Mahatma Gandhi

Humanitarian Awards

Honoring

IOAN C. BAEZ
SHIRLEYTEMPLEBLACK
MANIBFIAIDESAI
WERNERERHARD
DAVIDPACKARD
DAFIYABHAI R. PAfiL
RICHARD L. SWIG

Mo d.ay,October
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FairnontHotel
GrandBallroom
 Program

Master of Cenmonies
Hugh OBrian

Enteft.innr€nt
Nancy and Michael Robbint Music
Aditi Mondle and Compan, Vocals
Kalpa Mehta Ens€mbte,tndian Folk Dance

Ac&nowledtementr
Mohan Muiani

Preaentrtions
Chan Desaigoudar
L€sHogan,Ph.D.
JamesC. Hormel
Romeshlapra, M.D.
AntoinetteMaiuiard
Pat Montandon
Jitu Somaya

Clo8int
YogeshK. Candhi,
Gendhi Memorial Intenutional Foundation
Don Cotueaux,Gong
 JoanC, Baez
One of hd qendation's most .elebratd musi'al
anjsts. IoariBaez is ale one oi mod€rn hiltory's
m6t v;tant chanpions DIhuman nghts and 'ivil
libcrties. Aominl94l instaten Island, New Yort,
5heattendedhrRh{h@l In PnluAllo Califomia'
hhd. ehe rrbi .nountcred the t€'!hin8s ol
Mahatna Candhi TlD$ t€achings shaPed and
.olor.d her sub'.quent 2&tear.ar{r' Hdiirst
.on.err rour, tn lqb2, \rsrtd Soulh'm ('llesc
camDu*! whse the Amm(Jn clvrl tuthts'am_
pa'; wa5beins led by Dr Marhn Luther KinS
i'.-;th whom sh€ m.r.h.d and an8 thc wer'
'w. shall ov{'om€ ln 1a7q
i<noM.nlhtm,
she tounded a nonviolencc.du.ational organla
tion, Hunanitas tnrerational, based in Palo Alto
Cnentlv on tour wth Ann.stv Interationafs
tundraisine.on e.t *ris, len Eaczis still at th'
forcfront ;f political and sial r€Iom molc
this yca' by Summit
mcnts worldwide H.r memo n, AndA Void t o SiiS With was Plblishcd

Shirley TemPle Black

Bom in SantaMoni.a. Califodia, in 1928,Shirlcy

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Tcmplc was ador.d by hillions lhn)ughort the
*orta uf.t *us *".n ycds old. as oncol
" "he
m6t fanous child a'tres*s 5ne
Holl'rydd's
danrd in morc than 50 major rcltesion Produ'_
ironsand , vcr'{r ma)iq m"lr"n P''trr€s winninx

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a'Nial G.ar In lal5 Whtn sh" mamd ChaF
lcs 81..k and r.tircd frcm thc ent'rlainmcnt
businr$, $h. launch.d hct sond .ans nsa U 5
{r..: diDlomat. Sin.. r 969,with hcr tist aPPo'nh'nr
r'thcU S t!|lsatth'th.Unrt(d Niddn' 5h(has
{r!Ld In numrtuur Srart Po5rtitrntinclud'nA
Amba5*dUt ro Chana ind Chiuf uf ft'rltrrl
I Mrs. Black h.s rePrentcd tho Unitrd Slat'$ at
soN of intcmational confcre
rs cnvtronmcntalqualily Ahkan rc'uARt an'l

