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JANUARY 1995 Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina 17 People and Organizations ARTS & CULTURE Rodney E. Trapp named execu tive director and Thelma Horton Smith named company manager of African-American Dance Ensemble, Durham. Julee Fortune, Greensboro, named Director of Development and Marketing at Greensboro Academy. Richard Krawiec, Roleigh, awarded Kathryn H. Wallace Award for Artists in Community Service by the Triangle Community Foundation, which includes a gift of $600, for his work encouraging the arts among the homeless, at day care centers and in housing projects. North Carolina Literary and Historical Association presented the following awards: R. Hunt Parker Award to James Applewhite, Dept, of English, Duke University, Durham ; Sir Walter Award for Fiction to Michael Parker, Dept, of English, UNC-Greens-boro; Christopher Crittenden Memorial Award to Max Williams, professor of history. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee; Mayflower Award for Nonfiction to Joel Williamson, Lineberger Professor of History, UNC-CH; Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Award to Judy Goldman, Charlotte; American Association of University Women Award for Juvenile Literature to Kenn and Joann Compton, Charlotte; American Association for State and Local History Merit Awards to Cherokee Historical Association and John Alexander Williams, Director of the Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State Univ., Boone; American Association for State and Local History Certificates of Commen-dation to: Jack Orr Boyte, ChaHotte; Catawba County Historical Association, Newton; and Joseph Patterson Jr., New Bern; Hugh T. Lefler Undergraduate Award to W. Carlton Metcalf, UNC-CH; Robert D.W. Connor Award to David Cecelski, Institute for Southern Studies, Durham; Student Publication Awards: first place senior high divi sion to Ashbrook High School, Gastonia and first place middle school division to Ligon Middle School, Raleigh; Albert Ray Newsome Award to Moore County Historical Association, Southern Pines. BUSINESS Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, announces staff changes: Heidi Gailor-Loflin, named copywriter in Marketing and Client Relations group; Donna Rizzo named marketing assistant for marketing communication; Emily Smith named assistant manager of Client Relations Support; Karen Boylston promoted to director of Team Leadership Development theme group; Carl Bryant promot ed to manager of Administrative Support Group; Craig Chappelow promoted to program director of Leadership Simulations; Barbara Demarest promoted to senior man ager of Resource Development; Victoria Guthrie named program director of Context Leadership Development theme group; Michael Hoppe named manager of LeaderLab Program.; Lily Kelly- Radford promoted to director of Individual Leadership Development theme group; Sara King named program director of Specialized Leadership Development theme group and site manager for The Women's Leadership Program in Greensboro; and Sylvia Willie pro moted to mapager of Registrations in Client Services group. CIVIC Glenn Orr, CEO and president of Southern National Bank, and Jonathan Howes, N.C. Secy, of Dept, of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, named co-chairs of fundraising campaign for new exhibits for N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh. Beth Butler named Campaign Manager for the Friends of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh. Richard L. Daugherty, Raleigh, retired vice president of Worldwide Manufacturing and senior state exec utive for IBM Corp., presented Hope Award by National Multiple Sclerosis Society for outstanding civic and community service. r EDUCATION John C. Barner named vice pres ident for Development at Elon College. Belmont Abbey College names trustees: The Rev. David Brown, procurator of monastery and theolo gy instructor; Edward J. Brown III, president. Corporate Bank, NationsBank, Charlotte; Robert A. Preston, senior vice president and provost of Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL; Roger R. Regelbrugge, president and CEO of Georgetown Industries, Charlotte; Michael E. Snyder, vice president, ' research and development, E.J. Snyder Inc., Albemarle; The Rev. Placid D. Solari, assistant professor theology at Belmont Abbey, and sub prior of monastery. • Walter "Skip" Bollenbacher