These prestigious awards are
presented annually to people who have enriched and improved the world through
their exceptional lifetime achievements .M. Queen Noor of Jordan, a leading voice for global peace-building,
human rights and conflict recovery issues, for Public Service;
- Mike Nichols, a brilliant and influential director of stage and screen,
for Dramatic Arts;
- Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and two-term Poet Laureate of
the United States, for Literature;
- Anderson Cooper, leading broadcast journalist and CNN news anchor of
Anderson Cooper 360, for Mass Communications.

The honorees will receive a shared prize of $250,000 at the Common Wealth
Awards celebration held here at the DuPont Theatre. Hayes conceived
the awards to reward and encourage the best of human performance worldwide.
"The 2006 Common Wealth Award winners represent the spectrum of human
endeavors and the finest of human achievement," said Connie Bond Stuart,
chairman, president and CEO of PNC Bank, Delaware. Through the Common Wealth Awards, he sought to
recognize outstanding achievement in seven disciplines: dramatic arts,
literature, science and invention, mass communications, public service,
government, and sociology.

The roster of past honorees reveals the caliber of talent and the global
scope of the honorees and their achievements. Marine Corps where he served as a combat pilot in World
War II and the Korean War.
Nichols has been one of the foremost directors of stage and screen for more
than 30 years.
Rita Dove, 53, wins the 2006 Common Wealth Award for Literature. Dove is
one of America's leading and most honored contemporary poets, renowned for the
diversity and creative range of her work.

Doubleday Author Myla Goldberg
President and Publisher, Random House Children's Books Chip Gibson
Will Present Scholarship Awards to First-Place Literature Winners

Bertelsmann Foundation's 2005 World of Expression Awards Ceremony will be held
at The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University,
Wednesday, June 8, 2004 at 7:30 p.
The evening will be highlighted with readings and performances from World
of Expression winners, including several $10,000 recipients. Bertelsmann
is home to Random House, Inc.

Author Robert Penn Warren Honored on U.S. Postage Stamp

Robert Penn Warren was born in Guthrie, KY, on April 24, 1905." Warren 's early verse led to his membership in the Fugitives, a 1920s-
era poets' group that included Ransom , Allen Tate and others who would go on
to become successful writers." His poetic musings were often conversational or colloquial, with a
stylistic boldness that could reach the sublime, especially in his later
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, Five leaders and achievers in
the arts and public service will be honored tonight with the 27th annual
Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service.
Mike Nichols, 74, wins the 2006 Common Wealth Award for Dramatic Arts. His Broadway directing credits include hits such as Barefoot in
the Park, The Odd Couple and Plaza Suite. Nichols has directed standout movies
including, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Graduate, which earned him an
Oscar for Best Director, Carnal Knowledge and Silkwood. She served as Poet Laureate of the
United States from 1993 to 1995, the youngest person and first African
American to hold the post. Dove is Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of
Virginia., will hand out
more than $120,000 in scholarships to New York City public high school seniors
on June 8th in Manhattan.

Bertelsmann Foundation was established in 1977 by Reinhard Mohn, a
fifth-generation descendant of Bertelsmann's founder , to develop and implement
strategies and models that help solve urgent problems in society. WASHINGTON , Robert Penn Warren -- the first
official poet laureate of the United States -- will be honored by the U., and is part of a week-long series of events celebrating the 100th
anniversary of Warren 's birth. In 1921, he
enrolled at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, where a composition class
taught by poet John Crowe Ransom helped him see his world as "the stuff of
poetry. "What is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-
understanding?" he wrote in a memorable 1985 essay.S./35./184 . They
should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes
(to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

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newscom. PNC Bank, Delaware is a
member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.S.
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, 54, wins the 2006 Common Wealth Award
for Public Service. Queen Noor chairs the King Hussein Foundation
dedicated to furthering her late husband 's commitment to peace, cross-cultural
understanding and the advancement of democracy.
Anderson Cooper, 38, wins the Common Wealth Award for Mass Communications.

