2008 Governor Hugh L. Carey Legacy Award
The Third Annual Governor Hugh L. Carey Legacy Award was held on Wednesday, April 30th. The Award was established in 2005 to honor Governor Carey for his lifetime of leadership and his unwavering commitment to social justice. This year, honored two distinguished awardees that embody the commitment to justice demonstrated by Governor Carey, Peter C. Goldmark and Stanley S. Shuman, at a cocktail reception and dinner beginning at the Harmonie Club in New York City. A special award was also presented posthumously to the late Maggie Heimann.
Peter Goldmark is Director of the Climate and Air Program at Environmental Defense. Mr. Goldmarkhas devoted the majority of his career to public service. He was appointed by Governor Carey to be Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He also served under Governor Carey as Director of the Budget for the State of New York during the city's financial crisis, becoming one of the Governor's senior advisers on New York’s rescue. Mr. Goldmark has also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the International Herald Tribune, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Senior Vice President for Eastern Newspapers for the Times Mirror Company.
Stanley Shuman is Managing Director of Allen & Company, LLC, and has served on the boards of News Corporation and SESAC. Mr. Shuman also serves on numerous civic and nonprofit boards, including Carnegie Hall, WNET/Channel 13, the Museum of Television and Radio, and is Chairman of the Center for New York City Law. Mr. Shuman was appointed by President Clinton to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He served for nineteen years as a member of the Financial Control Board for the City of New York, and is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and The Economic Club of New York.
Margaret (Maggie) Heimann was a supporter and friend of The Justice Project and spent much of her life in service to New York City and New York State. Maggie was a graduate of Radcliffe and was one of the first women editors of the Harvard Crimson. She served as Deputy Appointments Officer and later as Deputy Director in the Washington, D.C., office of New York State during the Cary Administration. She also served as Assistant Commissioner in the Department of Housing and Community Renewal of New York State. Maggie was critical to the establishment of the Big Apple Circus. She was also a passionate advocate and volunteer for the causes she loved most dearly, which included the United Farm Workers and Central Park. The award was accepted by Maggie's daughter, Eliza Greenberg.
Proceeds from the evening benefit The Justice Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting injustice and to creating a more humane and just world. The Justice Project educates citizens and state and federal legislators on the dramatic gaps that still exist between American principles of justice and the actual practice of the criminal justice system in daily life. The Justice Project has led numerous nonpartisan campaigns to increase the fairness and accuracy in the criminal justice system, with special emphasis on reforms that will prevent innocent individuals from being wrongfully convicted.
Please contact Leah Lavin for additional information: llavin@thejusticeproject.org or 202.557.7597.
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