Robert Haag of Torrance has received the...

Robert Haag of Torrance has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Motion Picture and Lecturers Assn. for his support of the travelogue film industry. The award recognized his 22 years of presenting travel film lectures through El Camino College’s Discovery Series, which he founded. Discovery films are shown at 3 and 8 p.m. in Marsee Auditorium on 24 Mondays during the academic year. They feature personal appearances by each lecturer-photographer.

Frederic B. Clark Jr. of Redondo Beach and Torrance residents Martin M. Denn and Charlean Wakefield have been elected to the board of directors of the American Lupus Society. Buel E. Stalls Jr. of Murray, Ky., has been elected national president. The society’s national office is located in Torrance and is the headquarters for more than 40 chapters and representatives located throughout the United States.

Sister Paulette Gladis, assistant to the president and chief operating officer of Daniel Freeman Hospitals, has been selected as a delegate to the Soviet-American Citizens’ Summit II to be held in Moscow Jan. 17 to 29. Summit II, co-sponsored by the Center for Soviet-American Dialogue and the Soviet Peace Committee, will be attended by a delegation of 150 Americans and foreign participants who will meet with 400 Soviets. Focus of the summit will be on “Restoring the Global Environment: Sustainable Development for the New Millennium.” Sister Gladis, of the Roman Catholic order Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, will serve on a task force addressing Holistic Models in Health, Psychology and Healing.

Cherie S. Lewis, English professor at National University’s Los Angeles campus in Inglewood, recently began teaching in Taipei, Taiwan, after being named a Fulbright Scholar. She is teaching in the Graduate School of Journalism at the National Chengchi University. Each year, the Council for International Exchange gives awards to scholars, academicians and professionals to lecture, conduct research and study abroad under the Fulbright Scholar Program.

Elizabeth Michele Cantine, second-grade teacher at South Shores-Cal State Dominguez Hills Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School in San Pedro, is among 11 finalists for the 1989 BRAVO Awards for outstanding achievement in arts education. Cantine was named as a finalist in the general education category. Two winners, one in the arts specialist category and one in the general education category, will be selected from among the 11 finalists. They will be honored at a gala award ceremony Feb. 22 in the Grand Hall of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center. The 11 finalists are among 94 educators from 41 school districts over a five-county area who were nominated for the BRAVO Awards by representatives from their school or school district.

Torrance resident Ruby Saberi is among four Braille Institute students selected to present their artwork in the city of Los Angeles’ “Seniors in Art 1989-1990.” The judges were not aware until after their selections that the four students were blind or visually impaired. Saberi has been taking art classes at the Sight Center for three years. “Seniors in Art 1989-1990” is displayed at Los Angeles City Hall Bridge Gallery through Feb. 7 and is a display of artwork created by 160 artists older than 50.