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Nine businesses and one business executive have been named recipients of 2002 Business in the Arts Awards to recognize their outstanding vision, leadership and commitment in developing exemplary partnerships with the arts. These awards, given annually for more than 35 years, are sponsored by the Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. (BCA) and Forbes Magazine. The Awards were presented on October 2 in the Asia Society and Museum, New York, NY, as follows:

Founders Award, a BCA Hall of Fame designation given to companies that have exhibited exceptional long-term vision, leadership and commitment to developing alliances with the arts.
o Prudential Financial, Inc., Newark, NJ - Financial Services
Leadership Award to recognize exceptional vision, leadership and commitment to developing and encouraging business-arts alliances.
o Jack A. Belz, Chairman and CEO, Belz Enterprises, Memphis, TN - Real Estate Development
Commitment Award to recognize leadership and outstanding overall support to the arts for 10 years or longer.
o Small Company - The Mark Spencer Hotel, Portland, OR - Hotel
o Midsize Company - Newark Morning Ledger, Newark, NJ - Newspaper Publishing
o Large Company - Continental Airlines, Houston, TX - Airline
Innovation Award, to recognize the development of groundbreaking partnerships with the arts.
o Small Company - Design-Build Partners, Louisville, KY - Real Estate Development and Asset Management
o Midsize Company - Fugro Chance Inc., Lafayette, LA - High Technology Oil and Gas Service
o Large Company - Wachovia Corporation, Charlotte, NC - Financial Services
New Initiative Award, to recognize outstanding overall support to the arts for five years or less.
o Small Company - Matthews Southwest, Lewisville, TX - Real Estate Development and Investment
o Large Company - Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA - Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturer

The Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. (BCA), founded in 1967 by David Rockefeller, is a national, not-for-profit organization that brings business and the arts together. It provides businesses of all sizes with the services and resources necessary to develop and advance partnerships with the arts that benefit business, the arts and the community, including professional consulting services and specialized workplace programs, such as art@work®. For additional information about BCA and the Business in the Arts Awards, visit BCA on-line at www.bcainc.org.

LOCAL COMPANY RECEIVES NATIONAL ART AWARD

Local offshore survey company Fugro Chance Inc. was recently selected as one of nine businesses in the U.S. as a recipient of the 2002 Business in the Arts Award. The company was recognized for its outstanding vision, leadership and commitment in developing exemplary partnerships with the arts. These awards given annually for more than 35 years, are sponsored by the Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. (BCA) and Forbes Magazine. The Awards were presented earlier this month in The Asia Society and Museum in New York City.

The BCA, founded in 1967 by David Rockefeller, is a national, not-for-profit organization that brings business and the arts together. It provides businesses of all sizes with the services and resources necessary to develop and advance partnerships with the arts that benefit business, the arts and the community, including professional consulting services and specialized workplace programs.

Chance received the award for its involvement in the regional public arts program called “Pelicans on Parade.” The company sponsored the program through the Acadiana Arts Council and helped promote the colorfully decorated fiberglass pelican statues that were displayed throughout the Lafayette area.

Fugro Chance Inc. is a member of the international Fugro group of companies. With over 250 offices in 55 countries and more than 7,000 staff, Fugro offers advanced geotechnical, surveying, seismic, oceanographic, meteorological and positioning services. The group interprets and processes data collected at sea, along the coast, on land, and from the air.

FACT SHEET AWARD

To further arts education initiatives, Fugro Chance collaborated with the Acadiana Arts Council (AAC), Lafayette, Louisiana and the Lafayette parish School System (LPSS) to expand Pelicans on Parade, a project teaming artists with students from 13 elementary schools receiving Title 1 funding through the Federal Primary Academic and Creative Experiences (PACE) program. The company encouraged business in the area to commission pelicans, gathered donated products and services from local manufacturers, and helped place the pelicans throughout the community.

Fugro Chance has benefited the arts, business, and the community by:

Supporting an arts education initiative that teamed students with local artists and enabled educators to teach students about Louisiana history, science and the environment in conjunction with facts about Louisiana’s state bird, the pelican.
Auctioning 34 of the 50 pelicans to raise funds for arts education programs.
Helping to produce a field guide written by high school English classes that documented the project, recognized students, artists and the AAC, and promoted arts education.
Assisting with marketing by developing project merchandise including notecards, screensavers and maps detailing pelican locations.
Assisting with public relations, including unveiling a pelican sponsored by Fugro Chance during a "technology tour" for local dignitaries and media which focused on the company’s recent technology developments
Increased tourism by generating local and national media coverage.
Covering the attention of people who had not been involved with the visual arts.

Phil Stutes, President, Fugro Chance Inc.: "Fugro Chance’s commitment to the development of a creative community, its support of this project, as well as other arts organizations and projects, plus its advocacy efforts to increase local government support for the arts, has enhanced the company’s profile and added to the economic vitality of Louisiana."