NAMES IN THE NEWS
NAMES IN THE NEWS
Thursday, March 1, 2007; Page DZ06
Social Justice Awards
Paul Holzer, director of higher education at the Latin American Youth Center in the District, has been awarded the Emerging Leadership Award by Dartmouth College. The award, one of five social justice awards given annually, recognizes alumni, faculty and organizations that have contributed significantly to peace, civil rights, education, public health, environmental or social justice.
A 2000 graduate of Dartmouth, Holzer spent his undergraduate years as an activist, serving as acting principal of an orphanage school in the Dominican Republic and co-teacher at the Tucker Foundation Prison Project. In his current position at the Youth Center, he oversees four college preparation programs that prepare at-risk minority youth for successful entrance to and completion of college.
  Leadership award winner Paul Holzer. (Courtesy Of Dartmouth College - Courtesy Of Dartmouth College) |
Holzer was a founding board member of the Youth Build Public Charter School in Northwest. He also serves on the board of the New Futures Scholarship Fund, which assists urban youth in paying for college.
Social justice awards are given in three categories: emerging leadership, ongoing commitment and the Lester B. Granger '18 Award for Lifetime Achievement. Other honorees are: Jim Butterworth, 1991 Dartmouth Graduate; Karen Kramer Hein, 1968 graduate; Thomas Wahman, 1960 graduate; and the Mascoma Clinic, a Dartmouth Medical School student organization that provides free health care to underserved New Hampshire residents.
Collins Receives Promotion
Edward J. Collins has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the Washington Design Center and Federal Center Southwest.
Owned by Merchandise Mart Properties Inc., a trade show and property management firm, the centers have 60 design showrooms and office tenants housed at the 800,000-square-foot design and government office complex, located at 300 D St. SW. Collins, who has served as interim general manager since May 2006, will be responsible for all building support.
Collins began his business career in the executive management program at Sears, Roebuck and Co. In 1980, he and his father formed a company that sold textiles to major home furnishing manufacturers. He joined Merchandise Mart in 1995.
Men Honored for Bravery
Special Police Officers Randy Franklin and Durand Covington were honored for their bravery and selflessness by Mayor Adrian Fenty and Police Chief Cathy Lanier at a ceremony recently.
Franklin and Covington were working in the 1200 block of 11th St. NW on Jan. 28 about 2:45 a.m. when they observed a man being assaulted by another man with a baseball bat. The officers, who are commissioned by a private organization not connected to the Metropolitan Police Department, were able to disarm the suspect and subdue him until police arrived. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Covington, who is new to special policing, works as a barber in Bowie during the day. Franklin, a veteran security guard, said he jumped in to help because he couldn't just stand by and watch.
-- Compiled by JILLIAN S. JARRETT
