Tuck Allwin Community Service award honors classmate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—June 24, 2008
CONTACT: Kim Keating, 603-646-2733
HANOVER, N.H.—The class of 1976 at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth has created the Allwin Community Service Award in honor of their classmate James Allwin, who passed away in 2007. The award recognizes Tuck students or recently graduated alumni who embody Allwin's values of community service, with a preference for students pursuing a career in the nonprofit or public sector. The award is also a reminder of how Allwin, a successful businessman, used his skills, time, and resources to make a difference in the lives of those in need.
For his work in gang violence prevention in Boston and his commitment for working with youth, Nick RichardsonT'08 is the first recipient of the award.
"Nick represents what Jim Allwin believed in, which was working to make a difference in the world," says Patricia Palmiotto, director of Tuck's Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship. "Youth work was important to Jim, and Nick's commitment to working with youth groups characterizes what Jim was about."
In addition to his work with a gang violence prevention program, Richardson worked for the nonprofit organization Year Up between his first and second year at Tuck. He managed the finances of the Business and Society Conference and was co-chair of the student-run Tuck Student Consulting Services club. He also co-authored a case with Allwin Visiting Executive John McGuire that was used inMcGuire's spring course at Tuck. Richardson is now executive director of the Rhode Island division of Year Up. This nonprofit offers a one-year, intensive training program that provides young urban adults with a combination of hands-on skill development, college credits, and corporate apprenticeships.
"Tuck students accept an obligation as leaders to think deeply about the impact of our actions on society," Richardson says. "For a good life, work is necessary but not sufficient. True fulfillment can be found only by giving of our talents, energy, and time to a program, problem, or possibility about which we are passionate."
In addition to giving back to the community, Jim Allwin left an impression on Tuck. Along with providing the naming gift that allowed the launch of the Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship, he served on the Tuck Board of Overseers for 16 years.
"Jim will touch generations of students in powerful ways by virtue of the Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship at Tuck," said Diane Kope VerSchure T'76. "In the spirit of social responsibility, Jim's values and ideals have made a considerable difference in the quality and breadth of the educational experience at Tuck. The Tuck School is a better place because of Jim."
Founded in 1900, Tuck is the first graduate school of management in the country and consistently ranks among the top business schools worldwide. Tuck remains distinctive among the world's great business schools by combining human scale with global reach, rigorous coursework with experiences requiring teamwork, and valued traditions with innovation.
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