1995-2005 2005 Annual Report Morris K. Udall Foundation

1995-2005 2005 Annual Report Morris K. Udall Foundation

101995-2005th ANNIVERSARY 2005 ANNUAL REPORT MORRIS K. UDALL FOUNDATION THE MORRIS K. UDALL FOUNDATION also is committed to promoting the • The Native Nations Institute for principles and practices of Leadership, Management, and environmental conflict resolution. Policy (NNI), which focuses on Programs of the Udall Foundation leadership education for tribal include the following: leaders and on policy research. The Udall Foundation and the University • Annual scholarships and fellowships of Arizona cofounded NNI, building to outstanding students who intend on the research programs of the to pursue careers related to the Harvard Project on American Indian environment. Economic Development. • Annual scholarships and internships The Udall Foundation’s to outstanding Native American and educational activities are supported by Alaska Native college students who the interest accrued in a federal trust intend to pursue careers in health fund and by contributions from the care and tribal public policy. private sector. Annual appropriations • Parks in Focus, which takes young and revenues from fees for services Morris K. Udall people into national and state parks support the U.S. Institute for The U.S. Congress established the to expose them to the grandeur of Environmental Conflict Resolution. Morris K. Udall Scholarship and the nation’s natural resources and The Udall Foundation is an 1 Excellence in National Environmental instill a sustainable appreciation for independent executive branch agency. Policy Foundation in 1992 to honor the environment. Congress has authorized the Udall Morris K. Udall’s 30 years of service in • An annual conference or discussion Foundation to provide a portion of its the House of Representatives. of contemporary environmental or education funds to support NNI. Morris Udall’s career was Native American issues. The President of the United States distinguished by civility, integrity, • A program for environmental policy appoints the Udall Foundation’s board consensus, and a commitment to the research and environmental conflict of trustees with the advice and preservation of the nation’s natural resolution at the University of consent of the U.S. Senate. environment. Consistent with these Arizona’s Udall Center for Studies in values, the Udall Foundation is Public Policy. committed to educating a new • The U.S. Institute for generation of Americans to preserve Environmental Conflict Resolution, and protect their national heritage which provides mediation and other through studies in the environment services to assist in resolving federal and Native American health and tribal environmental conflicts. public policy. The Udall Foundation Above photo credit: Anonymous; The University of Arizona Library, Special Collections, Morris K. Udall Papers, MS 325, Box 736, Folder 1 Cover: Anonymous; The University of Arizona Library, Special Collections, Morris K. Udall Papers, MS 325 Due to space limitations, permission was granted to crop some of the original archival images in this Annual Report. 2005 ANNUAL REPORT Politics and issues come and go, but in the end, we’ll all be remembered for the way we treated other people. – Morris K. Udall Photo credit: Anonymous; The University of Arizona Library, Special Collections, Morris K. Udall Papers, MS 325 REPORT FROM THE CHAIR permanent base of funding for the 3. Ethics. Nothing was more important Native Nations Institute for Leadership, to Mo Udall than honesty in public Management, and Policy (NNI) is needed service. Were he alive today, I fear he to replace the yearly perils of the would view the current scene in appropriations process for a program Washington, DC, as something worse that makes significant contributions to than the periodic wave of scandals Indian country; and the services of our that touch both parties. mediation team at the U.S. Institute for 4. Native American Economic Environmental Conflict Resolution Development and Health Care. must be expanded to meet ever-growing Hundreds of indigenous nations in demands on a program that Senator this country continue to be burdened McCain convinced Congress to create by long-term poverty and and send our way. powerlessness. The only way they can Terrence L. Bracy But there are for us even larger overcome these deep-seated problems challenges ahead if we are to will be to rebuild societies and LOOKING AHEAD contribute—as surely Mo Udall would economies that work. The first step have—to the multiplying list of will be development of capable and The pages that follow are a joyful concerns on the national agenda. Let culturally appropriate governments. reminder of another year of achievement me name four. They can be successful in that only if at the Udall Foundation. The education 1. Environmental Science and the United States as a whole makes an and mediation programs are among the Technology. In an era of $3 per gallon investment in these tribes—not 3 best in the nation, and the staff that gasoline, global warming, and through the failed programs of