named associate vice chancellor for research development at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jennifer Blazing, Brad Kirkman, Rob Kiassen, Lisa Taylor, named Cato Research Scholars at Kenang-Flagler Business School, UNC-CH.Scholars receive grants for applied research projects exploring critical business issues. Linda Lewis Helms, Atlanta, named director of Development, Brevard College. Michael L. Mattson, named director of Planned Giving at Guilford College, Greensboro. Wake County Communities in Schools received Oak Leaf Award from North Carolino PTA for work with at-risk children in Wake County Schools. Razor Walker Awards were given to 14 individuals by University of North Carolina at Wilmington School of Education for service to youth: Jane Smith Patterson, advisor to the Governor for Policy, Budget and Technology; Stephen A. Scroggs, principal of Teachers Memorial School, Kinston; John Murphy, superintendent of schools, Charlotte/Mecklenberg; Dudley Flood, educator and executive direc tor of N.C. Association of School Administration, Raleigh; Leonard Beckum, vice president, Duke University, Durham; Mary Black, Teacher of the Year for the Southeastern Region, Fayetteville; Melvin D. Levine, professor of pediatrics and director of the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning, UNC-CH School of Medicine; Harvey Estes, director of Reynolds Community Practitioner Program, N.C. Medical Society Foundation, Raleigh; Edwin M. Specs, senior deputy attorney gener al, N.C. Dept, of Justice; Charles Henry, attorney at law and president of Boys and Girls Club of Onslow County; Cheryl L. Willoughby, co center director, Sertoma 4-H Education Center, Westfield; Bruce Brooks, award-winning children's author, MD; Elizabeth Ross, Look for PEOPLE, page 19 PIOPLE AND ORGANIZA TIONS ITEMS ore te the fifth ^rtBflffflyofecichfflotitfi. The Jottmol will pi os many items as space permits, eai (919) 829-8988 for forms. Toxforms to; (9I9| 829-8919, Grants and Gifts Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, for its endowment fund; $1 million pledge from First Union; $300,000 pledge from Price Waterhouse, LLP; and $250,000 from United Dominion. Carolina Theatre, Durham, $250,000 from the F.M.Kirby Foundation, Morristown, NJ, to capi tal campaign. Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham, $15,000 from F.M. Kirby Foundation to support irrigation pro jects and the publication of two issues of "Flora", the gardens' newsletter. From John S. and James L. Knight Foundation: $109,580 to N.C. Performing Arts Center at Charlotte Foundation for pilot stage of in-house marketing agency to serve Performing Arts Center, N.C. Dance Theatre, Opera Carolina, and Charlotte Repertory Theatre; $25,000 to Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County to document black heritage of Charlotte in "An African American Album Volume II," to be distributed on CD-ROM. From N.C. Arts Council: $2,617,102 in arts program devel opment grants to support arts pro jects in counties across the state: Alamance ($26,757); Alexander ($53,000); Ashe ($4,500); Buncombe ($86,445); Burke ($12,460); Caldwell ($8,260); Carteret ($24,500); Catawba ($33,450); Chatham ($5,000); Cherokee ($16,020); Chowan ($3,000); Cleveland ($5,000); Columbus ($3,000); Craven ($6,700); Cumberland ($36,500); Currituck ($4,500); Davie ($2,830); GRANTS AND GIFTS are dae the fifth working day afeadi The Journal will print as many Items as spetapite. Call (919) 829-8988 for forms. Durham ($308,933); Edgecombe ($30,250); Forsyth ($262,780); Gaston ($8,947); Guilford ($ 168,500); Halifax ($6,000); Haywood ($7,000); Henderson ($39,000); Hertford ($17,670); Hyde ($2,350); Jacbon ($7,864); Lee ($4,600); Lenoir ($7,000); Macon ($500); Madison ($20,500); McDowell ($31,116); Meclenberg ($466,000); Mitchell ($70,120); Moore ($2,000); Nash ($3,500); New Hanover ($82,042); Orange ($101,141); Pasquotank ($15,000); Pitt ($1 7,000); Richmond ($7,500); Robeson ($10,295); Rowan ($7,300); Sampson ($10,000); Surry ($20,666); Swain ($35,000); Transylvania ($54,000); Vance ($5,000), Wake ($179,990); Watauga ($47,963); Wayne ($10,000); Wilson ($2,000); Yancey ($16,500). Playspace, Raleigh, $2,000 from GE Capital Mortgage Corp. to spon sor Free Family Day. The Scrap Exchange, Durham, $8,500 from N.C. Office of Waste Reduction to increase collections and give more counties teacher work shops; $5,000 