The Dolphin Awards
Karen and I would like to thank all of you who submitted nominations for this year’s Dolphin Awards (see A1 for the 2009 winners). As happens every year, we receive many more nominations than we have openings.
Several people have asked me how we decide between so many qualified candidates, so I’ll take a shot at trying to describe what is a bit of an idiosyncratic process.
First, we try to choose people from many different categories of activity. We want to recognize Malibu people involved in charity work, education, the environment, youth activities, business, the cultural world, government service, volunteer activities and more. For some it’s been a particular activity or two and for others it’s a lifetime of service.
Some years there has been a major disaster, like fire or flood, and we try to recognize those who rose to the challenge and performed extraordinarily, whether they are individuals or a government entity.
Other years, the nature of the awards is more benign and we can take the time to recognize less emergency-driven activities like the arts, and music and such. Usually, we begin by asking The Malibu Times staff who they think would be most deserving. Then we revisit some of the nominees from previous years who didn’t quite make it before but might be right for it this year.
It helps immeasurably if we have a well-written, detailed nomination letter from a few people for a candidate. Although we may know many of the people nominated, we often don’t know the scope and depth of their activity and it’s very helpful if you tell us.
Most of all we look to you, our readers to assist us in the search. You all know your community best, and Malibu has many interesting and involved people who help to give our community its character.
In recent years we’ve had to cut back a bit on the number of Dolphins we give out each year, and that is a result of a practical problem. This year’s awards will mark the 20th year we have give out the Dolphins. We now have a couple hundred former Dolphins and they’re all invited to each year’s awards event. Finding a venue that’s large enough, and that we can afford, to give our annual awards presentation is getting a little dicier. This year, the awards event will probably have 150 attendees, which rules out most of the Malibu restaurants. The awards event will take place at the spectacular oceanfront Malibu West Swim Club in Trancas to whom we are deeply grateful. Sadly, we only have room for former Dolphin winners, this year’s winner and the guests of the new winners.
So if you nominated someone who didn’t make it this year, don’t give up. There is always next year, and we all should be grateful that there are so many people in this town who give so much of themselves, their time and their money to help to keep this town a place where we all want to live.Â
Dolphin Winners of the past
1990
Caggiano, Mike
Keller, Walt
Merrick, Judge John
Sheridan, Monsignor John
Van Horn, Carolyn
Wan, Larry & Sara
Zeitsoff, Missy
Mauro, Capt. Don
Cairns, Pat
Edmiston, Joe
Harris, Dr. Jeff
Reynolds, Dr. Susan
Vogler, Maggie
1991
Bloomfield, Ron
Fulton, Ann
Hope, Bob
Jennings, Jeff
Pepperdine Volunteers
Radefield, Paul
Russell, Sandy
Templeman, Reeves & Reta
1992
Banducci, Sandi
Baskin, Harvey
Bateman, Dr. Scott
Benatar, Pat
Blackwood, Mary Lou
Chesterfield, Richard
Crummer, Roy
Demby, Beryl
Frampton, Mary
Keller, Lucile
L.A. Co. Lifeguards
L.A. Co. Fire
L.A. Co. Sheriffs
Weisman, Fred R.
Wolpert, Russ
1993
Barrett, Diane
Brosnan, Pierce
Cooper, Marty
Goldman, Ron
Kouba, Matt
Lemond, Rob
Schlossberg, Carl
Shapiro, Renny
Taki, Beverly
Worth, Rev. David
York, Arnold & Karen
1994
Cameron, Barbara
Charlie Brown’s Malibu Sea Lion
D’Angelo, Maria
Dobyns, Tom
Friends of the Malibu Library
Hove, Faye
Kamath, Mary Kaye
Moore, Lt. Mike
Ryan, Pat
Wagner, Wende
1995
Willson, Shirley
Pierson, Lt. Jim
Spanier, Howard
O’Brien, Doug
Kennedy, Ben
Drobnick, Lou
Hays, Gretchen
Herson, Rabbi Benjamin
Kilday, Ruth Taylor
Loo, Mona
1996
Fakehany, Tom
Foster, David
Jarvis, JoAnna
Kramer, Jeff
Matthews, Mike
Payne, Anne
Stevens, Agnes
Konheim, Lyn
Perenchio, John
1997
Cott, Phil
Glass, Betty
Grisanti, Sara
Yarnell, Kathryn
O’Connor, Terry
Soloway, Natalie
Dmytryk, Rebecca
Marowitz, Charles
Coatsworth, Honey
Ford, Lee
Hayes, Ronn
Peacock, Rev. Larry
1998
Baldwin, Diane
Ball, Mark
Harlow, John
Maginnis, Jeanette
Stotsenberg, Ed & Dorothy
Sunderland, Maud-Ann
Stern, Laure
Spooner, Paul
Swerman, Jannis
Goldschneider, Alan
1999
Barsocchini, Barbara
Curtis, Lisa & Bill
Hammond, Beverly
Himmelfarb, Doug
Ravaglioli, Steven
Lockrem, Bonnie
Reynolds, Kristin
Schultz, Jack
Winger, Nidra
Zakian, Michael
2000
Barovsky, Harry
Brown, Leland, Fire Capt.
Estill, Wayne & Beverly
Fogg, Jo
Hoffman, Ann
Roney, Deirdre
Sills, Laureen
Malibu Association of Contractors
2001
Armstrong, Bill & Virginia
Cornucopia Farms
Cox, Shelley
Hart, Robert (Bob)
Hasse, Tom
Meckler, Zane
Zahn Rosenthal, Laura
Stoker, Dermot
Yorkin, Peg
2002
Emerson, Allen, Arson Watch
Baylin, Sherman
Furguson, Ann
Katz, David, Malibu Film Festival
Legaspi III, David
Matlow, Marlene
Silna, Ozzie
Volunteers/Docents-Adamson House / Lagoon Museum
2003
Dillon, Carol
Eisenberg, Helene
Greenwood, Pat
Lawrence, Lilly
Malibu Kiwanis Club
Robinson, Scott
St. John’s Hospital
Seymour, Jane
Wisnicki, Kathy
2004
Bridgeman, Jacqueline
Davis, Rich
House, Joan
Johnson, Lea and Leon
Leoni, Téa
Randall, Carol
Walraven, Wes
Ettenger and Welch Families
2005
DeJoria, John Paul and Eloise
Gabbard, Kay
Giese, Jo
Latta, Shari
Lyons, David and Tallal, Scott
Malibu Legacy Park Project
Solis, Dede
Soboroff, Steve and Koss, Green, Richard and Michael
2006
Anthony, Peter and Elizabeth, & La Gorce Kramer, Deborah
Bowen, Candace
Brosnan Shaye, Keely
Kim, Chi
Kmiec, Carol & Duke Mitze, Marnie
Klein, Bob
Linke, Cindy
Reiss, Bonnie
Shraibati, Tarek
2007
Devin , Judi
Duff, Susie
Greene, Francine
Haines, Matt
Kearsley, Ken
KNX 1070 Radio
News Team
Landworth, Aaron
Optimist Club of Malibu
Ravaglioli, Raquel
First Responders
2008
Adler, Alexis Deutch Caraway, Debrah
Cortazzo, Chris
Drescher, Fran
Friedman, Jonathan
Gray, Rebecca
Hosfeld, Scott and Newman, Maria
Kagan, David