Frank Andrews
Cross Lanes, West Virginia
Nominator: West Virginia
Department of Education
  Mary Gross Ashby
Pullman, Washington
Nominator: United Way
  Augustine “Chris” Baca
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nominator: New Mexico Department
of Children-Youth-Families
 
             
  Willie L. Battle
Brooklyn, New York
Nominator: The Robin Hood Foundation
  Anthony J. Bibbo
Newton, Massachusetts
Nominator: Newton, MA mayor
  Rebecca Black
Portland, Oregon
Nominator: Portland, OR Mayor
 
             
  Catherine Boes
Indianapolis, IN
Nominator: Visiting Nurse Services
  James Piper Bond
Baltimore, Maryland
Nominator:Parker Rockefeller
Senior Vice President,
Living Classrooms Foundations
  Joyce Sonn & Robert Brandhorst
St. Louis, Missouri
Nominator:Dorothy Stoneman
President, YouthBuild USA
 
             
  C. Robin Britt, Sr.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Nominator: North Carolina Governor & High Point, NC Mayor
  Gerri Ann Brooks, Ph.D.
Petaluma, California
Nominator: Silicon Engineering, Inc.
  Donna Brown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nominator: Eastern Pennsylvania Organizing Project
 
             
  Robert Bruesch
Rosemead, California
Nominator: Rosemead, CA Mayor
  Saundra A. Bryant
Los Angeles, California
Nominator: Director of Communications, United Way
  Rose Marie Byron
Daytona Beach, Florida
Nominator: United Way
 
             
  William C. Chandler
Montgomery, Alabama
Nominator: United Way
  Roosevelt Chin
Louisville, Kentucky
Nominator: The Cabbage Patch Settlement House, Inc.
 
Ann Blakeney Clark
Charlotte, North Carolina
Nominator: Vice President of Corporate Community Relations,
IBM Corporation
 
             
  Thomas "Mike" Buzbee
New Waverly, Texas
Nominator: Board Secretary,
Gulf Coast Trades Center
  Cecily Coleman
Albany, New York
Nominator: Alison Coleman
Director, Prison Families of
New York, Inc.
  William E. Cope
Denver, Colorado
Nominator: Colorado National Bankshares, Inc.
 
             
  Michael Cox, Sr.
Cleveland, Ohio
Nominator: Mayor, City of Cleveland
  Don Crary
Little Rock, Arkansas
Nominator: Arkansas Governor
  Renee Dinkins
New Haven, Connecticut
Nominator: Hill Health Center
 
             
  Alan DuBois
Kansas City, Missouri
Nominator: H&R Block, Inc.
  Helen Fox
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nominator:Martin J. Chavez
Mayor, City of Albuquerque
  Mary Frost
Olympia, Washington
Nominator: Washington Governor
 
             
  Bertha Garcia-Tucker
San Clemente, California
Nominator: San Clemente, California Mayor
  Jack Geisler
Sheridan, Wyoming
Nominator: Wyoming Girls’ School
  Captain Charlie Golden
Columbus, Georgia
Nominator: Columbus, Georgia Mayor
 
             
  Arlene Goldsmith, Ph.D.
New York, New York
Nominator: Robin Hood Foundation
  Sergeant Rodney Goo
Waianae, Hawaii
Nominator: Honolulu Police Dept.
  Saul Goodman
Morris Plains, New Jersey
Nominator: Parsippany, New Jersey Mayor
 
             
  Norma Gray, Ed.D.
Huntington, West Virginia
Nominator: West Virginia Governor
  Susan G. Gordon, M.D.
New York, New York
Nominator: National Youth Employment Coalition
  Samuel Halperin, Ph.D.
Washington, D.C.
Nominator: Independent Consultant, Bethesda, Maryland
 
             
  William Hoogterp
Newark, New Jersey
Nominator: Newark, New Jersey Mayor
  Janet Jarvis
Dunkirk, New York
Nominator: Dunkirk Free Library
  Ernest Jenkins
Chicago, Illinois
Nominator: Illinois Governor
 
             
  Scott Jimison
Gatonia, North Carolina
Nominator: United Way of Gaston County
  John Johnson
Albany, New York
Nominator: NYS Office of Children & Family Services
  Lori Kaplan
Washington. D.C.
Nominator: American Youth Policy Forum
 
