HUMPHREY INSTITUTE WILL HONOR LONGTIME PUBLIC SERVANTS JANE FREEMAN AND AL QUIE AT ANNUAL HUBERT H. HUMPHREY PUBLIC LEADERSHIP AWARDS
The Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs is pleased to announce the 2008 local recipients of the Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Award—Jane C. Freeman, Minnesota’s former First Lady, longtime political activist, and friend of the University of Minnesota; and the Honorable Al Quie, former governor of Minnesota. The awards ceremony also will spotlight Humphrey Institute alumnae Jennifer Godinez, associate director of Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc., and Kiely Todd Roska, a dedicated advocate for advancing the leadership of young women in Minnesota. They will join the previously announced recipient of the Dean’s Award, Ward B. Chamberlin, Jr., public broadcasting pioneer and co-founder of AFS Intercultural Programs.
Recipients of the 2008 Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Awards will be honored at a gala dinner on Tuesday, June 3, at the McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak St. S.E. A reception begins at 6 p.m., and the dinner and program, including remarks from the award recipients, begins at 7 p.m.
Tickets for the dinner and program are $125, of which $75 is a tax-deductible contribution. Proceeds from the event benefit a student scholarship initiative. For tickets to the awards dinner, contact Dawn Fish at dawnfish@umn.edu or (612) 625-9588. For more information, visit www.hhh.umn.edu/news/leadership_awards/.
2008 Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Awards recipients
Ward Chamberlin, Jr., is a public broadcasting leader and co-founder of AFS Intercultural Programs. He served as the operating officer for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting at its inception in 1967. In that capacity, he played a major role in the creation of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR). He also is a founding member of AFS Scholarship Programs—now known as AFS Intercultural Programs—one of the world’s largest not-for-profit, community-based volunteer organizations providing intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world. His volunteer service during World War II inspired the creation of AFS Intercultural Programs. Chamberlin was among the members of the American Field Service who reconvened in 1946 to transform an organization of volunteer ambulance drivers who transported the wounded to safety during the two World Wars into an organization to promote peace and understanding through intercultural exchanges.
Jane C. Freeman has devoted her life to public service, as First Lady of Minnesota and as a leader engaged with numerous national and international organizations devoted to the public good, such as the United Nations and UNICEF. Freeman served as national president of the Girl Scouts of America from 1978 to 1984 and has remained on the organization’s board of directors since 1966. As a member of CARE’s board since 1979, Freeman mounted a highly effective advocacy campaign to support the relief agency’s international humanitarian and development programs. In 1994, she and her husband, Orville, were honored by CARE with its International Humanitarian Award. Freeman is an active member of the Women’s National Democratic Club in Washington, D.C., serving as president from 1988 to 1999, and continues to support political campaigns throughout the country. Her political legacy goes back to the founding days of Minnesota’s Democratic Farmer-Labor Party, a coalition put together by Hubert Humphrey and Freeman’s husband, Orville, in the late 1940s. The Freemans later managed Humphrey’s 1948 U.S. Senate campaign and remained devoted to Humphrey throughout his career.
The Honorable Al Quie is a statesman who has served the people of Minnesota throughout his career. He was a member of the Minnesota State Senate from 1954 to 1958; served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1958 to 1979; and was governor of Minnesota from 1979 to 1983. In 1982, Quie was appointed to the President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations. Quie also served as area director of the Minnesota and North Dakota Prison Fellowship and executive vice president of Prison Fellowship USA. His greatest legacy may come through his work with Minnesotans for Impartial Courts, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the integrity of Minnesota’s judicial branch. As chair, Quie oversaw the 2006 Citizens Commission for the Preservation of an Impartial Judiciary, an independent citizens group composed of professionals from various fields who made recommendations concerning the method of selection of Minnesota’s state court judges.
Jennifer Godinez has worked tirelessly to promote youth through personal development and education. She is executive director of the Minnesota College Access Network and associate director of the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, where she works to provide funding, opportunities, and support needed to increase college opportunities for students of color. In 2004, she was honored as “Leader of the Year” by La Prensa de Minnesota for her work with immigrant youth. In 2005, Godinez was named one of the “25 on the Rise” by the Minnesota Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Kiely Todd Roska is executive director of the Minnesota Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (MRCRC). Through that organization, she works with the Humphrey Institute’s Center on Women and Public Policy to offer leadership opportunities for young women ages 25 to 35 through board service. A committee of young women selected Roska and MRCRC for this award. All Humphrey students, the committee members serve on nonprofit boards as part of a Humphrey Institute course offered through the Center on Women and Public Policy and the Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center.
May 6, 2008 |
