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Published on 09/22/1997 All articles from this issue

Hidden Villa honors locals with Humanitarian Awards

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Town Crier Staff Report

The 1997 winners of the Josephine and Frank Duveneck Humanitarian Awards were honored at a special dinner this past Saturday at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills.

The awards recognize national and local individuals whose lives and accomplishments demonstrate respect for human dignity and diversity and the protection of the natural environment as central values in a healthy and humane world.

This year's national award winner is Carl Anthony, founder of the Urban Habitat Program and president of Earth Island Institute.

A pioneer and leader in the environmental field, Anthony is a recent Fellow at the Kennedy School of Public Policy and has taught at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford Law School.

The regional award recipients are Dianne and Regis McKenna. As members of the New Children's Shelter Fund Board of Trustees, they were instrumental in building a new shelter for abused and neglected children in Santa Clara County.

Dianne McKenna currently serves on Hidden Villa's advisory board and the board of directors of the Midpeninsula Open Space Trust.

Sharifa Wilson, former mayor of East Palo Alto, is the local award recipient.

With a strong commitment to improving the quality of life for the citizens of East Palo Alto, Wilson worked hard as mayor to rebuild and strengthen the city's image.

Wilson taught in the Ravenswood Elementary School District for seven years, and co-founded the Children's Preservation Network, a school-age homework and tutorial assistance program.

In conjunction with the awards dinner, there was a special showing of watercolors by Lizzie Boott Duveneck and works by her husband, American Impressionist painter Frank Duveneck.

For information about the awards, call 949-8652.