68 New York City Students Win $120 000 in Bertelsmann Foundation's World of Expression Scholarship Program

The scholarships are awarded on the basis of music
composition and creative writing competitions. Students compete in short
story , drama, poetry, personal essay, vocal, or instrumental expression
categories. My Bertelsmann colleagues and I are proud of their
accomplishments and inspired by their creativity."
Judging the literature categories were: Bonnie Ammer, Executive Vice
President and Publisher at Large, Random House Worldwide; Janet Hill, Vice
President + Executive Editor Doubleday Broadway Publishing,; Richard Hoehler,
Actor , Writer and Teaching Artist; Don Linder, Fiction and Travel Writer; Sara
Nelson, Editor-in-Chief , Publishers Weekly; Evie Polesny, Educator, Actor and
Teaching Artist; Michelle Poploff, Vice President + Editorial Director, Knopf,
Delacorte + Dell; Alice Quinn, Poetry Editor, The New Yorker; Mike Romanos ,
Poet's House; Barbara Rothenberg, NYC Association of Principals Supervising
English; Nita Taublib , Deputy Publisher, Bantam Dell Publishing; Isabel
Warren-Lynch, Executive Director of Art and Design , Knopf, Delacorte + Dell
Books for Young Readers., the world's largest general trade book
publisher; SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, a global recorded music joint venture
with a roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local
artists and international superstars; and FremantleMedia , a television
production division, whose shows include hits like American Idol. Kelly, John Grisham , Toni Morrison, Dan
Brown, John Irving, and John Updike. The stamp will be available at the museum and
at the Guthrie Post Office April 22, and at Post Offices and Philatelic
Centers nationwide on Saturday, April 23. Scott Marshall.
After graduating summa cum laude from Vanderbilt, earning a master's
degree from the University of California, and pursuing additional studies at
Yale and Oxford, Warren held academic positions at several universities,
including Louisiana State University .
Poetry was Warren's greatest literary love." Fusing fact with fiction,
the poet wove his memories -- of people and places, images and incidents --
and his personal and political concerns into meditations on the meaning and
significance of life.
Warren received scores of other awards as well, including the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1980.
Artist Will Wilson of San Francisco, CA, based his portrait of Warren on a
1948 photograph obtained from the Center for Robert Penn Warren Studies at
Western Kentucky University.S.87 mm
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Five world-renowned achievers honored for their contributions to society

WILMINGTON, Del.
The Common Wealth Awards of Distinguished Service were first presented in
1979 by the Common Wealth Trust, created under the will of the late Ralph
Hayes, an influential business executive and philanthropist. Senator from Ohio.
This year, more than 1,200 entries were received from 65% of New York
City's public high schools.
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S. He made history as the first American astronaut to
orbit the Earth, and later, at 77 years old, as the oldest person to ever fly
in space.S. Queen Noor is internationally recognized for her tireless
efforts to address global peace-building, human rights and conflict recovery
issues.