from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to present reuse workshops for children and teachers; $2,000 from Durham Arts Council to help create three programs for chil dren in Durham. Watermark Association of Artisans, Camden, $50,000 from Campaign for Human Development for working capital. EDUCATION ■ Appalachian State University, $ 100,000 from George C. Beasley, president and CEO of Beasley Broadcast Groups in Naples, Fla. for scholarships for broadcasting and business majors. Bennett College, Greensboro, $10,000 from W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Michigian to promote new partnerships between predomi nantly minority colleges and commu nities to support children, families, and neighborhoods. Davidson College, Davidson, $1.6 million from John M. Belk for a scholarship fund. Duke University, Durham, $300,000 from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a three-year program of interdisciplinary seminars exploring the historical and cultural roots of significant contemporary development in international affairs; $174,988 from Whitaker Foundation, Washington, DC, to support the work of George DeWitt Stetten. Durham Public Education Network, $ 100,000 from Central Carolina Bank Foundation for its campaign to support education reform in the Durham public schools. From Durham Public Education Network: $10,846 in Teacher Initiative Grants to fund 16 innova tive programs in Durham Public Schools. Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, $2 million from J.B. Fuqua to establish endowed profes sorship in international management; educational consulting services worth $150,000 and networking systems equipment worth $900,000 over three years from IBM to support glob al management education and worldwide research efforts. Guilford College, Greensboro, $500,000 from William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust for the final install ment of a $1.5 million challenge grant made in 1990 for faculty and staff development projects; $63,700 from the U.S. Geological Survey and $10,900 from National Aeronautics and Space Administration/JOVE to enable students and faculty to con duct scientific experiments in Puerto Rico; $50,000 from Teagle Foundation, New York City, for feasi bility study for major fund raising campaign; $19,454 from the Corporation for National Community Service to develop an interdisciplinary course with three Greensboro social service agencies on the social, eco nomic, and political issues surround ing homelessness in the U.S.; sculp ture by contemporary American artist Horace Farlowe from Richard and Joan Steele, Greensboro, for the per manent art collection; nine Baldwin pianos, from Morrow Piano and Organ Company, Greensboro for use by students and faculty of the Department of Music; collection of Russian literature numbering several hundred titles from Margaret Pollock "Polly" Cobb to the Hege Library Collection. From John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami, for dis cretionary grants by foundation trustees: $10,000 each to Asheville School and Duke University, Durham. Meredith College, Raleigh, $ 10,000 from Dan and Melody Doster, Centerville, Ohio, to estab lish Jane Renn Frazier Scholarship for piano and voice students; $10,000 from Sally Newton Morrow, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, her mother Ruby G. Newton, Kenansville, NC, and family and friends of the late Gail Newton Martin to endow Gail Newton Martin Piano Scholarship Fund; $25,000 endowment gift and $2,000 award from Glaxo for Glaxo Women in Science Scholarship program; seven uninterruptible power systems from Exide Electronics to help update cam pus-wide computer network. North Carolina Central University, Durham, $400,000 from David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, Calif., for "Developing Leaders in Science," a project to encourage more students to consider careers in science, $333,000 pledge by Duke Power Company Foundation to be paid over 10 years for endowed faculty chair; $100,000 from Mutual Community Savings Bank, Durham, to establish an endowed scholarship fund in the name of the bank. North Carolina State University College of Engineering, Raleigh, $50,000 charitable remainder uni trust from C. Bernard and Eleanor Tate, Old Fort, for academic scholar ships to undergraduate engineering students from McDowell County. North Carolina Wesleyan College, $17,000 from National Science Foundation to connect to Internet; $1,485 from Grass Roots Arts Council for Visiting Writers Series; $1,500 from North Carolina Independent College Fund for biotechnology project; $40,000 from Ameri Corps/SCALE for literacy pro ject in Rocky Mount community; for construction of Dunn Performing Arts Center: $50,000 from Cannon Foundation, $ 10,000 from Marriott Corporation, $50,000 from A.J.