The Corripio Foundation Inc. delivered the Awards Corripio Foundation 2024 to four personalities and a non-profit institution for its valuable contribution to the social and cultural development of the nation.
The 17th edition of the ceremonyheaded by the Corripio Alonso familywas carried out in the Theater National and featured the central speech of Rodrigo González Corripiomember of the fourth generation of the business dynasty, in which he considered that the award has exalted 52 professionals and 100 institutions with a history of commitment to strengthening the society.
“We want to recognize the human being as the central axis of societybasing its role as the very foundation on which a community is built and therefore the growth of the country, based on the norms and values“, he expressed.
The new generation of the family is involved in the continuity of the awards. The young man reported that last year and by unanimous decision of the members of the board of the Foundation Corripioto the members of the fourth generation of the family They were given the honor of delivering the keynote address.
“Each generation previous has left its mark, contributing to the construction of a collective history that defines us. Now the commitment is ours to continue recognizing these contributions, to learn from them and to integrate them into our vision of the world, always attached to ethical principles,” González concluded. Corripio.
Awarded
The writer and researcher Manuel Antonio García Arevalo was worthy of the award Corripio Foundation in Social and Legal Sciences, category “Anthropology“, for his valuable contributions to archaeological research, over more than five decades.
The doctor Pedro Pablo Paredes Vallejoobtained the award in Natural and Health Sciences, Category «Psychiatry», for his extensive academic career as a university professor in different branches of the Psychiatry; and his research on the origin of Chronic Obsessive Compulsive Disorders.
While William Cordero was honored in the line “Theater (Direction)”, through his notable and extensive work as a theater producer and director, with dramatic works of high level and universal projection.
The former Minister of Culture, Carmen Heredia de Guerreroreceived the recognition in Communication, category “Cultural Journalism“thanks to his extensive and fruitful journalistic work on cultural matters, with a clear didactic intention, which has served to leave the work of artists in history at the national and international level.
and the prize Corripio Alonso Family was delivered to Ignatian Youth Centerin the hands of Sister Clara Elena Tejeda, for the training of young people in Christian principles and human development.
- This distinction was awarded by businessman José Luis ´Pepín´ Corripio Estrada and his wife, Ana María Alonso.
The historian and writer Juan Daniel Balcacer and the writer José Alcantara Almánzar, advisors of the Foundation Corripiothey talked about the award that was born from within the family.
“These awards have come to enrich the tradition which began with the National Prize for Literature,” he said Alcantara Almánzar.
Gratitude
In the words of welcome, Balcacer highlighted the significance of the award as a recognition to commitment and effort of those who have dedicated their lives to enriching the culture and social development of the Dominican Republic.
The honored They expressed their words of gratitude in emotional videos. gratitude. García Arévalo spoke on his behalf.
“On behalf of all the winners, allow me to express our most heartfelt gratitude to the members of the Corripio Foundation, to the honorable judges who have selected us and to the people and institutions that have proposed us to receive these recognitions, which honor and fill us with satisfaction. Certain that far from being an exalting reward for the work done, they constitute an incentive to continue without fainting making the path forward.”Award-winning writer
The gala was hosted by the journalist Roberto Cavada and enlivened by the singer Manny Cruz.
