Congratulates Honorees

17th ANNUAL OLENDER FOUNDATION AWARDS

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

December 4, 2002

Joan Claybrook, President of Public Citizen and recipient of the Advocate for Justice 2003 Award with Ralph Nader (left) and Jack Olender.

Accompanied on stage by D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Inez Smith Reid and Jack Olender, D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Julia Cooper Mack, recipient of the Hero in Law Award, stands at the stage podium before a cheering audience.

Catherine Gugala (left), the reigning Ms. Wheelchair America, accepts the America’s Role Model 2003 Award from Jack Olender. She is joined on stage by Marc Fiedler (right), President of the Disability Rights Council in Washington, DC. Behind Ms. Gugala is her husband, Steven Reinders, and son, Samuel.

Hon. Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore (left) receives from Jack Olender the Generous Heart 2003 Award, which was given in memory of her late husband, the Hon. Luke C. Moore. With them on stage are D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp and Dr. Reginald Elliott, Principal of the Luke C. Moore Academy.

Twelve students from Howard University Law School and the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law were given the Foundation’s Earl H. Davis Prize. The students are joined on stage by Howard Law Professor J. Clay Smith (far left), and Shelley Broderick, Dean of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clark Law School.

GRANTS AWARDED TO

Public Citizen C Disability Rights Council Greater Washington C Luke C. Moore Academy David A. Clarke School of Law Foundation C Outstanding Law Students from Howard University Law School and the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law