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April 1994 Philanthropy Journal of North Carolina • 1 7 People and Qt^anizations ARTS & CULTURE Linda Sigmon, Char lottesville, Va. Named Director of Development at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Linda Sigmon North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh. Named to its board: Margaret S. Newman, Winston-Salem, chairman, Dwight Holland, Asheboro; Alois Hrabovsky Jr., Brevard; Katherine Belk Morris, Southern Pines; Shirley Anne Pierce Spears, Greensboro; Robert S. Kadis, Goldsboro and Dale Wright, Wilming ton. MoHie Blankenship, Cherokee, was reappointed to the board. Charlotte Holmes, Raleigh, was appointed Co-Chairman, museum's Contemporaries Steering Committee. EDUCATION Mark A. Oliveira Mark A. Oliveira, Gainesville, Fla. Named Senior Major Gifts Officer for the Division of Surgical Sci- Five North Carolinians have joined the Raleigh-based Methodist Home for Children's Board of Directors. They include, from left, E. Demming Smith, Rev. Roger D. Cope, Dr. S. Bruce Petteway, Rev. Rick Clayton and Billy Griffin. Photo courtesy of The Methodist Home for Children. ences. Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem. North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Presented three Watauga Medals for distinguished service to: Grover A. Gore, Southport; E. Carroll Joyner, Raleigh; Ed Weisiger, Charlotte. William Bonsignore, Wake Forest. Named President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf Foundation. Martha Hobgood, Jef frey Pierce, Louisburg. Awarded professional devel opment grants from the Burroughs Wellcome Science Faculty Scholarship. William Holt Terry. An nounced retirement as Dean of Students, Davidson College. Shaun A. Ingersoll, Wake County. Named estate plan ning speaker representative for Wake County by The Education Forum. FOUNDATIONS Richard H. Jenrette, New York and Charleston, S.C. Named member of board of trustees. The Duke Endowment. Frank J. Russell, Wilming ton. Appointed president and CEO, Cape Fear Health Care Foundation. FUNDRAISING Pam Crocker, Greenville. Named Tournament Director, Michael Jordan Celebrity Golf Classic. Pam Crocker HEALTH Marty Martin, Raleigh. Elected as a regional alter nate to the Board of Directors, National Alzheimer's Association. Tom Beason. Named Bereavement Coordinator, Triangle Hospice, Durham. Lucy Stroscio. Named Director of Capital Campaign and Corporate Foundations Relations, Triangle Hospice. Christy C. O'Herron, Hendersonville. Awarded the national Helene Fuld Health Trust Fellowship for nursing students. O'Herron is a stu dent at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. ■ NONPROFITS Contact: Winston- Salem. Received 1993 Leadership Award from Sara Lee Foundation tor crisis intervention services. Barbara Ziegler, Charlotte. Received award from Mecklenberg Council on Adolescent Pregnancy for her work as executive director of Teen Health Connection. Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro. Awarded the Kenneth E. Clark Research Award to Marydee A. Spillett, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Jayne Walton, Raleigh. Appointed board member, Helping Horse. William L. Dunn III. elect ed to Board of Directors, United Way of North Carolina, Raleigh. SOCIAL CHANGE Terri L. Hill, Charlotte. Named Executive Director, N.C. Drug-Free Workplace Alliance. Terri L. Hill SOCIAL SERVICES Family Support Center, Charlotte. Announced advi sory panel appointments. Bishop George Battle, Stanford R. Brookshire Jr., Katherine Close, The Rev. Timothy Croft, Edward R. Crutchfield Jr., Harvey B. Gantt, William H. Grigg, F. Kenneth Iverson, Doro thy M. Martin, Hugh L.. McColl Jr., Jonnie Horn McLeod and Fred C. Wikoff Jr. Patricia Garrett, Charlotte. Appointed to N.C. Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors. Oliver C. Johnson Jr., Apex. Named Vice President for Programs, N.C. Child Advocacy Institute, Raleigh. Methodist Homes for Children, Raleigh. Named to Board of Directors: E. Demming Smith, Goldsboro; The Rev. Roger D. Cope, Dover; S. Bruce Petteway, Kinston; The Rev. Rick Clayton, Louisburg; Billy Griffin, New Hill; Blanna Brower Harriss, Sanford and Sarah Cole Jordan, Mount Gilead. Joanna Hobler, Raleigh. Named Program Coordi nator, SAFECHILD. Robert Hoppe. Named to The Salvation Army's Advisory Board. CORRECTIONS Meg Allred, Raleigh. Named Development Director, YWCA of Wake County. Patricia Golden Webb and Harriet Webster. Elected as new board mem bers, YWCA, Raleigh. Priscilla Bullock. Elected as New Board Officer, Program Co-Chair, YWCA, Raleigh. PEOPLE AND ORGANIZA TIONS ITEMS aieduelfielh working day of eochmontii. The Journo! wl print os many items os spocepemiits. Coll (919) 829-8988 for forms. Fox forms to: (919) 829-8919. Grants and Gifts ARTS & CULTURE UNC-TV, Research Triangle Park. $20,500 from Edward D. Jones & Company for four television pro grams; $13,500 from SAS Institute for a documentary series on science; a grant from Tanner Companies to support National Geographic spe cials; funding from Springmoor Lifecare Retirement Community for political roundtable series; $9,000 from Klingspor Abrasives for program on furniture-making. North Carolina Humanities Council, Greensboro. $53,970 to seven projects: $7,300, Virginia Commonwealth University for travel ling slide show on Pea Island Lifesaving Station near Manteo; $7,000, NCSU Foundation of Raleigh, for pre-production costs of art exhibit; $7,100, Carolina V7ren Press in