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Lenox315, Phil Weinberg - 2012 Sloan Public Service Award Winner, Unknown, 2015

2012 SLOAN Public Service Award Winner: Phil Weinberg (Principal, High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology, Department of Education) Phil…

Tags: Brooklyn, Brooklyn High School, Education, HSTAT, NY, Phil Weinberg

City College of New York, Ruth E. Stark, Ph.D. - 2012 Sloan Public Service Award Winner, City College of New York, None

Dr. Ruth Stark, distinguished professor of chemistry and acting dean of science at The City College of New York, is one of six extraordinary city…

Tags: Awards, Chemistry, Ruth E. Stark, Science, Sloan Public Service, Women

Fund for the City of New York, Sarah Carroll - 2012 Sloan Public Service Award Winner, Fund for the City of New York, 2012

Sarah Carroll is responsible for overseeing the nearly 10,000 applications submitted annually to the City's Landmarks Preservation Commission. Some…

Tags: Awrds, Buildings, Development, Land, NYC, Preservation, Sarah Carroll, Sloan Public Service

Washington Post, Shane Morris - Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals Finalist 2012, Washington Post, 2012

Diplomatic Courier Shane Morris played a crucial behind-the-scenes role for the State Department during the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011, ensuring…

Tags: Arab Spring, Awards, Diplomacy, Middle East, Shane Morris, State Department, Women

SCV TV, Stephen Mather - Conservationist and First Director, National Park Service, SCV TV, 1915

Enticed out of retirement in 1915 to become the first director of the National Park Service, Stephen Mather forged landmark advances in the quality of…

Tags: Conservation, National Park Service, Parks, Stephen Mather, Wildlife

Multiplying Good, The Jefferson Awards for Public Service, Multiplying Good, Unknown

"The attraction to the Jefferson Awards was we think it is the only real program out there... that will inspire and motivate greater volunteerism, and…

Tags: Awards, Community, Jefferson Awards, Public Service, Volunteering

CNN, U.S. Ambassador John Christopher Stevens (1960-2012) A Man Who Built Bridges, CNN, 2012

Ambassador Christopher Stevens joined the United States Foreign Service in 1991. His early overseas assignments included: deputy principal officer and…

Tags: Ambassador, Benghazi, Christopher Stephens, Diplomacy, Libya, Middle East, U.S. Foreign Service

Al Ravenna, World Journal Tribune, Virginia Apgar - Public Heath Pioneer, Library of Congress, October 2nd, 1966

Dr. Virginia Apgar examining an infant with a stethoscope. Born in 1909, Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) defied social conventions at a young age. She was…

Tags: Apgar Score, Infant Care, Public Health, Virginia Apgar, Women