THE SAMUEL HUNTINGTON PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD P A G E 4

Thank you to our Supporters!

www.nationalgridus.com/huntington.asp

The Samuel Huntington Fund was established in 1989 and, thanks to you, has now granted 71 Public Service Awards. Below is a list of contributors to the Fund during the past year. We sincerely appreciate your support. You can make a tax deductible contribution at any time by visiting our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/SamuelHuntingtonFund/) or sending a check to: The Samuel Huntington Fund, c/o Ms. Amy Stacy, National Grid, 40 Sylvan Road, Waltham, MA 02451. For your convenience, a pre-addressed envelope is enclosed with this newsletter. Thank you for your consideration!

Samuel Huntington Fund Officers and Directors

Jennifer Huntington Chair Frederic Greenman President

Thomas Robinson Clerk Lawrence Reilly Treasurer

Judith Haynes Assistant Clerk George Sasdi

Peter Flynn David Milner

John AmorosoLarry BaileyAnne BarkerDon & Ann BerwickAurolyn BodaJoan T. BokLouise BrayDoug & Eliza BurdenPhilip H.R. CahillJohn & Kathleen CochraneEric & Christine CodyGeorge T. DeasJohn & Jo Ann DelafieldJohn & Nancy DicksonTrevor DillmanWilliam F. DowdAngela & Jason DuckworthSusan H. FisherSarah P. FletcherPeter & Anne FlynnRyan FlynnDouglas FoyMr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. FrenchRon & Kathleen GerwatowskiTom & Peggy GilbertMina & Meredith GhattasDon & Susan GoodwinKent GreenawaltFred & Jocie GreenmanJoseph & Diethild HarringtonPaul & Kathleen HartCharles Hartshorne & Laurie EllisJudy HaynesPeggy & John HeywoodLisa & Matt Hills

Todd & Terry HolzmanMarjorie HotalingAl & Pat HoustonClare Huntington & Nestor DavidsonDavid & Susanna HuntingtonJennifer HuntingtonThomas & Sprague HuntingtonMichael & Janet JesanisRalph & Margaret JohansonRick & Louise JohnsonPaul L. JoskowJohn & Barbara KaslowDave & Karen KennedyRosalie KerrKent Koth & Theresa YehCheryl LaFleur & Bill KuncikPeter and Margaret LacouturePhilip & Madeline LacovaraLance & Carol LiebmanBarbara LukeJason LynchBill & Ann MacdonaldRobert & Susan McCabeBob & Penny McLarenRichard McLaughryKara & David MilnerWilliam & Sue MorrillShirley H. NicholsKathleen O’BrienJane O’ConnorLillian Ortiz & Paco MorenoJohn PalmerBob PalmeriAnthony PiniKelly Quinn

Josie Quintrell & Duncan WoodKirk & Constance RamsauerWilliam S. ReardonLarry & Shannon ReillyJim RobinsonTom & Johanna RobinsonChristopher & Judy RootJeannie & Brian RosenthalJohn & Jeanne RoweScott & Marcia RyderHarry SachseGeorge & Sue SasdiRichard SasdiGlenn R. SchleedeRick SergelJohn & Barbara ShermanCarolyn & Dick ShohetElizabeth SikorovskyPeter & Helen SmithJoel & Ruth SplanskyVirginia StanleyMilton SteenGeorge & Lucy SteersTheresa J. SullivanPeter & Joanna StraussKatharine ThompsonRufin Van BossuytJeffrey & Marcy Van FossenIan G. Van Praagh, MDLee WarrenJack & Kristine WatkinsDan & Jean WebsterGordon WhittenLaura Zimmerman & Joe Shay

Penn), but he has been keeping us up to date with the progress of his tuition free Tarkwa Bre-man School for Girls in that country. Not only does the school boast solar panels to provide electricity, Shadrack has also honored the startup funds he received from the Samuel Huntington Award by naming one of the paths to the school

“Huntington Way”. As you can see on page 3, the girls are super excit-ed about going to school in their smart uni-forms, and we are delighted to support Shad-rack’s efforts to make sure that

girls have equal opportu-nities for education and

Dear Friends of the Sam Huntington Award,

Sometimes, when I wonder where the world is headed, I only have to think about, or meet, our former winners to regain a sense of bal-ance and hope! One of the great joys of my life is staying connected with many of our former winners. Their vision, energy, enthusiasm, hard work, and grit all combine to assure me that yes there are prob-lems, but there are also answers! Most im-portantly, there are young people who are willing to tackle the problems with amazing-ly creative solutions. These are the young people the Samuel Hun-tington Award funds and who you, our generous donors, help to make possible. Social media and email are good ways to stay connected, but actually meeting our winners on their projects is very energizing too! Peter Flynn and I recently at-tended a Recycle and Reuse Fair at MIT in Cambridge. The genius behind this environmen-

tal effort is 2013 winner Alex Freid (UNH). Alex’s project began as a way to save hundreds of items that students throw out, and recycle them for reuse by other students. His Post Landfill Action Network (PLAN) has spread to more than 100 other campuses, and PLAN now partners with Pata-gonia, an environmen-tally conscious compa-ny. Peter, Alex and I posed outside the Pata-gonia wagon, where the company repairs any item of outdoor clothing for free! MIT was just the first stop on a cross-country trip to enlist more colleges in the movement to help save our planet’s environ-ment.

