For Immediate Release
March 2001
The Founders Award
One of the highlights of this year's fundraising gala, "2001: An Education Odyssey" was the formal recognition of the 16 Individuals who established the Foundation seven years ago. Congratulations to:
Richard Cohen, Robert Cohen, Melanie Dobbs, Sally Hammond, Judy Gluckstern, Richard Jacobs, Judy Konowitch, James McCarthy, Stone Phillips, Bernard Schneider, Frances Schneider, Arlene Shaw, Richard Sitman, Eric Sobel, Paul Sterne, and Joe ValvanoThey are the first recipients of a new annual award established in their honor, the Founders Award. This award recognizes an individual or individuals for vision and generous commitment of resources, energy and time for the benefit of Dobbs Ferry Schools. Recipients will have their name engraved on a brushed aluminum plaque that will be on prominent and permanent display in Dobbs Ferry High School.
Each of our founding members brought a unique and important skill to the early board and collectively, these individuals created a resource that has benefited our students in ways no one could have predicted. In only seven short years, the foundation has helped bring such initiatives as the International Baccalaureate program in the High School, performances and workshops by world-renowned artists, the Cable TV studio which features student-sponsored programming and much more.
Thank you, founders, for all you have done for our schools and for our students!