.-.r/////)/z% hdman hcalth H.rcurrnt Philanrhh'Ptracl'vF

ti.s includ€ Board ncmbctshiPs wnh numdous
q\w{dh'tn dnd lh lnl'mJh"nal F{'d' rd
ldiland resronal ho.pilals thr Nahonal Wrldhl'
i'li.,iii"ii'i"-r.-l''""''.tic' whi.h'h'.n-'run'lnrMA Brd't rivNrnwcJd{J'dnJ
Her autob.shPhv''r'rd 'ri' $r' Pubh'h"d
bv
ill'il* J5;'ilil;-*;;;(hird
Mccraw-Hill this v.ar'
 Manibhai B. Desai,Ph.D.
Bom in 1920 to a faming family in a village of
Gui@t,6e of lndiat wetemost stat6, Ma-
nibhai Desi Srew to adole*s.e durinS India's
politiol renaissno mdq the leader6hip of Ma-
hatma Gandhi. D€si i€fi olleg€ to work wilh
Candhi duinA the "Quit India" €ampaign, and
was arcted in 1943. He spent hG pti$n tem
studlng varioE $h@l! of political tholght, and
.oncluded that the Candhian apPl@ch was best.
Upon his r.l.a*, D€i finish.d his unddS.adu-
ate work in @thematics and physic ar thc Unj-
vssity of aombay, .nd in 1945,wenr b Candhi's
ashram al S€va8ram and tF.ame a di$iple. He
was sn Put to worl( in the impovensh€d village
of Urulilan han. It was thde that Manibhai
D6ai lttsed the vow that defined hio destiny: hc
madc a sl.mn pl.dEc to MalEtma Candhi lhat
hc would dcvote his. nc [fc ro upliftin8 the
@nditios of rural viUags in India. Since that da, h. h.s ben a pion@ in brid8ing lhe
lEhholoti.al advanc$ of po6tlnduoiri.l W6rr civiliarion with rhc basic sudval ne€ds
of udddcv€loFd rual areas. AmonS his norablc achicvcmcnts are: a sh@l which tE8an
in 1950with 30 village child.en in a fam hou*, and now educates3200pupils, a cNprativ.
sugar factory that @sh6 450,000metrc tons ot sugarcane ench ye.!; a nctworl of watc!
di6kibution systemo,io8€th6 iriEating ovn I0,lX)0ad6 ot par.hcd, Iormcrly unproductivc
lands; and thc Gtablishmcnt of Bharatiya A8ro-lndusrrics Foundation (BAIn, which has
rcvolutionized rural dcvclopmcnl. BAIPS t(hnoloEical proFts havc introdu.cd biohass
gasifi.ation for gensating .lean elRtnc power and borcwells which .apture and lnliz.
every drop of rainfall in the dnetreglonr amonS*vaal othds. ft Dsi has reeived
nmdous awards and honorary degres, in.luding the prestigious Ramon Magay$y Award
in 1982,for "Publi. S€Ni.e in reognition of hb practjcalfllfillhst oi a vow m.dc to Ma-
hatma Candhi 30 ycars a8o to uplift, wially and Nonomically, lhc poorcst villaEers "
 Wemer Erhard
w.mq Erhard was bom ,n Philadelphia in 1e35,
bd has ben a rsidst of Califohia since 1 1.
Whilcbuildinga caraf inb6insmanagmdt,
Weme. Erhard has.ontinucd his lifeldg pmlil
of knowldEc in phn(Mphy, physical simc,
lilqaturc and .onparative eliEion. Inl9l,his
study and ,ork olrnitut \d in thc ceation oI a
pr'€r.m for achievinS pemnal effectivens that
has sinceSaincdwideprcad a(eptan<einto th.
lan8ua8e.nd thotrghtoI progrsive contemp-
rary sirty. ThC prcgram, and the *ri6 ot
workshops and smimE which grew otrt ot it,
ha$ b€€n prenl€d Io ov€r 5O0,UDtf,-ple in 90
citi6 worldwide In 1984,lhis wort b€.am€ th.
fiFr du.arbnal pr tam to bc lonally deliv-
€red by U.5.citiz.s to ricntists, man.B€6 atul
sholars oI rhc Soviet Union. Wcmer Erhard is
ale ihe n)undc of live non-pnrfit .h..itabl.
entcrpri*s whoe activitie havo I(uFd upon such hsu6 as world hungE, di$biliry,
€ducation,rcliFon, intmdl dovclopment,and iuvdile violen e and cnhc. Ot thF, thc
Wdq Erhard Foundation alonc has distribrt.d morc lhln $2 5 hilln'n b ovcr 250 Droi.rts
'an9.8 from laminr rctiet n Mozmb'qu. ro ducrrr'ru1 ,nd ${nr'r'. '(adkh