It was not possible for us to travel to Ghana to visit 2015 winner Shad-rack Frimpong (U.

Jennifer Huntington Chair

THE SAMUEL HUNTINGTON PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

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Progress re-ports from 2016 Winners

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Thank You to Our Supporters

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Staying Connected

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Sharad Sagar proposed to train over one million students from the Bihar Province in India how to work through the college application and testing process. His program--Dexterity to College--trained 1,000 teachers in 1,000 low income schools to run “boot camps” to provide students with the basics of the college application and test-ing process. College students act as mentors and trainers, and small scholarships are awarded to successful participants. At the time of his award, Sharad had already undertaken a pilot for the pro-gram. The implementation of the program was de-layed by major floods in 16 districts of Bihar, which closed schools, disrupted transports, and swept away farms and homes. Sharad deferred qualifi-

cations for the program for about a month to allow recovery of the schools and transport system, and waived all student fees for those who were affected by the floods. The program is now being fully im-plemented for the next college application season.

Helping Low-Income Indian Students Apply to College

leadership in his home country. In his words: “The Award en-courages and inspires our scholars to grow into women of substance, leadership and im-pact.”

Peter Flynn and I also visited 2016 winner Brett Davidson (Yale) in New Haven. Brett and has put together a team to tack-le the problem of incarcerating people who cannot afford bail, which is described on page 2.

Saving the environment, provid-ing education for girls, and working to keep men and wom-en out of prison because they cannot make bail, are all exam-ples of our winners seeing a

problem and working on solutions. Their paths have not been easy, but their vision, energy, enthusiasm and determination would make Sam very proud. Finally, Na-tional Grid hosted a re-ception for

ten of our prior win-ners and our donors in Boston last fall, and this May my daughter, Clare, and I hosted a dinner at her home in Brook-

lyn. Several prior winners came and shared their stories. Board member, Larry Reilly, also joined us. My hope is that by staying connected, these young people can support each other, network to other organizations doing similar wonderful work, and tell their stories to a wider audience. Thank you for sup-porting the Samuel Huntington Public Service Award.

P A G E 2

Providing Bail Assistance to the Indigent

2016 Award Winners Make Excellent Progress

Brett Davidson created the Connecticut Bail Fund to provide nonviolent indigent defendants with bail to avoid incarceration prior to trial. This assis-tance allows defendants to keep their jobs, sup-port their families, and contribute to the community while awaiting trial. Brett became the youngest--and the only charitable--professional bondsman registered in the state of Connecticut. He began posting bonds in November, and had funded eight by year’s end. He expects to increase the pro-gram substantially, raising a projected $60,000 for the 2017 bond fund. As part of his project, Brett is

also providing an array of pretrial services to defendants. In addition, he is assisting those who are starting similar programs in other parts of the country. Brett reports that: “So far, the project has been the single most rewarding experience in my intellectual, academic, and professional life”.

Taehoon Kim’s project focused on two critical needs in the medical services available to rural clinics in the Dominican Republic: (1) automat-ed restocking of drugs and medical supplies in the outlying clinics through a computerized in-ventory and restocking system; and (2) remote consultations with urban medical specialists over computer connections. Both have been implemented in partnership with the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Health and other non-profit organizations in the country, and the re-sults are already starting to come in. The re-stock results are particularly impressive. The program reduces stock-outs of drugs and medical supplies at the rural clinics, preventing shortages and reducing sickness and death. The remote medical consultations have also been implemented, avoiding the need for patients in the rural clinics to make the long and expensive trip to urban medical centers. Twenty-five physicians have volunteered for the program, and consultations have already improved patient outcomes. Taehoon is meeting with the Minister of Health and the office of the President of the Dominican Republic to address these results, the areas for improvement, and the long-term future of the program.

Improving Medical Services in the Dominican Republic

Last year, we selected three more outstanding graduates to add to our distinguished list of Award Winners. The winners were Brett Davidson (Yale), Taehoon Kim (U. Penn), and Sharad Sagar (Tufts). As summarized below, all have made significant progress implementing their pro-jects.

