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Frank Annunzio Awards 2000
Frank Annunzio Award Scholars
The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is honored to have awarded the achievements of the following 2000 Frank Annunzio Award scholars:Humanitarian Field
Millard Fuller
Millard
Fuller, Founder and President of Habitat for Humanity International
(HFHI), Americus, GA, a worldwide Christian housing organization, was
awarded the $100,000 Frank Annunzio Award in
the Humanitarian field. HFHI built its
100,000 home in September 2000. It is one of the top 20 house builders
in the United States, and the largest among non-profits. More than 500,000
people now have safe, decent, affordable shelter due to the efforts of
Habitat for Humanity International volunteers around the world.
Mr. Fuller received the Medal of Freedom from President Clinton in September 1996, and was named the 1995 Builder of the Year by Professional Builder Magazine. He and his wife, Linda, were awarded the 1994 Harry S. Truman Public Service Award, and he also has received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award from both the State of Georgia and the King Center.
Mr. Fuller has written six books about Habitat for Humanity. A Simple, Decent Place to Live (1995) chronicles the entire story of Habitat for Humanity. The Theology of the Hammer (1994) explains the concept that true religion mandates that we put our faith and love into action. It is about bringing diverse people together to build houses, and finding common ground in using a hammer as an instrument to manifest God's love. His other books are The Excitement Is Building, coauthored with his wife, No More Shacks!, Love in the Mortar Joints and Bokotola.
Arts/Humanities Field
Maya Lin
Maya
Lin, Owner, Maya Lin Studio, New York, NY, was awarded the $10,000
Frank Annunzio Award in the Arts/Humanities field.
Ms. Lin has established herself in both the art and architecture communities
with her unique vision and sensibility. Her monuments, including The
Women's Table at Yale University, the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery,
AL, and the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC, have been highly
acclaimed for creating an intensely private experience within the most
public context.
Critics have praised her works for their ability to bridge between Eastern and Western culture as they emphasize the personal and private nature of aesthetic experience, creating meditative and contemplative places in highly public places. Ms. Lin's sensitivity to aesthetic concerns, her innovative approach to site specificity, and her ability to address complex historical and social issues have afforded her a unique place in contemporary culture, and her work continues to engage and inspire viewers in a manner unprecedented in contemporary art.
Ms. Lin's strong concerns for environmental issues have led her to use recycled, living or natural materials in her work and to focus on sustainable and site sensitive design solutions. Her work closely relates to the landscape, geology and topography.
Science/Technology Field
Robert C. Gallo, M.D.
Robert
C. Gallo, M.D., Director of the Institute of Human Virology and Professor
of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University
of Maryland, Baltimore, MD. was awarded the $10,000
Frank Annunzio Award in the Science/Technology field.
Dr. Gallo is universally recognized for his pioneering research into
the understanding of human disease which has led to the eradication of
certain deadly diseases and opened new frontiers in medical research.
He was among the first to apply the tools of molecular biology to advance
the understanding of human disease. These discoveries laid the foundation
for new diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for cancer, chronic
viral disease and autoimmunity.
Dr. Gallo has been awarded 15 honorary doctorates from universities in the United States, Sweden, Italy, Israel, Peru, Belgium and Argentina. He is a member of numerous professional and honorary societies including the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of Medicine (Glasgow, Scotland), and the Royal Society of Medicine ( Brussels, Belgium) among several others.
He has received numerous other scientific honors and awards. Dr. Gallo was the most referenced scientist in the world between 1980 and 1990; is on the editorial board of numerous scientific journals; and is the author of more than 1100 scientific publications.
His major current scientific interests are the mechanisms of how HIV causes AIDS; developing better and safer therapy of HIV-infected people; helping to develop an effective preventive vaccine; and basic studies on the biology of human cancer cells, including the role of viruses in some human cancers
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