Alumni Association Awards
The James F. Armstrong Award will be presented posthumously to
Dennis K. Moore at
the spring Alumni Senate on April 23 in recognition of his distinguished
service to the University. Moore was named associate vice
president of Notre Dame's division of public affairs and communication
in April 2002. Prior to that appointment, he had served as principal
spokesperson for the University since 1990 as director of public
relations and information. Moore brought his talents to the University
in 1988 after 20 years in journalism and corporate public relations,
including 10 years as a freelance writer in the United States
and Ireland, and four years as executive editor of The
Kiwanis Magazine, a 250,000-circulation monthly out of his
native Chicago. As a Notre Dame student in the late 1960s, he
was a member of the founding staff of The Observer.
The Family Exemplar
Award will be presented to Jamie and Karen (Phelps) Moyer
'87 of Seattle during a fall 2004 football weekend.
The Moyers established the Moyer Foundation in July 2000 to encourage,
comfort and support children and families enduring profound physical,
emotional or financial distress, and to enhance the quality of
life for young cancer patients and their families. The Moyer Foundation
has assisted more than 30 organizations in the Pacific Northwest,
raising more than $2 million. The Moyers are active participants
in the foundation's fund-raising activities, often opening their
home to events.
Dr. Joseph A. DiCara '82 of Long Grove, Illinois, will
receive the William D. Reynolds Award during halftime of the Blue-Gold
game on April 24. While a medical student at Northwestern University,
DiCara developed trust among residents of Chicago's Cabrini Green
housing projects, assessed their unmet medical and educational
needs, and founded Chicago Youth Programs Inc. in an attempt to
improve opportunities for at-risk children and youth. CYP now
includes 50 programs that provide educational, recreational, social,
health and career assistance. DiCara--one of 600 CYP volunteers
-- serves as executive director and is also a neonatologist at
the Prentice Women's Hospital special care nursery in Chicago.
The Rev. Edward F. Sorin, CSC, Award will be presented to Kathleen
W. Andrews '63M.S., '03Hon., of Kansas City, Missouri, during
Reunion '04. A member of the Board of Trustees of the University,
Andrews was appointed the first female fellow at Notre Dame in
1996. In 1981, in memory of her husband, James F. Andrews '61,
she established the Andrews Memorial Scholarship Fund, which underwrites
student summer service internships in conjunction with the Notre
Dame alumni clubs. She serves on the advisory council for Notre
Dame's Institute for Church Life and is a member of Notre Dame's
Ireland Council, which oversees the joint venture with Trinity
College and University College-Dublin. Andrews is vice chair of
Andrews McMeel Universal and a director of Andrews McMeel Universal
Foundation.
Mary Lou ('56SMC) and Richard Yeager '56 will be given
the Rev. Louis J. Putz, CSC, Award on April 24 during Alumni Senate
in recognition of their efforts to develop Our Father's House
soup kitchen in Pompano Beach, Florida, which currently serves
more than 300 meals a week. The Yeagers' contributions to feeding
the hungry take place on site and behind the scenes; besides collecting
donated food and helping cook and serve it, they also provide
accounting services and complete federally mandated reports. They
applied for the UPS Foundation grant that contributed $100,000
to "the kitchen," allowing for expansion into six storefronts.
Putz Award recipients are chosen annually by the Notre Dame Senior
Alumni board of directors.
Michael Tribe '00 will be honored with the Young Alumni
Award on April 22 at Alumni Senate in recognition of his dedication
to the Notre Dame Club of Chicago. He is the youngest graduate
to express gratitude for a Chicago club scholarship through service
on the Scholarship Foundation Board and is the youngest graduate
to serve as a member of the club's board of governors. Last year
Tribe chaired the Rockne Athletic Banquet, the club's largest
event, which drew 1,300 guests and raised more than $55,000 in
2003 for the scholarship foundation. At Notre Dame, Tribe was
a walk-on for the varsity football team. Tribe is a municipal
bond sales associate for Banc One Capital Markets in Chicago.
Alumni
Directory
Alumni can call 800-982-1589 to verify contact information for
the 2005 edition of the Notre Dame Alumni Directory. The new edition
-- available only to Notre Dame alumni -- will be in book form
and on CD-ROM. The directory will be ready for distribution in
March 2005.
Outdoor Adventures
A 2004 multisport adventure, including white-water rafting on
the Snake River and mountain biking and horseback riding in the
Idaho wilderness, is planned for alumni through Northwest Voyageurs.
The trip is offered July 3-9 (reserved for alumni and friends
of Notre Dame), July 15-21, July 29-August 3 and August 8-14.
A weeklong steelhead fishing adventure on the Salmon River will
take place October 31- November 6, 2004. For more information,
or to receive a brochure on these adventures, contact the Alumni
Travel office at 800-634-2631 or visit alumni.nd.edu/travel/.
Reunion '04
All alumni who earned a graduate degree in years ending in 4
or 9 are invited to take part in Reunion weekend, June 3-6, 2004,
along with law and undergraduate alumni from those years and architecture
alumni who graduated in years ending in 0 or 5. For more information,
call 574-631-6199 or visit alumni.nd.edu/reunion/thisyear.html,
where online registration is offered along with lists of registered
attendees.
Irish Online
The electronic alumni directory offers information (only to alumni)
on all Notre Dame graduates since 1900. Irish Online also provides
career networking and e-mail forwarding. Register for Irish Online
at https://irishonline.nd.edu/
with the eight-digit identification number on the mailing label
of your Notre Dame Magazine or write to onlinehelp@alumni.nd.edu.
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(April 2004)