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Staying Connected, continued

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Sharad Sagar proposed to train over one million students from the Bihar Province in India how to work through the college application and testing process. His program--Dexterity to College--trained 1,000 teachers in 1,000 low income schools to run “boot camps” to provide students with the basics of the college application and test-ing process. College students act as mentors and trainers, and small scholarships are awarded to successful participants. At the time of his award, Sharad had already undertaken a pilot for the pro-gram. The implementation of the program was de-layed by major floods in 16 districts of Bihar, which closed schools, disrupted transports, and swept away farms and homes. Sharad deferred qualifi-

cations for the program for about a month to allow recovery of the schools and transport system, and waived all student fees for those who were affected by the floods. The program is now being fully im-plemented for the next college application season.

Helping Low-Income Indian Students Apply to College

leadership in his home country. In his words: “The Award en-courages and inspires our scholars to grow into women of substance, leadership and im-pact.”

Peter Flynn and I also visited 2016 winner Brett Davidson (Yale) in New Haven. Brett and has put together a team to tack-le the problem of incarcerating people who cannot afford bail, which is described on page 2.

Saving the environment, provid-ing education for girls, and working to keep men and wom-en out of prison because they cannot make bail, are all exam-ples of our winners seeing a

problem and working on solutions. Their paths have not been easy, but their vision, energy, enthusiasm and determination would make Sam very proud. Finally, Na-tional Grid hosted a re-ception for

ten of our prior win-ners and our donors in Boston last fall, and this May my daughter, Clare, and I hosted a dinner at her home in Brook-

lyn. Several prior winners came and shared their stories. Board member, Larry Reilly, also joined us. My hope is that by staying connected, these young people can support each other, network to other organizations doing similar wonderful work, and tell their stories to a wider audience. Thank you for sup-porting the Samuel Huntington Public Service Award.

P A G E 2

Providing Bail Assistance to the Indigent

2016 Award Winners Make Excellent Progress

Brett Davidson created the Connecticut Bail Fund to provide nonviolent indigent defendants with bail to avoid incarceration prior to trial. This assis-tance allows defendants to keep their jobs, sup-port their families, and contribute to the community while awaiting trial. Brett became the youngest--and the only charitable--professional bondsman registered in the state of Connecticut. He began posting bonds in November, and had funded eight by year’s end. He expects to increase the pro-gram substantially, raising a projected $60,000 for the 2017 bond fund. As part of his project, Brett is

also providing an array of pretrial services to defendants. In addition, he is assisting those who are starting similar programs in other parts of the country. Brett reports that: “So far, the project has been the single most rewarding experience in my intellectual, academic, and professional life”.

Taehoon Kim’s project focused on two critical needs in the medical services available to rural clinics in the Dominican Republic: (1) automat-ed restocking of drugs and medical supplies in the outlying clinics through a computerized in-ventory and restocking system; and (2) remote consultations with urban medical specialists over computer connections. Both have been implemented in partnership with the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Health and other non-profit organizations in the country, and the re-sults are already starting to come in. The re-stock results are particularly impressive. The program reduces stock-outs of drugs and medical supplies at the rural clinics, preventing shortages and reducing sickness and death. The remote medical consultations have also been implemented, avoiding the need for patients in the rural clinics to make the long and expensive trip to urban medical centers. Twenty-five physicians have volunteered for the program, and consultations have already improved patient outcomes. Taehoon is meeting with the Minister of Health and the office of the President of the Dominican Republic to address these results, the areas for improvement, and the long-term future of the program.

Improving Medical Services in the Dominican Republic

Last year, we selected three more outstanding graduates to add to our distinguished list of Award Winners. The winners were Brett Davidson (Yale), Taehoon Kim (U. Penn), and Sharad Sagar (Tufts). As summarized below, all have made significant progress implementing their pro-jects.

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THE SAMUEL HUNTINGTON PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD P A G E 4

Thank you to our Supporters!

www.nationalgridus.com/huntington.asp

The Samuel Huntington Fund was established in 1989 and, thanks to you, has now granted 71 Public Service Awards. Below is a list of contributors to the Fund during the past year. We sincerely appreciate your support. You can make a tax deductible contribution at any time by visiting our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/SamuelHuntingtonFund/) or sending a check to: The Samuel Huntington Fund, c/o Ms. Amy Stacy, National Grid, 40 Sylvan Road, Waltham, MA 02451. For your convenience, a pre-addressed envelope is enclosed with this newsletter. Thank you for your consideration!