David Packard
BorninPu.blo,Colorado,in I912,David Pa.lard
aitcnd(d 9tanlord Univ6ity, r.rcjving his ba.hr-
lor oi ans d.Er.! in 1934. llis tirst stcp in thr
b6iRs world w.s as ,n enginlv wnh G.nlral
ElR1nc, bur in 1938 h. rctuhtrt b Calitomi.,
mari.\l Lu.ilc Salt€r,and n{eivGl his master's
d.trN in .l.rtncal cngine.ing tron Stanfdd.
Thc fdlowinS yL€r,r 9:19,hc co-IoundrdHewlctl-
Packardcorpralion wilh hisShnford cl.ssmrt.,
Willian lkwl.tt whrn th( tlcwlcu Packard
(onpany incorF ald in 1947, l)avid Paclnrd
beam{ 't5 prGidcnr In l9('4 h( w.s clcd.n
.hai6an o( lh(b()ard ani chnf q.utive olficcr,
a F t tu has hlld since.with th( cxcLptun o( i
two ycar F)sl as U S. D.puly S(udnry oi Dr-
tcn$ (19697l). ln 19i{1,thcUS. nwardd its
highrs( yiontitic honor 1., l)avid I'ackn.d lh.
Natidnil Mdlal dl Tehndl(Ey ll.has*tu.don
nummus h{rds, includina lhc Slantord Univehily &rrd ol Trustds, ot which h. was
pr6idol from 195&19@ Sin(c its foundinSin I9\64,thr David& LD.ilc I'n.tird Foundatn)n
has lunddt hund(ds of pn)tt<ts in rtu ans, an i.nt studis and .!cht{lo8y, community
proE ams,m.tu8cm.nt a$istan.e,.onsvatn'n, ducnlion, hralth, film prcsrvation, F)pu-
latio. mrn.Semont and prblic Fnicy.
 Dahyabhai R. Patel
Dahyabhai Patel was bom in 1923,in Bajiptrra,
India, a vnbae in the stateof Gultrat. Hewas19
wh€n Mahatna Candhi isued a mand.h ro thc
Bndsh govmndt to "qrit India," .alin6 upon
all lndians to support the nationwide .ampaign.
Dahyabhai PaFi rok a lcav. ot ab.ence tion his
.ole8e studies lo take part in marchesand rallics,
and later re€ived his ba.helor of ricncc dcSr@
nom the Univesity of Bombay. In 1950, hc
maried Shantaben Patel. He left lndia w h his
brothd in 1951,and $iled to the U.S. keting
ed!.atiotul and {onohic opportuity. In 1956.
Shant bcn join.d him in San RanciK), where
Dahyabhaiand his brothcrwcrcqui.Uy bnildinS
what was to b€ome a maFr hotel entdpri*. Thc
problehs of India were not lefr b€hind, how€vcr;
over thepast35years,DahyabhaiPaiclhashelped
raie money tor &hels, collcges and hospitals
tttroughout India, and was lirst on th. iene wirh aid who China invaded hj. hom€land in
1 2. ReoEntin6 all nw immiErants' ditfi@lri6 in obtaininS tinancial .rdit, hc helpc!
o.gani4 the Firsl IndcAmencan Bankof SanFr.nciso in 1986,tho tirst Indian bank outsid.
India, .nlvherc in rhe worl<t. A n6tq of nume.ous cultural and .ommunity or8aniza
tionr Dahyabhai and Shanraben Patel hrve two childM and aivegrand<hildren, and *re
as "Sodpardts" to many IndiansrhrouEhoutth. Un €d 5rai6.

Richard L. Swig
Bom in 1925,in tuston, Ri.hard Swig was du
.at.d in Ma$e.hu*tt$/ New Jer*y, and at rhL
UniwBirydf S Fr.n.iro. Aft.rsFing 1nthe
U.S.Navy trom 194',16,hr rcturn.d toSantnn-
dhtol.a.n thc busincsswhi.h his fathc!, Bcn
jamin, hnd pir.h.*l ln I9,15:thr worldjinous
Fairmont llotrl. llis fnst .xpfti.n.L* al thc
Fairmonlw.rc humblc,ind.rd -€rning$100 p.r
month,plusrx'm ind lr)ird, Ri.lar.tSwigstnrlLrl
his holel mana8cmcnlc.r.rr in thc sl(f,knr)nr
Hr hov.{ up k, purchasin8agent,c(r)k, dish
washcr,waitcr, and tho b thc public rohtn)ns
and catfrinS dr?.'hrnts. 9ince 1983,tu h.s
ben the pr.sident and CF-o of the mu.h+r
pandLSFrairnontI{olol ManaBem6l Q,mpnny,
with maFr horolsin D^llas, New Orlens, Chi
.ngo and SanJo*. Fi.hi.d Swig is nl$ known in
SanFranciso asa palronoi numercus.hnritabl.
organiations in support of the arrt medi.ine and €ducation. Hc hns *rvcd on thc boards
of Boys' Towns of Italt Stanfo.d Univssity Mcdical C.nter's Fricnds ot Cnrdbva$ular
M€di.in€, th.lcwbh Natioel Fun.t,and the $n Franci{o Ballel. In1987,h€wasawarded
a Distinguished Public Setri.e Award lor his 'leadershlp and dcdi.anon in support of mcn
and womcn of the US Ccst Cuard." He and Ro*lyne (',cisic') ChromanSwig havc b..n
mari€d sin e 1950;ihey havc folr.hild.m and five Arand.hildren.
 Hugh O'Brian