             
  Howard Knoll
Brooklyn, New York
Nominator: National Youth Employment Coalition
  Timothy Lane
Des Moines, Iowa
Nominator: Iowa Governor
  David Lawrence, Jr.
Miami, Florida
Nominator: Miami Mayor
 
             
  Rev. Reid Lehman
Greenville, South Carolina
Nominator: South Carolina Governor
  Professor Gertrud Lenzer
New York, New York
Nominator: Brooklyn College, CUNY
  Robert Lipscomb
Memphis, Tennessee
Nominator: Holiday Corporation
 
             
  Mary-Jean Longley
Anchorage, Alaska
Nominator: Cook Inlet Tribal Council
  Donald Mathis
Harford County, Maryland
Nominator: American Youth Policy Forum
  Kwame J.S. McDonald
St. Paul, Minnesota
Nominator: Minnesota Lt. Governor
 
             
  James K. Mancke
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Nominator: United Way
  Charles Martin, Sr.
South Bend, Indiana
Nominator: United Way
  Bernard Melekian
Pasadena, California
Nominator: Mayor, City of Pasadena
 
             
  Carrie Kimbrell Melton
Decatur, Alabama
Nominator: Decatur Women’s Club
  Evelyn Moore
Washington, DC
Nominator: Equitable Corporation
  Carlos Morales
New York, New York
Nominator: National Youth Employment Coalition
 
             
  Ron Mulholland
Wheeling, West Virginia
Nominator: West Virginia Department of Catholic Education
  Richard Murphy
Washington, DC
Nominator: New York Association for New Americans (NYANA)
 

June Jordan O’Neal
Macon, Georgia
Nominator: Macon Mayor

 
             
  Betty Osborne
Birmingham, Alabama
Nominator: Sonat, Inc.
  Patrick “Ozzie” Oswald
San Jacinto, California
Nominator: California Family Life Center
  Nennaya Onyejurua
New York, New York
Nominator: Victim Services Agency
 
             
  Scott B. Peterson
Washington, D.C.
Nominator:Patrice Lockart
Victim Specialist,
Colonie Police Department
  Patti Penland Phelps
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Nominator: United Way & Superintendent of Schools
  Robert “Pete” Phelps
Amsterdam, New York
Nominator: Amsterdam, New York Mayor
 
             
  Ruthellen Phillips, Ed.D.
Morgantown, West Virginia
Nominator: John D. Rockefeller IV
United States Senator
  Ronnie Powell
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Nominator:Melanie Huckaby
Executive Secretary, Association for Retarded Citizens of Anderson County
  David William Richart
Louisville, Kentucky
Nominator: United Way
 
             
  Evelyn Rogers
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nominator: Rohm and Haas
  Estelle Rubinstein
Lewiston, Maine
Nominator: Lewiston, Maine Mayor
  Ruth Rucker
Washington, DC
Nominator: Washington Post Co.
 
             
  Melvin Seo
Kailua, Hawaii
Nominator: Hawaii Governor
  Teri Sheppard
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Nominator: South Dakota Governor
  Shari Shink
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Nominator: Denver Mayor
 
             
  Hope Silvestri
Phoenix, Arizona
Nominator: Valley National Bank
  Terry Smith
Bellevue, Washington
Nominator: Bellevue Mayor
  Robert Snodgrass, Ph.D.
Staunton, Virginia
Nominator: Executive Director,
People Places, Inc.
 
             
  Judge Stephen Spindler
Kendallville, Indiana
Nominator: Noble County Community Foundation, Inc.
  Barbara Carol Staggers, M.D.
Castro Valley, California
Nominator: Oakland, California Mayor
  Gary Stangler
Jefferson City Missouri
Nominator: Governor of Missouri
 
             
  Helena Stephens
Seattle, Washington
Nominator:Connie Marshall Mayor, City of Bellevue, Washington
  Yvonne Stroud
Brooklyn, New York
Nominator: Career Opportunities for Brooklyn Youth
  Deborah Swanson
Santa Clara, California
Nominator: United Way
 
             
  Predetha Thomas
Rome, Georgia
Nominator: United Way
  Carolyn Thompson-Wallace
Newark, New Jersey
Nominator: National Association of Service & Conservation Corps
  Sue Todd
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Nominator: North Shore United Way
 
             
  Ivonnes Torres
New York, New York
Nominator: Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center
  Dennis M. Walcott
New York, New York
Nominator: Equitable Corporation
  R. Benjamin Wiley
Erie, Pennsylvania
Nominator: United Way
 
