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AngMoKio, Yosemite National Park, AngMoKio, 7-Sep

Yosemite National Park is an American national park located in the western Sierra Nevada of Central California, bounded on the southeast by Sierra…

Tags: California, Environment, Park, United States, Yosemite

Ansel Adams/U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: Photograph (Completed);, Hoover Dam, Library of Congress, 1941: Completed (Photograph)

"Engineering problems are under-defined, there are many solutions, good, bad and indifferent. The art is to arrive at a good solution. This is a…

Tags: Hoover Dam, Nevada, Public Architecture

Architect - Alfred B. Mullet, Public Architecture - Political and Social Meaning, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 1888

Note the Gallery Media section to the left for the following two articles. - Public Voices Volume III No. I. Public Architecture As A Political and…

Tags: Public Architecture, Washington D.C.

ASPA, National Public Service Award, ASPA, 2016

The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the National Academy of Public Administration proudly established the National Public…

Tags: ASPA, Awards, National Public Service, NPSA

AZ Central, Ron Barber, Social Worker, AZ Central, 2011

There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction…

Tags: Anti-Bullying, Awards, Civility, Gabrielle Giffords, Mental Illness, Ron Barber, Social Work

Bain, William Albert Wirt, Library of Congress, 1917

Growing up in a rural farm in Gary, Indiana, William Wirt believed that this upbringing was as elementary to education as many teachings, so when he…

Tags: Education, Indiana, Recreation, Schools, William Albert Wirt, Work-Study-Plan

Bain News Service, Geo. F. Baker, U.S. Financier and Philanthropist, Library of Congress, Unknown

George Baker has had many buildings named after him, because he used his funds to donate to higher education for those around him. Harvard Business…

Tags: Education, George F. Baker, Philanthropy, Public Service

Bain News Service, Mrs. Kate Wallert Barrett, Co-Founder National Crittention Mission, Library of Congress, Unknown

Kate Barett understood that in order to achieve her goals, she’d need to be taken seriously, which is why she pursued a medical degree in order to the…

Tags: Hospitals, Housing, Kate Waller Barrett, League of Women, Philanthropy, Women

Bain News Service, Helen Gould, Army Supporter, Library of Congress, 22 January 1913

You don’t have to be a soldier to help the war effort, and Helen Shepard proved that when she gave $100,000 to the United States government during the…

Tags: Education, Helen Gould Miller Shepard, Military Service, Philanthropy, War, Women

Bain News Service, Margaret Sage, Philanthropist, Library of Congress, 2 April 2010

When Margaret Sage inherited a fortune from her husband’s passing, her wealth went up along with many new buildings. She used her newfound fortune to…

Tags: Education, Margaret Sage, Philanthropy, Women