HuAh OBnan actinacar&r beganby "ac.idcnt "

Seeki.g a carer i. law, h( had compl.l.rl a
*frster at th. Unrv.rs(y oi Ci.dnnatj and a
stint i^ th€ Mann€ Corps b{fDrc movin8 b L$
AnE€16,wh€re he hoFd b rrrn luid)n h) Yilc
lnw s.hml. Fal€inkNod who Ruth Ronan
tE6uad€d him io takeovq i(rlh..ilin8 staroia
staa€ play Within . yoar, he had cnrollcd at
UCLA to stu{iy achng numbLr ot kl.vision
showsand filhslxh l{nn,w(!,hlt it wns'wyatl
Earp" that..tapultll O8nrn ft' rl.lrdoh His
nam. .nd L.c bt{am. synonyhous with lh.
kind but deadly acorafu m.Fh.l ot thr Wild
Wst'.lvyattEarp" wns.hil(r{voyoirson
ABC-TV,and is snll d li vonto in synd,..hon t{is
mostr(€nt film,'Twins," slnn,nt l)inny Orvik)
nnd Amold S<hwarzeneage.. is {Bn to be

Whih nctir\gis his.rr&r, HuBh O Brianhrs.ho$n phnnnlhiol,)'ns. wrl ollin ln less,.l

the hd8hl oi his "Wy.tl larp" {rics, OBrinn lcw to Airic. r(i m{ willr l)r Altlrt
S.hwcitzer Ttu m($r8 ch.ng&l his lilc. I{. acquir&1i pronnrnd t{ U i nr vrvi.c to onL s
.ommunily, ond wh.n h! roturned t(, thc St.rres,h. nrn{l.d lhr llu8h l)'lki,,n Youth
Iirundntn)n In its 30 yrnis oI oluitn)n, HOIIY h.s brorghl l,,,jflh.r e lr.lLrl hisn v h,xn
e)phdmorrs on.h)y.nd.n.8irlftom.a.hrlrlrrid2l.(rntriL* l ( ' n x \ , 1w i l h l , ) f n , r d . r s
nr b$int{s, .r]!..tn)n, gdv.mnmt ind pn)i.ssbns lhn'ugh i ldrSh ind rhrll{n8in8
cx.hnn8. ot vn ws, lh. slud.nls lum h.{ l,)think,ind lr.tu Ih.rn \in8olltn(l.rsl+,. (t.r
2(Xr,0d)youths llom mor. thnn ll,mo hjah a_h(insh.ve pirti.ip.l(\l ir lh. 8il {$inirs
.onductd (..hyer Tlis yen!,O'8rian hasliunchdl lho.ln)n l().i1,\i I l()BY's.nlivilie\
 Mahatma Gandhi
(1869-1948)
Mohandas Karafrchand Candhi, lhe fathe or
nonviolfle and one ol the Ereatet men of Pea..
in this .entury, d.vot.d his entire lite to ihc
*rece ol htrmanily. He tEgan his carer as a
su.c€sstul, L,ndon-trained banister, who.ould
have easily eryoyed a llrurious life of status in
.olonial India Instead, hc chotr to d€vote his life
to th€ *ryice of humanity That took on a poljti-
.al m€anin& as he workcd for hom€ rule in his
nativ€ .ountty. And ir tmk on a Frenal m.an'
in& ashe talght his F{ple *it sut6d.n.y $ that
they couldbuild b€lte.liv€sfor th.mslvcs and al
thc smc tim€ fcus on the Ptrity ol the sPint

To th€ world, he was th. vcry incamation ot

compassion, a beaconof rcligious toleran.e and a
championot thc hclpl.s mas*s,

In the history of humaniry, few men have been hcld in such hiSh 6tem and with such
.fietion by rhe p€ople oI th€ world. His asssination brouSht snow to millions ot P.oPl.

