Award-winning actress Melina Kanakaredes will be the recipient of the Heritage Greece Award at the 2011 Alumni Awards Benefit Dinner of The American College of Greece in Athens. The event will take place on Saturday, April 2, 2011, at The Megaron Athens Concert Hall.
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Six prominent women from business, the arts, academia and public life -- all alumnae of The American College of Greece -- will be honored with awards. Ms. Eleni Cubitt, founder of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, will receive the Maria West Lifetime Achievement Award, named after the American missionary who founded the College in Smyrna in 1875. With over 33,000 alumni in Greece, the United States and across the globe, The American College of Greece continues a tradition of academic excellence. Our newest DEREE alumni magazine introduces readers to our alumni community. www.acg.edu/acgmagazine/
The benefit dinner marks The American College of Greece's 2011 'Year of the Woman' in honor of Ms. West and the courageous women missionaries who founded the school, celebrating the critical role women have played throughout the College's 135-year history.
Melina Kanakaredes will be honored for her stellar career in theater, film and television, her philanthropy, and contribution to the preservation of Hellenic culture in the United States. Media information is available at www.acg.edu/acgblogs
The award statuettes have been designed by noted sculptor Athena Politopoulou -- Kargsten. Master of ceremonies for the evening is celebrated investigative journalist and TV co-anchor, Sophia Papaioannou, herself a graduate of The American College of Greece.
Proceeds from the 2011 Alumni Awards Benefit Dinner will strengthen ACG's Alumni Scholarship Fund.
28 мар 2011