             
  Elwood L. “Coach” Williams
Norfolk, Virginia
Nominator: Norfolk Mayor
  Faith A. Wohl
Landenberg, Pennsylvania
Nominator: DuPont Corporation
  JoAnne Coble Woodard
Wilson, North Carolina
Nominator: OICs of America
 
             
  Pamela Wong
Chesapeake, Virginia
Nominator: Chesapeake Mayor
  Alfonso Wyatt
New York, New York
Nominator: F•E•G•S
  Terrence Pond Zealand
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Nominator: Mutual Benefit Life
 
             
           
   
  Bill Alms
Hammond, Indiana
Nominator: Hammond, Indiana Mayor
  Maria Alvarez
New York, New York
Nominator: Chase Manhattan Bank
  Rev. Majorie Bailey
Richmond, Virginia
Nominator: Virginia Governor
 
             
  William Balliew
Calhoun, Georgia
Nominator: United Way
  Cora Masters Barry
Washington, D.C.
Nominator: Last Word Production, Inc.
  Suzy Bassani
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Nominator: V. W. Steward
 
             
  Lou Baum
Euless, Texas
Nominator: Euless, Texas Mayor
  James M. Bazzoli, M.D.
Marion, Ohio
Nominator: Marion Adolescent Pregnancy Program
  Delores Bennett
Detroit, Michigan
Nominator: Detroit Mayor
 
             
  Michael Bennett
Washington, DC
Nominator: Potomac Electric
  Connie Berry
West Palm Beach, Florida
Nominator: Migrant Association of South Florida
  Colleen Lunsford Bevis
Tampa Florida
Nominator: Tampa, Florida Mayor
 
             
  Jim Brewer
Topeka, Kansas
Nominator: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
  Gerald & Mary Ellen Burke
Dover, Delaware
Nominator: Delaware Governor
  Donald Calvert
Louisville, Kentucky
Nominator: The Cabbage Patch Settlement House, Inc.
 
             
  Rebecca Canning
Waco, Texas
Nominator: United Way
  John Cannon, DDS
Davenport, Iowa
Nominator: Vice President of Quality
Genises
  Peggy Chambers
Long Beach, California
Nominator: Long Beach Mayor
 
             
  Cynthia Price Cohen
New York, New York
Nominator: Brooklyn College
  Johnny O. Cole
Louisville, Kentucky
Nominator: Phillip Morris USA
  Lela Coons
Warwick, Rhode Island
Nominator: Mayor of Warwick
 
             
  Susan Cowley
Waco, Texas
Nominator: City of Waco Mayor
  Thoma Connelly
Boston, Massachusetts
Nominator: NYNEX
  Nancy Daly
Los Angeles, California
Nominator: SunAmerica, Inc.
 
             
  John & Pat Devries
Algona, Iowa
Nominator: Iowa Governor
  Glenn & Pat Doughty
Locust Grove, Oklahoma
Nominator:Claudette Selph
Executive Director, Parent Child Center of Tulsa
  John & Pat Devries
Algona, Iowa
Nominator: Iowa Governor
 
             
  Emily Douglas
Powell, Ohio
Nominator: Vice President, Secured Transportation, Inc.
  Jack Eaves
Madison, Iowa
Nominator: Fort Madison Boxing Club
  Hector Enriquez
El Paso, Texas
Nominator: United Way
 
             
  Leonard R. Fuller
Detroit, Michigan
Nominator: Coopers & Lybrand
  Lisa-Anne Furgal
Largo, Florida
Nominator: Mother
  Gaylan Good
Hazard, Kentucky
Nominator: Appalachian Regional Healthcare
 
             
  Chessie Harris
Huntsville, Alabama
Nominator: Alabama Governor
  Bobby Joe Haywood, Sr.
Columbia, Tennessee
Nominator: Union Carbide
  Virginia Heise
Malden, Missouri
Nominator: Malden Chamber of Commerce
 
             
  Louise Helton
Las Vegas, Nevada
Nominator: Las Vegas Mayor
  Sarah Herbin
Greensboro, North Carolina
Nominator: National Black Child Development Institute
  Henrietta Heyerdahl
Tifton, Georgia
Nominator: United Way
 
