The 2001 Yevhen Chykalenko Prize will go to Stanley Peterson of Canada, Iwan Shewciw of Australia, and Volodymyr Berseniev of Ukraine. This prize was established five years ago by the League of Ukrainian Philanthropists and is awarded in recognition of charitable efforts for the benefit of the national revival in Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine quotes the League press service as saying. Stanley Peterson, a noted donor from Canada, contributed heavily to numerous charitable fund-raising drives both in Ukraine and diaspora. To illustrate, his money contribution to the Second Petro Jacyk International Ukrainian Language Competition was $55,000 Canadian. Father Iwan Shewciw, a citizen of Australia, is well- known not only at home, but also wherever fate has scattered Ukrainians. He bequeathed a 5000 volume library to the Theological Academy and Theological Seminary in Lviv, funded the printing of over 30 Ukrainian books and set up a foundation in his name with the Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome. The foundation finances scholarly publications as well as provides financial aid for students from low-income families. Volodymyr Berseniev is the director of the Kyiv’s Institute of Pain Problems, practicing neurologist of the highest degree, and author of treatises and tutorials. His institute has returned to active life over 30,000 suffering patients. Dr. Berseniev has successfully treated spinal column disease as well as infantile cerebral paralysis. He buys a great deal of medications with his own money. The laureates will receive the Yevhen Chykalenko Prize on the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day.