the manages them can only be described as declining innovation in the U.S. past but by supporting the tribes exceptional. Apparently, Congress agrees, transportation sector, invention in the themselves as they develop their because amidst the toughest budget environmental sciences has become leadership, decision making and decisions in a decade—when many the equivalent of economic survival. management, and governance deserving federal programs were cut or Increasingly, we have noted a science structures. dissolved—the work of this Foundation and engineering bent among Udall During his nearly three decades in was rewarded with a substantial and Scholars, and in the years Congress, Mo Udall’s focus was never on needed increase. Thank you, Congress! immediately ahead, we should incumbency itself, but rather the Our job now is to look ahead. consider redoubling our efforts to opportunity that each election brought We begin with a carefully considered reward this area of study. him to do more for America. Even in his five-year strategic plan that has been 2. Government Service. There is under later years, as he struggled with the drafted by the staff and will be fully way a silent migration of supreme demon of Parkinson’s disease, he never vetted by the board in April 2006. This importance in the federal ceased to innovate. In that spirit, even plan appropriately addresses the government. It is called retirement: a as the Udall Foundation celebrates ten refinement of existing programs and whole generation of policy experts, years of programmatic achievement, the their expansion through creative program managers, and scientists board and staff are looking ahead to new management and marketing. Better specializing in the environment are ideas and programs that will confront financing of our scholarship programs leaving government. This intellectual America’s emerging problems and heads the list as tuition rapidly rises capital must be replaced, and our contribute to her success. while the size and number of our grants Foundation can join with others to out of necessity remain static; a make a difference. REPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1995 – A LANDMARK YEAR Fast forward ten years: The Udall Foundation now has a staff of 30 full- 1995 was a violent year. For ten time and part-time employees. There months, the O.J. Simpson trial have been nearly 800 Udall Scholars, consumed untold hours of broadcast two of whom this year were awarded time and thousands of column inches. Rhodes Scholarships—among only 32 of Timothy McVeigh blew up the Murrah these coveted grants. There have been Federal Building in Oklahoma City. 18 Udall fellows and over 100 Native Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin was American congressional interns. The murdered by an Israeli extremist at a Native Nations Institute, cofounded by peace rally. the Udall Foundation and the University On the lighter side, Time Magazine of Arizona, is a major entity in Indian named Newt Gingrich Person of the Country. Year in 1995. In the world of sports, the Created in 1998, the U.S. Institute Christopher L. Helms San Francisco 49ers won the Super for Environmental Conflict Resolution Bowl, the Atlanta Braves took the World is nationally known for its excellence in services of SRP’s design and printing Series, Ben Crenshaw became the dispute resolution. In a joint staff to create this beautiful annual Masters champion, and the Houston memorandum recently issued to all report; to Chair Terry Bracy for the Rockets were the NBA champs. federal agencies by the Office of untold hours and expertise he has Braveheart won the Oscar for Best Management and Budget and the donated to the Foundation; and to Picture, Susan Sarandon was Best Council on Environmental Quality, Trustee P. Lynn Scarlett, deputy Actress (Dead Man Walking), and federal agencies are encouraged to draw secretary of the Interior, without whose 4 Nicolas Cage, Best Actor (Leaving on the services of the U.S. Institute for help we could not have saluted former Las Vegas). increasing the use of environmental Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. From our point of view, though, the conflict resolution and to assist them in Udall in Washington, DC, in May 2005. most meaningful event of the year took developing performance and During FY 2005, the Foundation’s place in May 1995 in Tucson, Arizona, as accountability measures—recognition, Education Programs again benefited the Morris K. Udall Foundation opened indeed, of the prestige of the U.S. from the generosity of the Morton K. its doors for business. Institute. and Jane Blaustein Foundation, the Bert The Udall Foundation began with a As you read this annual report, W. Martin Foundation, and Lynnette and staff of two, this writer and remember that ten years ago none of Alex Mautner. We thank them all. Administrative Assistant Susan Parrott, this activity was happening. The Without their help, at least two of our in two offices in the University of Udall Foundation has changed lives programs would not have taken place.

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