Samuel Huntington Fund Officers and Directors

Jennifer Huntington Chair Frederic Greenman President

Thomas Robinson Clerk Lawrence Reilly Treasurer

Judith Haynes Assistant Clerk George Sasdi

Peter Flynn David Milner

John AmorosoLarry BaileyAnne BarkerDon & Ann BerwickAurolyn BodaJoan T. BokLouise BrayDoug & Eliza BurdenPhilip H.R. CahillJohn & Kathleen CochraneEric & Christine CodyGeorge T. DeasJohn & Jo Ann DelafieldJohn & Nancy DicksonTrevor DillmanWilliam F. DowdAngela & Jason DuckworthSusan H. FisherSarah P. FletcherPeter & Anne FlynnRyan FlynnDouglas FoyMr. & Mrs. Jonathan A. FrenchRon & Kathleen GerwatowskiTom & Peggy GilbertMina & Meredith GhattasDon & Susan GoodwinKent GreenawaltFred & Jocie GreenmanJoseph & Diethild HarringtonPaul & Kathleen HartCharles Hartshorne & Laurie EllisJudy HaynesPeggy & John HeywoodLisa & Matt Hills

Todd & Terry HolzmanMarjorie HotalingAl & Pat HoustonClare Huntington & Nestor DavidsonDavid & Susanna HuntingtonJennifer HuntingtonThomas & Sprague HuntingtonMichael & Janet JesanisRalph & Margaret JohansonRick & Louise JohnsonPaul L. JoskowJohn & Barbara KaslowDave & Karen KennedyRosalie KerrKent Koth & Theresa YehCheryl LaFleur & Bill KuncikPeter and Margaret LacouturePhilip & Madeline LacovaraLance & Carol LiebmanBarbara LukeJason LynchBill & Ann MacdonaldRobert & Susan McCabeBob & Penny McLarenRichard McLaughryKara & David MilnerWilliam & Sue MorrillShirley H. NicholsKathleen O’BrienJane O’ConnorLillian Ortiz & Paco MorenoJohn PalmerBob PalmeriAnthony PiniKelly Quinn

Josie Quintrell & Duncan WoodKirk & Constance RamsauerWilliam S. ReardonLarry & Shannon ReillyJim RobinsonTom & Johanna RobinsonChristopher & Judy RootJeannie & Brian RosenthalJohn & Jeanne RoweScott & Marcia RyderHarry SachseGeorge & Sue SasdiRichard SasdiGlenn R. SchleedeRick SergelJohn & Barbara ShermanCarolyn & Dick ShohetElizabeth SikorovskyPeter & Helen SmithJoel & Ruth SplanskyVirginia StanleyMilton SteenGeorge & Lucy SteersTheresa J. SullivanPeter & Joanna StraussKatharine ThompsonRufin Van BossuytJeffrey & Marcy Van FossenIan G. Van Praagh, MDLee WarrenJack & Kristine WatkinsDan & Jean WebsterGordon WhittenLaura Zimmerman & Joe Shay

Penn), but he has been keeping us up to date with the progress of his tuition free Tarkwa Bre-man School for Girls in that country. Not only does the school boast solar panels to provide electricity, Shadrack has also honored the startup funds he received from the Samuel Huntington Award by naming one of the paths to the school

“Huntington Way”. As you can see on page 3, the girls are super excit-ed about going to school in their smart uni-forms, and we are delighted to support Shad-rack’s efforts to make sure that

girls have equal opportu-nities for education and

Dear Friends of the Sam Huntington Award,

Sometimes, when I wonder where the world is headed, I only have to think about, or meet, our former winners to regain a sense of bal-ance and hope! One of the great joys of my life is staying connected with many of our former winners. Their vision, energy, enthusiasm, hard work, and grit all combine to assure me that yes there are prob-lems, but there are also answers! Most im-portantly, there are young people who are willing to tackle the problems with amazing-ly creative solutions. These are the young people the Samuel Hun-tington Award funds and who you, our generous donors, help to make possible. Social media and email are good ways to stay connected, but actually meeting our winners on their projects is very energizing too! Peter Flynn and I recently at-tended a Recycle and Reuse Fair at MIT in Cambridge. The genius behind this environmen-

tal effort is 2013 winner Alex Freid (UNH). Alex’s project began as a way to save hundreds of items that students throw out, and recycle them for reuse by other students. His Post Landfill Action Network (PLAN) has spread to more than 100 other campuses, and PLAN now partners with Pata-gonia, an environmen-tally conscious compa-ny. Peter, Alex and I posed outside the Pata-gonia wagon, where the company repairs any item of outdoor clothing for free! MIT was just the first stop on a cross-country trip to enlist more colleges in the movement to help save our planet’s environ-ment.

It was not possible for us to travel to Ghana to visit 2015 winner Shad-rack Frimpong (U.

Jennifer Huntington Chair

THE SAMUEL HUNTINGTON PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

S P R I N G / S U M M E R 2 0 1 7 V O L U M E 8 , I S S U E 1

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Progress re-ports from 2016 Winners

2 –3

Thank You to Our Supporters

4

Staying Connected

Continued on page 3

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