Awards, Oct 22, 1998

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

Community development. The Marin Community Foundation (Larkspur, Cal.) has presented its 1998 Beryl H. Buck Awards for Achievement to Dorothy Hughes, director of the Mental Health Association of Marin (San Rafael, Cal.), for her work to create the Campaign for a Healthier Community for Children, and to the Marin City Library WebStar Program (Cal.), which provides at-risk youths with computer and technology training. The awards carry prizes of $10,000 and $25,000, respectively.

Conservation and the environment. The Bay Foundation (New York) and the Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation (New York) have announced the recipients of their 1998 Biodiver- sity Leadership Awards, which provide $180,000 each over three years to researchers working to preserve biological diversity. The winners:

— F. P. D. (Woody) Cotterill, a scientist from Zimbabwe who was instrumental in founding the Biodiversity Foundation for Africa and whose work focuses on protecting biological diversity in the savannas and woodlands of the Zambezi Basin.

— Timothy J. Killeen, a botanist and conservation biologist who has spent the past 15 years studying and conserving lowland tropical ecosystems in Bolivia.

— Karen Lips, a zoologist at Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale whose work focuses on the rapid decline of the world’s amphibian population.

— Susan Middleton and David Littschwager, photographers based in San Francisco whose close-up portraits of plants and animals have been featured in various books and in a National Geographic television special on endangered species in America.

— Marilyn J. Roossinck, a plant biologist at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation (Ardmore, Okla.), who studies the relationships between viruses and their hosts.

Health and human services. The National Assembly of National Voluntary Health and Social Welfare Organizations (Washington) has presented its 1998 Excellence in National Leadership Awards, including the Award for Excellence in National Board Leadership, which went to Steven Reinemund, chairman of Frito-Lay (Plano, Tex.) and chairman of the National Advisory Board of the Salvation Army (Alexandria, Va.); and the Award for Excellence in National Executive Leadership, which went to Prema Mathai-Davis, chief executive officer of the YWCA of the U.S.A. (New York).

Health care. The United Hospital Fund (New York) has presented its Distinguished Community Service Award to Stan Herman, president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (New York), for his leadership in organizing the fashion industry to combat AIDS and breast cancer. The Health Care Leadership Award went to Maurice R. Greenberg, chairman and chief executive officer of the American International Group (New York), for his work to improve health-care services in New York.

Women. The McAuley Institute (Silver Spring, Md.) has presented its 1998 Courage in Community Award, which honors grassroots woman leaders, to Sovanna Koeurt, founder and executive director of the Asian Pacific Self-Development and Residential Association (Stockton, Cal.).