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The Danforth Foundation was one of the largest private nonprofit foundations in the St. Louis Metropolitan region. It closed its doors in 2011 after 84 years of operation and more than a billion dollars in grants distributed.
Following her departure, she worked for the Danforth Foundation and the Lilly Endowment, at both of the which she was the first woman vice president, and pushed both charities to do more to empower women. [7] She was appointed to the board of trustees of the College of Wooster in 1977. [8]
Danforth Foundation Associate, 1980–1984 Balch received the National Humanities Medal [1] [10] for distinguished service on behalf of the humanities, which was bestowed by President George W. Bush at the White House on November 15, 2007. This award cited him "for leadership and advocacy upholding the noblest traditions in higher education ...
Reichle is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1968) [19] and received a number of awards including a Danforth Foundation Fellowship (1960), the IUFRO Scientific Achievement Award (1976), [20] U.S. Department of Energy Distinguished Service Award (2000), [21] and the Muskingum University Distinguished Service ...
William H. Danforth (September 10, 1870 – December 24, 1955) was an American businessman known for founding Ralston Purina in St. Louis, Missouri in 1894. He was a co-founder of the American Youth Foundation (AYF) and the author of the book, I Dare You! .
Pulitzer-winner David Hume Kennerly defended Liz Cheney after he resigned from the Ford Foundation over its refusal to consider her for its public service award — driven, he said, by the ...
Danforth founded the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, named after his father, in 1998 and was the Founding Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the center. [6] Before dissolving in 2011, the Danforth Foundation gave its final $70 million to the center. In total, under William's stewardship, the foundation contributed over $423 million to ...
Awards [ edit ] She has been the recipient of literary prizes, and grants from the Danforth Foundation, the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Awards, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.