Basilians present humanitarian awards (01/11/98)

Basilians present humanitarian awards

FOX CHASE MANOR, Pa. - The Sisters of St. Basil the Great presented eight distinguished people with the Basilian Humanitarian Award during the Basilian Spirituality Center Honors Banquet held at Celebrations on September 26, 1997. Honored that evening were: Melanne Starinshak Verveer, assistant to President Bill Clinton and chief of staff to First Lady Hilary Clinton; Walter Chyzowych (posthumously), one of America's most prominent coaches and collegiate soccer legend; Dr. Leonid Rudnytzky, professor of Germanic and Slavic literatures at La Salle University; Joseph Garvey, cable company executive; Josyp Terelya, religious leader who was declared a "living martyr" by his Church; Marie Hanusey, director of the Ukrainian Hour, one of America's longest-running Ukrainian American radio programs; Anna Palczuk Harris, active member of the Basilian Spirituality Center Capital Campaign Committee until her death this year; and Dr. Richard D. Hanusey, chairman of the Basilian Spirituality Center Capital Campaign Committee. More than 150 people attended the banquet. Accepting the award for Mr. Chyzowych was his brother, Ihor Chyzowych; for Mrs. Harris, her son Nicholas Harris of Virginia; and for Ms. Verveer, Carolyne Golab, Dean of Chestnut Hill College and Ms. Verveer's friend and college roommate at Georgetown University. Above (from left) are: Dr. Rudnytzky, Adela Hanusey with her husband Dr. Hanusey, and Sister Dorothy Ann Busowski, provincial superior.