14 Awards Presented by S.D. Group

Thirteen women and one man were honored Friday by the Women’s International Center at a Hotel del Coronado banquet.

Nine women who have “dedicated time, money and God-given talent” to humanity were given Living Legacy awards in the third annual ceremony, said Kristin Dalbec, communications director for the San Diego-based group.

There also were four special international awards presented.

The nine women receiving Living Legacy awards were:

- Dame Judith Anderson, actress, for her work with aspirants to the theater.

- Maya Angelou, poet, for her work to improve the condition of women in the Third World, especially Africa.

- Anita Figueredo, La Jolla surgeon and founder of Friends of the Poor, for her work to help the needy throughout the world.

- Antoinette Fouque, literary critic and founder of the women’s liberation movement in France, for her work toward achieving equality between women and men.

- Annie Gutierrez, attorney, for her work to reform the social and legal policies affecting U.S., Mexican, and Central American relations, and also for her help in the farm workers movement.

- “Mother” Clara Hale, for the time and energy she has spent caring for addicted babies of heroin users in New York.

- Patricia Neal, actress, for her work with stroke victims throughout the world.

- Maria da Lourdes Pintasilgo, author and Portugal’s first woman prime minister, for her efforts in behalf of Portuguese women.

- Jane Wyatt, actress, for the hours she has spent working with philanthropic and cultural organizations and the March of Dimes.

- Marianne McDonald, major funder of the Scripps Hospital McDonald Center for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, for her generosity and philanthropy. She will receive a special award, called the 11th Woman award, named after an old Chinese proverb that says, “It is the 11th person that changes the world,” Dalbec said.

Receiving the international awards were:

Eleanor Roosevelt, whose son James accepted the posthumous Tribute to Greatness award, given because her “contributions have passed the test of time,” Dalbec said.

- Bree Walker, a newscaster who surmounted physical disability to succeed in a highly competitive field, received the Woman of Courage award.

- Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine and founder of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, received the Jihan Sadat Peace award for his activities in the peace movement. He is the first male to receive an award from the organization, Dalbec said.

- The American Assn. of University Women received the Women’s International Organization award, accepted by the group’s national president, Sarah Harder.