual awards honoring outstanding accomplishments in conflict resolution. The first annual Partners in Humanity Award went to the Daniel Pearl Foundation (Encino, Calif.), and the Award for Building Peaceful Communities went to Ples Felix and Azim Khamisa of the Tariq Khamisa Foundation (San Diego).

Fund raising. At its 2002 Development Conference, the Public Broadcasting Service (Alexandria, Va.) presented its Awards for Excellence and Development to selected affiliate stations. The winners and their respective categories:

-Auction: WNED (Buffalo, N.Y.)

-Cultivation and Stewardship: WNED (Buffalo, N.Y.)

-Local Corporate and Foundation Support: Rocky Mountain PBS (Denver, Grand Junction, and Pueblo, Colo.)

-Major Gifts: KUED (Salt Lake City)

-On-Air Achievement: Thirteen/WNET (New York)

-Online Fund Raising: WGBH (Boston)

-Overall Development: Thirteen/WNET (New York)

-Overall Membership: KNPB (Reno, Nev.)

-Planned Gifts and Endowment: Oregon Public Broadcasting (Portland)

-Special Achievement: Thirteen/WNET (New York)

-Special Fund-Raising Events: WITF (Harrisburg, Pa.)

PBS also gave its 2002 C. Scott Elliott Development Professional of the Year Award to Paige Meriwether, director of KUED (Salt Lake City). Public Television Leadership Awards were presented to the following individuals: Edith L. Dabney, of WGBH (Boston); David V. Francis, of KCPT (Kansas City, Mo.); John L. Maxey II, of Mississippi Educational Broadcasting (Jackson); Steven Rattner, of Thirteen/WNET (New York); and William R. Swindells, of Oregon Public Broadcasting (Portland). The 2002 Corporate Leadership Award went to ExxonMobil Corporation (Irving, Tex.).

Health. The Chest Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American College of Chest Physicians (Northbrook, Ill.), has awarded its 2002 Governors Community Service Award to the Community Health and Tuberculosis Project in Quito, Ecuador, administered by Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (Boston). The award conveys an $18,000 grant, which will be used to provide supplies and training to combat TB in the region.

Nonprofit management. The William J. Copeland Fund (Pittsburgh), a supporting organization of the Pittsburgh Foundation, has awarded the Alfred W. Wishart Jr. Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management to the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. The award, which includes a $5,000 cash grant, is presented annually to a nonprofit human-service or community-development organization in southwestern Pennsylvania that has demonstrated a sustained commitment to excellence in management and governance.

Volunteer management. The International Association for Volunteer Administration (Richmond, Va.) has recognized several individuals and organizations for outstanding leadership and professionalism in volunteer-resources management. David Meacham, national director of volunteer support at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (New York), was named Volunteer Administrator of the Year. The association also presented Distinguished Service Awards to the following: Nancy Gaston, owner of Gifts Differing (Vancouver, Wash.); KPMG (Montvale, N.J.) and its employee volunteer program, “Involve”; and Raffael Montenotte, Buddy Program coordinator for AIDS Project Los Angeles.