             
  Russell Holderness
Tarboro, North Carolina
Nominator: Centura Banks
  Richard Horne
Pittsfield, New Hampshire
Nominator: New Hampshire
Governor
  Barbara & Henry Howard
Wilmington, Delaware
Nominator: Delaware Governor
 
             
  Lawrence Jackson
Indianapolis, Indiana
Nominator: Wheeler Boys Club
  Kevin Karpowicz
Schenectady, New York
Nominator: United Way
  Carolee Koehn
Scotts Bluff, Nebraska
Nominator: Nebraska Governor
 
             
  Wayne Kishida
Honolulu, Hawaii
Nominator: Honolulu Mayor
  Henri Landwirth
Kissimmee, Florida
Nominator: Kmart Corporation
  Jill Lederer
Thousand Oaks, California
Nominator: Thousand Oaks Mayor
 
             
  Wayne P. London, M.D.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Nominator: Vermont Governor
  Jean Manning
Augusta, Maine
Nominator: Maine Dept. of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
  Luz R. Marti
Tifton, Georgia
Nominator: United Way
 
             
  Ashley Michelle McBride
Greenville, South Carolina
Nominator: Family Counseling
Center of Greenville
  Teddy McMakin
Lame Deer, Texas
Nominator: Montana Governor’s Office
  John L. Meredith
Houston, Texas
Nominator: Young Lawyer’s Association
 
             
  George Naples
Youngstown, Ohio
Nominator: General Electric
  Harry G. Neill, Jr.
St. Louis, Missouri
Nominator: Carrie Campbell, Inc.
  Norman Oliver
Wilmington, Delaware
Nominator: Wilmington Mayor
 
             
  Chirag B. Patel
Houston, Texas
Nominator: Trustee, Johns Hopkins University
  Raymond J. Petersen
Grand Junction, Colorado
Nominator: United Way of Mesa County
  Carol Doe Porter, R.N.
Houston, Texas
Nominator: Quaker Oats
 
             
  Bernard & Audre Rappoport
Waco, Texas
Nominator: Michael Morrison,
Mayor, Waco, Texas
  Lorraine Reed
Buffalo, New York
Nominator: Parents Anonymous
  Al Rosenthal
Brooklyn, New York
Nominator: Career Opportunities for Brooklyn Youth
 
             
  Thomas Royer, M.D.
Danville, Pennsylvania
Nominator: Weis Markets, Inc.
  Terry Seaman
Maple Valley, Washington
Nominator: Workforce Development Council
  Kay Schecht
Irving, Texas
Nominator: Irving, Texas Mayor
 
             
  Rose Sanders
Selma, Alabama
Nominator: United Way
  Charles Seymour
San Bernadino, California
Nominator: Mayor of San Bernadino
  Larry Sidebottom
Lakewood, Colorado
Nominator: Lakewood, Colorado Mayor
 
             
  Marilyn Isaacson Simonds
Auburn, Maine
Nominator:Pamella Starbird Beliveau
Vice Chairperson, Board of Directors,
Androscoggin Head Start and Child Care
  Doris & Tom Slimick
Orlando, Florida
Nominator: Martin Marietta Electronics, Information & Missiles
  Nan Songer
Liverpool, New York
Nominator: New York Governor
 
             
  Addrena Matthews Squires
Madison, Wisconsin
Nominator: Madison Equal Opportunities Commission
  Virginia Stanton
Chicago, Illinois
Nominator: Neon Street Youth Center
  Allan Stigler
New Berlin, Wisconsin
Nominator: New Berlin, Wisconsin Mayor
 
             
  Monica Stratman
Cincinnati, Ohio
Nominator: Clubhouse
  Debbie Tapp
Bradenton, Florida
Nominator: Community Affairs Director
American Red Cross
Manatee County Chapter
  Ida Mae Tate
Starkville, Mississippi
Nominator: Mississippi Governor
 
             
  Tammy Wallace
Dayton, Ohio
Nominator: Dream Builders Group, Inc.
  Edward P. Wagner
Harleysville, Pennsylvania
Nominator: New Life & Family
Services
  Vivian E. Washington
Baltimore, Maryland
Nominator: Maryland Governor
 
             
  Joy Wilken
Sprague, Washington
Nominator: 4-H Volunteer
  Nathaniel Williams
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Nominator: United Way of
West-Central Mississippi
  Eddie Wright, Sr.
Memphis, Tennessee
Nominator: Community Foundation of GreaterMemphis