Mahatha Gandhi bclicvcd thal application ot for.e to r'elvc conflicl was not only wron8, but
would, in fa.t,lcad to *lHesttuction.

Today, humanity i! fa.ing the most aiti.al statc oI its history with world Povclly, sta.vation
and threats of nuclear holftalst.

Ttuth,love,paceandnonviolcnc,asadv(at.dbyMahatmacandhi,archor.rolovantnow
than ever beforc. Thc Candhi Menonal Int.rnottun.l Foundatbn was doatod k) kt{P that
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TIIAN

The Gandhi Memorial IntemationalFoundation

Yo86h K. Candhi, P6ldmt

C.lcannin. Katan, Exmtivc DKlor
Anib Thomas, Ph D., R@rch Diretor

Board ol Dir(to6:
Muhan L Muqdn'. Cha,m,n
Hon, Hlgh L. Carey, Dir{tor
William E. lhillips, Dr(tor
Yogesh K. Candhi, Fotrndn & Prcsident
Ram M BaE.i, Proidcnl Emcntus

The Gandhi M€monal IntematioMl Foudatun was 6lablish.d in 1983as an lrlu.ational,

non-prcfir or8aniztion deiAnal to 5@c as a livint m.mon.l ro rhc lifr and lca.hin8 ot
Mahatha Candhi. Ic founder, Yo8$h K. Candhi, tt ll-8randneph(w ol th( Mahatma,
q€.r€d rhe Foundation to *mind thc world that nonviolm(c is slill ttu mGt.fl.\tiv. Path
to a lasting Face on earlh.

sin.. r9$, the Foundationhas b.€n abb to sharcthe Mahatma'sm{rs8c with millbnsot
Amen aN throu8h conferen.6, letu.cs, sfaoal class in nonvblm.c, .nd leSislativ.
a<tions, In Septembc.of this yer., lhc Uniled StatesS.nate and ConBr.{s un.nimously
passad a Rslution, initiatcd by th. Foundation and sPons..d by Seniktr Moynihan and
Congresnan Solarz, Ftablbhing octobcr 2 (he Mahatna's birlhday) 1988ns GANDHI
DAY throughout Amsica

Someof the pro6r.hs odently b€ing devcloF\d by th. Foundaiion includc a (riculum on
nonviolmc€ that will tE 6ad. availabL, fre of char8€, lo €very *h@l in lhe Unitdl Stat6
(and €v€ntually, thrcuthoul thc world), and a proaram to P.ovidc lwusint fot thc homolG
in partndhip wirh Habrlal tor lluhanny.
 SpecialThanksto:

Food N'navors Susan Frank

The Mayols Office of SanFrancisco Pat Jackson
Vanita Patel Nancy Walk€r
Krishna Copy Center Annette Amorcllo
Phyllis Kromer Instant SiSnsand Bannerc
RameshMurarka SanFranciscoA.ts Commission
JoanBrown, Ph.D. and staff
RobertTalbot San Francis,co Poris Commis-
The Nair Family children sion and staff
United Copy Center l{arish Patel
The Advani Family children Raju P6tel
Vimal Advani Anu Sharrna
Childien as Peacernakers Am t l-al
Kamal Nair Tyree Lal
Dilip Cohil D$igns PEkriti Yagnil
Printex Fairmont Hotel Staff
JeanneBonk Maria Kennedy
BinaErasmus, M.D. KGO-TV
BharatBazar Raymond S. DiMaria
Om nowers San Francisco Recreation &
StevanneAuedach, Ph.D. Parks Department
ShalonSpauldinS Ferry Building Managemcni
JoanCox Star Alliance

And to all of thoseuho also helpedi fiany tuays to make this eoefit a
success,
our ileeryst,heartfeltthafiks.
rl|9 uimclu Memorlit h$rnattond lbondation

ffiJ:ffi":ffi,n:,H#ff-:ffi"1*
phil,oeophyof Maiatrna Candhi through edlcarional I
proF-am5 which
ptogdiru which €n.ouruge
€n.oursge nonviol€n
nonviol€n o, Euth,
Euth, and
and ]
compasslonfor
compasslon for all
all hurrun
hurrun beings.
beinSs.
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Gqndhi Memort.l tntem.tlonal Found.tion
1169 Market Street, Suite 437
San Francisco,California 941ffi
Phonc:415l255-2168

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