Awards

Honors and Awards

The Foundation administers a number of annual endowment awards
which recognize individuals for their outstanding achievements.
The recipients of the 2007 awards are as follows:

2007 Endowment Development Award was presented to

Hyman B. Shuman, Charles E. Shuman, and Irving M. Shuman

For their extraordinary generosity and commitment to the Jewish community of Western New York. As individuals and as a family, the Shuman Brothers have made major contributions to a wide range of charitable organizations serving the Jewish community and the community at large. They have collaborated with the Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies to provide financial support to dozens of religious, educational, cultural and humanitarian causes locally, nationally and internationally. Their exemplary leadership and philanthropy will leave a lasting legacy for generations to come.

Dr. Louis Sklarow Award
to the outstanding graduate in medicine from
the University at Buffalo School of Medicine
Julie A. Baker

Sidney N. Kahn Memorial Award
to the outstanding MBA graduate in marketing from the
University at Buffalo School of Management
Wahono Saputra

Ruth H. & Milton E. Kahn Young Leadership Award
to a young woman for demonstrated community leadership
Maxine Awner

Ann & Meyer Riwchun Young Leadership Award
to a young man for demonstrated community leadership
Sheldon L. Yellen

Rita Wepner Kagen Award
to the outstanding graduate of Ramapo High School
Gregory Mardy and Eric Quinones

Dr. Martin & Edith L. Horowitz Scholarship Award (2006)
to an outstanding student in music
Ezra Donner

David Shaposhnikov Memorial Award
to the most improved student in the
graduating class at Kadimah School
Lloyah Siegel

Lester Schatz Memorial Award
to an outstanding graduate from the
State University of New York at Buffalo Dental School
Shawn Francis Jordan

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