- Fletcher Foundation, $25,000 from Coca Cola, and $6,000 from Nello Teer Company. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $200,000 from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for projects on international economic issues and the history of the ancient world; $68,525 from Ford Foundation for technical assistance for economic development; $26,000 from UNC- CH chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. and five alumnae of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. for Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center. University of North Carolina at Wilmington, $30,000 from Bedford Fair, national women's fashion cata log company, for permanent endow ment fund; $98,727 from the Mathematics and Science Education Network for three projects to improve teaching methods for middle and high school teachers; $6,000 from Cape Fear Garden Club for materi als for Wise House Perennial Garden West project; $25,000 from Wilmington West Rotary Club to establish scholarship fund; $6,000 from N.C. Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources for detailed geological mapping of Raleigh by David E. Blake, assistant professor, earth sci ences department. Voices, Raleigh, $10,000 match ing grant from Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Family Foundation, Greensboro, for writing workshops. Wingate College, $450,000 chal lenge grant from The Kresge Foundation, Michigan, to assist in completion of the $30 million Plan for the Second Century Campaign. FOUNDATIONS From The Winston-Salem Foundation: $ 12,000 to Little Theater of Winston-Salem to increase marketing capacity; $50,000 to Old Salem Inc. to sponsor Treasures of the Czech People; $ 1,000 to N.C. School of the Arts to support a show ing of the film "Sankofa" and a visit by the filmmaker; $20,000 to Phi Omega Inc./Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority for a tutorial program and SAT preparatory course for low- income, minority youth; $500 to Maytrice Walton Scholarship to pro vide aid to elementary school teach ers for professional growth and enrichment activities; $5,000 to Southgate Tenant Association to pro vide computer access and training and recreational activities for resi dents; $2,500 to Teacher of the Year to fund their annual award; $5,500 to CONTACT: Winston-Salem for general support; $27,757 to Planned Parenthood of the Triad to help start RAPTIME, a pregnancy prevention program for teenagers in public housing neighborhoods; $500 to Family Services Inc. to purchase 16 personal attack alarms; $30,000 to Forsyth Initiative for Residential Self- Help Treatment Inc./FIRST to provide third-year start-up support; $45,000 to YWCA to expand services to underserved populations; $5,000 to Senior Services Inc. for general sup port; $5,000 to Boston-Thurmond Community Association to fund com munication and beautification efforts in the neighborhood; $4,705 to Happy Hill Gardens Resident Management Inc. to hold youth and family activities for the neighbor hood; $10,000 to United Way of Forsyth Co. to help support the establishment of the Community Services Research Group; $2,500 to Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem to fund staff position to recruit and train volunteers; $ 1,100 to Junior Achievement of Winston-Salem for general support; $4,271 to Kimberly Park Terrace 'Resident Management Inc. to fund activities for youth and a support group for young mothers; $35,000 to Winston-Salem Urban League to support Rites of Passage and LIFT; $ 10,000 to Gateways Music Festival to help fund the second Gateways concert series; $1,000 to Winston- Salem Delta Fine Arts Inc. for a grant to salvage handmade bricks by George Black from the Mayberry Building; $5,000 to Winston-Salem State Univ./Diggs Gallery to support a retrospective exhibit of the William H. Johnson paintings; $13,450 to A.F. Clement Scholarships for Forsyth County youth scholarships; $8,400 to Goodwill Industries of Northwest Look for GRANTS, page 19
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