IFDAEF Gives Awards
Staff -- Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 1/1/2001
Washington, DC -The International Furnishings and Design Association Educational Foundation (IFDAEF) awarded scholarships and grants worth $13,600 to eight people and two institutions.
- Rebecca Goodman received $1,100.
- Tirso Sibb was awarded $1,000.
- Dawn Michelle Turnberg won the $1,500 Vercille Voss Scholarship.
- The $1,000 Charles D. Mayo Student Scholarship was won by Brett Fischer.
- Simone Bailey received $1,000.
- Katerina Djihovic received $1,000.
- Joan Long won the $1,500 Tony Torrice Professional Development Grant.
- The first recipient of the Ina Mae Kaplan Historic Preservation Grant, in the amount of $1,500, was the Sewell-Belmont House, on Capitol Hill.
- IFDAEF gave $1,500 to the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Cottage Preservation Project of New Hyde Park, NY.
- The winner of the $2,500 Universal Design Grant will be announced later in the year.
The IFDAEF supports professional development in the furnishing and design industry through grants, scholarships, research, educational programs, and community projects. For more information, call (202) 547-1588.
