The Princeton Area Community Foundation has announced the 18th annual Leslie “Bud” Vivian Award for Community Service. The 2014 award was presented to Nancy Beck at a meeting of the Princeton Adult School meeting on May 7.
Nancy Beck, this year’s recipient of the annual Leslie “Bud” Vivian Award for Community Service, will be honored Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. at Dorothea’s House in Princeton as part of a public celebration of Nancy and the award.
A public celebration of Nancy and the award will be held at Dorothea’s House on Sunday, September 28th at 1 p.m. The public is welcome to join us in honoring Nancy Beck’s many contributions and of the legacy of Bud Vivian.
The Vivian Award for Community Service, established by members of the Princeton University Class of 1942, recognizes a person who exemplifies the late Bud Vivian’s commitment to serve the whole of the Princeton community. Previous winners include Marcy Crimmins, Reeves Hicks, Hank Pannell, Jocelyn Helm, Harry Levine, Ted Vial, Harriet Bryan, Pat Van Ness, Claire Jacobus, Anne Reeves, William Johnson, Karl Light, Sarah Hirschman, Shirley Satterfield, James Floyd, Jack Roberts, Ray Wadsworth, Herb Hobler, and Mark Freda.
Nancy Beck gives generously of her time to a wide array of Princeton-area nonprofits. She immerses herself in the work of each organization, contributes her leadership skills, creative ideas, energy, and talent for getting things done, well.
Nancy’s longest and most sustaining contribution is to the Princeton Adult School, where she served as a member of its Board for over twenty-five years, and its president for more than ten. She led the process of creating over 100 courses every semester for adults in the greater Princeton area. In addition to supervising the creation and management of the entire Adult School curriculum, she has been instrumental in creating two high profile lecture series and finding eminent scholars or nationally prominent experts to share their knowledge. The Adult School program closest to her heart is the program on English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESL), which attracts hundreds of students each semester who wish to learn or improve their English in order to support themselves and their families.
Nancy reads each week at Learning Ally. She is on the Board of Dorothea’s House in Princeton and is a former trustee of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association.
Nancy’s breadth of interests and problem-solving approach make her an important resource to the Princeton community. She richly deserves thanks and recognition for all that she has done.
The Leslie “Bud” Vivian Award for Community Serviceis made possible through the Vivian Memorial Fund, an endowment fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation. The Community Foundationpromotes philanthropy and builds community across Mercer County and central New Jersey. It provides charitable giving expertise to individuals, nonprofits and corporations, and makes grants to nonprofit organizations. Since its founding in 1991, the Community Foundation has granted over $43 million back into the community. For more information please contact the Community Foundation at 609-219-1800 or online at www.pacf.org .
