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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 22, 2004
Contact: Ryan Watson, (202) 347-3190
Washington, DC-March 22, 2004
-The winners of the prestigious National Public Service Awards
and Keeper of the Flame Awards, the premier awards for excellence
in public service at all levels of government, have been announced
by the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and
the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).
"This year's winners represent
some of the finest public servants in our nation," said
Rosslyn S. Kleeman, Chair of the Awards Selection Committee.
"Their tireless dedication to protecting and strengthening
government deserves the highest recognition." ASPA and
NAPA proudly established the National Public Service Awards
in 1983 to honor individuals who make outstanding contributions
to the public. The winners are individuals who exhibit the
highest standards of excellence, dedication, and accomplishment
over a sustained period of time and who are creative and highly
skilled leaders at all levels of the public service. These
are the 2004 National Public Service Award winners:
- Daniel Fitzpatrick-City Manager
of Peekskill, New York. As
City Manager of Oak Park, Michigan, Fitzpatrick led efforts
to bring the city back from the brink of collapse in 1993
to become the first city in Michigan to participate in the
Michigan Quality Leadership Award Program. The International
City/County Management Association recognized Oak Park with
the 2001 Program Excellence Award for Innovations in Local
Government. During his first year in Peekskill, Fitzpatrick
led the city through a budget crisis and reorganized city
hall to restart or complete stalled public works and development
projects. His creation of the Code Enforcement Task Force
has ignited efforts to keep pressure on illegal housing
violators.
- Kay Goodwin-Cabinet Secretary
of Education and the Arts for the state of West Virginia.
Guiding the merit-based PROMISE Scholarship Program and
championing increases in need-based financial aid funding,
Goodwin has ensured that more West Virginia high school
students enroll in the state's colleges and universities.
Goodwin also presided over a record expansion of academic
and library facilities in the state and founded the Governor's
Mansion Arts and Letters Series.
- Donna Gambrell-Deputy Director
of Compliance and Consumer Protection for the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Gambrell leads FDIC's most ambitious financial education
program-Money Smart-which helps low- and moderate-income
adults enhance their money management skills. Gambrell managed
an effort to partner with more than 350 financial institutions
to build a grassroots distribution system for Money Smart.
Gambrell also directed FDIC's public outreach initiative
to prepare for Y2K.
- Howard H. Hendrick-Director
of the Department of Human Services and Cabinet Secretary
for Human Services for the state of Oklahoma.
Hendrick has spearheaded efforts to expedite the adoption
of children in the child welfare system by reorganizing
the adoption process and increasing resources allocated
for adoptions. Under his direction, the Swift Adoption Program
placed more children in adoptive homes during the last five
years than in the previous fifteen years combined. Hendrick
also authored the Literacy Improvement Act while serving
as a state senator for twelve years.
To learn more about this year's National
Public Service Award winners, visit www.aspanet.org/awards/npsa2004.html.
To nominate someone for the 2005 awards, visit http://www.napawash.org/about_academy/about_npsa.html.
The Keeper of the Flame Awards were
established in 2000 to recognize individuals who have continued
to provide notable public service after their official retirement.
These active retirees keep the fires of public service burning
through involvement in local communities, civic or nonprofit
organizations. These are the 2004 Keeper of the Flame Award
winners:
- Philip J. Rutledge-Rutledge
has worked tirelessly to promote social equity in governance.
Rutledge chairs NAPA's Standing Panel on Social Equity in
Governance, and he chaired the Academy Panel that issued
three reports on environmental justice. Rutledge remains
active in many aspects of ASPA. As Professor Emeritus for
Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental
Affairs, Rutledge has nurtured young faculty and established
vital linkages in the community.
- John G. Stone, III-Stone co-founded
and leads the Steering Committee for the Public Service
Academy at Washington DC's Anacostia High School.
Through 14 years of involvement with the program, Stone
has played a critical role in accomplishing PSA's mission:
to support students to stay in high school and graduate.
Stone's generosity and fundraising ability have led to $70,000
in scholarship awards to PSA graduates through the John
G. Stone, III Scholarship Fund, which his peers established
in his honor.
To learn more about this year's Keeper
of the Flame Award winners, visit www.aspanet.org/awards/npsa2004.html.
To nominate someone for the 2005 award, visit http://www.napawash.org/about_academy/about_npsa.html.
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