2007 Razor Walker Award Winners
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Walter C. Anderson
“Mr. Anderson began coming to my fourth
grade classroom 15 years ago. Although he is an octogenarian, he
serves three hours every day as a tutor, mentor and friend to 10-year-olds
who love him dearly.”
Anderson, a retired engineer, became
involved as a school volunteer after a teacher asked if she could
bring her class to visit his garden. Since then, he has spent a
large portion of every weekday with students at Southport Elementary
School, missing just one week. He missed the children so much
that he had his driver take him by the school to visit on his way
home from the hospital.
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George M. Koseruba, M.D.
“One of the longest-serving
pediatricians in the area, Dr. Koseruba covered on-call duties
in the emergency room for sick children for years, often uncompensated.
He continued an office practice into his 80s in order to serve
children with Medicaid.”
When Koseruba arrived in Wilmington
in 1939, babies were routinely dying from diseases such as measles,
mumps, whooping cough, chicken pox, scarlet fever, tetanus and
jaundice. When vaccines became available in the early 1940s, he
worked with the New Hanover County Health Department to set up
clinics to provide infant care and immunizations for children from
poor families. Those “well baby clinics” are still
in operation today.
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Elsie C. Leak
“Dr. Leak learned early on that education
is the key to leading a productive life and she has worked tenaciously
to ensure this vision is imparted to all of North Carolina’s
1.3 million students.”
As associate superintendent for curriculum
and school reform for the state Department of Public Instruction,
Leak has influenced innovative delivery of instruction, worked
to improve existing programs and fought to close the achievement
gaps for all North Carolina students. She sets an example of showing
care, concern and responsiveness to the academic needs of all students,
in particular minority students and students of poverty.
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Millie Ravenel
“An important focus for Millie is helping
students gain the knowledge, skills and perspectives they need
to succeed in the global marketplace. She also understands the
importance of creating global teachers, who have a great influence
on the global awareness of our youth.”
Ravenel founded the
North Carolina Center for International Understanding at UNC Chapel
Hill nearly 30 years ago. Since 2002, the center has coordinated
the statewide K-12 global education movement, North Carolina in
the World. Through her efforts, more than 8,000 North Carolinians
have visited 47 different countries as part of the center’s
international programs.
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Robyn R. Render
“Robyn’s visionary accomplishments
throughout her professional life have greatly impacted the world
of education. She has linked the connection between technology
and teaching, benefiting the young people of our state, now and
in the future.”
As vice president for information resources
and CIO of the UNC system, Render works tirelessly to ensure that
all of the state’s university students are prepared to embrace
the challenges of living in a diverse, global, highly technological
community. She has positioned the state to attract, develop and
retain the best young people to become world-class leaders.
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Corporate Award: Intracoastal Realty
“The Intracoastal Realty
Teacher’s Fund provides funds that enable educators to enrich
instruction, purchase necessary equipment and buy supplemental
resources needed for a successful educational community.”
James Wallace,
founder and CEO of Intracoastal Realty, launched the non-profit
Teacher’s
Fund in 2005 to award grants to public and private elementary school
teachers to purchase education materials for their classrooms.
Since then, the fund has awarded more than $83,000 to 301 classrooms,
enriching the educational experience of more than 32,500 children
in Pender, Brunswick and New Hanover counties.
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Special Thanks To:
Corporate Host:
Media Partners:
News Channel 3
WWAY-TV
UNCW - Information Technology Systems Division
2007 Razor Walker Supporters:
Previous honorees designated by the year in which they received the award
Dr. Heyward C. Bellamy ‘02
Dr. H. David Bruton ‘99
Mr. John N. Dornan ‘01
Ms. Elizabeth Frasier ‘05
Mr. James F. Goodman ‘95/Capitol Broadcasting
Mr. Charles F. Green, III ‘98
Ms. Adelaide Daniels Key ‘98
Mr. Philip J. Kirk, Jr. ‘06
Ms. Mary Sidberry Mosley ‘04
Ms. Tannis F. Nelson ‘03
Ms. Constance N. Parker ‘03
Mr. Tom B. Rabon, Jr. ‘98
Mr. Robert W. Spearman ‘02
Mr. Barden Winstead, Jr. ‘97