Durham, for conference on women's writing; $15,000, St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, to sup port programs on African-American composers; $7,800, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County for television series on N.C. poets; $7,170, le Comite Latino/Hispano de Rocky Mount for weekly Spanish radio show; $2,600, Florida Historical Society for research on writer Zora Neale Hurston. BUSINESS Burroughs Wellcome Co., Research Triangle Park. 12 grants totaling more than $44,000 for com munity service programs. Raleigh: Hospice of Wake County, $ 15,000; Triangle Radio Reading Service, $6,800; Leesville Road High School, equipment donation; PLAYSPACE, $2,000; Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Troop #1862, $500; Durham: John Avery Boys and Girls Club, Inc., $1,000; Forest View Elementary School, $ 1,400; Cary: Knights of Columbus, $250; Cary Parks and Recreation, $371; Hillsborough: G.A. Brown Elementary School, $500; Pittsboro: Chatham Soccer League, $500. EDUCATION UNC-Wilmington. $13,081 from North Carolina Biotechnology Center and the University to Dr. Carl Lundeen and Dr. Charles Ward for their project: "Working with Bacteriophage: A Five-Day Advanced Biotechnology Workshop for North Carolina Science Teachers." North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Research Triangle Park. 10 grants totaling $425,501 for biotechnology teaching activities: $5,500, Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington; $29,020, East Carolina University, Greenville; $65,000, Mars Hill College; $49,188, North Buncombe High School, Asheville; $60,000, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro; $15,872, N.C. School of Science and Mathematics, Durham; $65,977, Pembroke State University; $76,339, UNC-Charlotte; $13,081, UNC-Wilmington; $45,524, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem. $160,000 each to: Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, N.C. A&T State University, N.C. Central University, Pembroke State University and Winston-Salem State University. UNC-Chapel Hill. $250,000 from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for a professorship in honor of William C. Friday; $168,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a four-week institute for 30 public school teachers who are graduates of the N.C. Teaching Fellows Program. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. $70,000 grant from Philip Mom's Companies, Inc. to involve N.C. teachers in the board's assessment of teaching standards. Charlotte-Mecklenburg school dis trict, UNC-Charlotte and Johnson C. Smith are partners in the effort. Meredith College, Raleigh. $10,000 from Hugh M. Shingleton of Birmingham, Ala., to the Louise Shingleton Scholarship Fund for Creative Writing. Davidson College. $1 million cash gift from Ruddick Corporation & the Dicbon Foundation for endowed professorship in honor of R. Stuart Dickson. Durham Academy. $50,000 chal lenge grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation for financial aid for minority students in grades nine through 12. Elon College. $50,000 grant from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation of Atlanta for scholarships for young women from nine southeastern states. Durham Public Education Network. $12,843 from Triangle- area businesses and individuals for 19 Teacher Initiative Grants. St. Andrews College, Laurinburg. $400,000 unrestricted grant from Morgan Trust for Charity, Religion, and Education; $200,000 from William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust for endowment. North Carolina State University, Raleigh. $1 million from Ed Weisiger for campaign to improve athletic facilities. North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, Raleigh. Undisclosed amount of sup port from the First Union National Bank of North Carolina, Raleigh and SmithKIine Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Raleigh. Autism Society of North Caroling, Raleigh. $5,000 from The N.C. State Council of the Knights of Columbus for summer camp program. Teen Health Connection, Charlotte. $856 from the Carolines Chapter of the national Football League Alumni for teen health clinic; $91,500 from the state for project to enhance adolescent healthcare. Hospice of Wake County. $19,000 from the Hillsdale Fund for a model pediatric program tor chil dren with life-threatening illnesses. SOCIAL CHANGE People For The American Way, Raleigh. $125,000 from Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation for continuing efforts to educate state residents about civil liberties and racial harmo ny. SOCIAL SERVICES N.C. Child Advocacy Institute, Raleigh. $4,000 from Sprint/Carolina Telephone to host "Make Kids Count," a series of 20 community forums on children's issues. North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, Raleigh. $150,000 grant from U.S. Administration on Aging to help elderly persons avoid being evicted from their homes. City of Raleigh. $2,000 from Methodist Home for Children Alumni Association as part of $ 10,000 pledge to restore and fur nish historic Borden building. Wake Caunty and City of Goldsboro. $61,000 and $122,000 respectively in federal funds man aged by N.C. Housing Finance Agency for affordable housing pro grams. GRANTS, GIFTS AND DEADLINE arduethefilili working day of each ttionlfi. The Jouraolvwl print as mony lemsasspocepermils. Call (919) 829-8988 for forms. Fox forms to: (919) 829-8919.
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