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Joining Wright are Warren's children, Gabriel Warren and Roseanna Warren
Scully, and Guthrie Mayor A.
Warren's best-known novel, "All the King's Men" (1946 ), was set in
Louisiana in the 1930s, a time and place he knew well from his years at
Louisiana State University. In addition, beautifully custom-framed prints of
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Issue: Robert Penn Warren
Item Number: 458300
Denomination + Type of Issue: 37-cent commemorative
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Issue Date + City: April 22 , 2005, Guthrie, KY
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With the 2006 presentation, the awards will have conferred more than
$3. Glenn further distinguished himself as an American political leader,
serving 24 years as the U. For more than 25 years, she has devoted herself to initiatives
concerning women and children 's welfare, education, the arts and culture,
community development, environmental protection, refugees and disarmament. In
2005, Nichols earned his eighth lifetime Tony Award as director of the smash
musical, Spamalot.worldofexpression. "His powerful ability as a poet and author -- as
three Pulitzer Prizes attest -- is unmatched.. His book won the Pulitzer
Prize and inspired an Academy Award-winning film.com/shop,
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PNC Bank, Delaware has been trustee and administrator
for the Common Wealth Awards since their inception. He is a decorated
veteran of the U. His television credits
include the award -winning HBO productions of Wit and Angels in America. As the host of CNN's Anderson
Cooper 360, an unconventional, wide-ranging news program, he is the leading
voice of a new generation of journalists . The winning high school seniors, their families,
teachers and music and publishing industry leaders will be joined on June 8th
by Doubleday's Myla Goldberg, author of the widely acclaimed novel Bee Season
and the forthcoming Wickett's Remedy, and President and Publisher of Random
House Children 's Books Chip Gibson, both of whom are presenting awards. The 2005 first
place winners are Gabriel Beltrone from LaGuardia High School
music/instrumental; Jennie Harney from LaGuardia High School for music/vocal;
Danicu Tiu for literature/poetry and David Jiang for literature/personnel
essay , both from Hunter College High School, and Alicia Walters from Edward R.
Murrow High School.
Judging the music categories: Susan Alicea, Singer/Songwriter, Teacher, +
'96 WOE Music Winner; Thomas Bellino, Director, Planet Arts; Toni Cheeseman,
Membership, ASCAP; Daniel Guss, Senior Director , Catalog Development, BMG
Classics; Jerome Korman, Musical Director, Producer, Composer and Teaching
Artist; Brian Muni, NYC Correspondent, American Songwriter Magazine; Adam
Epstein, Creative Manager , BMG Music Publishing; Michael Polesny, Composer,
Singer, Guitarist; Raheem, Original Member Grandmaster Flash and the Furious
Five; Frank Vinci, Songwriter.org.
This stamp, 21st in the Literary Arts series, recognizes the achievements
of Robert Penn Warren, a three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the only
writer to win the prize in poetry "Promises: Poems, 1954-1956" in 1958, and
"Now and Then: Poems, 1976-1978" in 1979 as well as fiction "All the King's
Men," 1947.."
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Glenn Queen Noor Nichols Dove and Cooper Win 2006 Common Wealth Awards

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Winners of the 2006 Common Wealth Awards are:

- John Glenn, former U. Senator, astronaut and heroic pioneer of
American space exploration, for Government;
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innovators and artists who have used their special talents to make a
difference in our world. The awards also provide an incentive for people to
make future contributions to the world community. Glenn is
an American hero, esteemed for a remarkable lifetime dedicated to military
aviation, space exploration and service to his country . She
has leadership roles with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the
Landmine Survivors Network. Before joining CNN, he was an ABC News correspondent. Cooper has
won several awards for his work, including a National Headliners Award for his
tsunami coverage and an Emmy Award for his contribution to ABC's coverage of
Princess Diana's funeral.
"It is an honor to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Robert Penn
Warren," said Ann Wright, Kentuckiana District Manager, U . Postal Service,
who will dedicate the stamp.S. The
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services. Moreover, today's postage rates will remain stable
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The
awards are funded by the Common Wealth Trust . We applaud these remarkable individuals for their
accomplishments, and we honor Ralph Hayes for the inspired legacy he created
in the Common Wealth Awards. Among the past winners are 11
Nobel laureates, including human rights leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former
statesman Henry Kissinger and author Toni Morrison.

NEW YORK, Bertelsmann's World of Expression
Scholarship Program , in a unique collaboration among the Bertelsmann
Foundation, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT and Random House, Inc. Entries are judged on style, form, and content and each
submission is given individual consideration through a multi-level selection
process. Students enjoy participating in our program because
they are given the freedom to speak from their heart and submit songs and
stories on any topic in any style.

For booklet or CD featuring the work of this year's winners call the WOE
hotline at 1-888-369-3434.S. He told a fascinating tale about the rise and fall
of several compelling characters, most notably Willie Stark, a southern
politician who achieved power but lost his ideals and ultimately his life. He died on September 15, 1989, in West Wardsboro,
VT. A selection of stamps
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The final selection of the honorees is the decision of the Executory of
the Common Wealth Trust. (NYSE: PNC)."
Hayes served on the board of directors of PNC Bank, Delaware's predecessor
banks from 1943 to 1965.
"The 2006 winners continue the tradition of excellence and leadership
symbolized by the Common Wealth Awards ," said PNC's Stuart.
John Glenn, 84, wins the 2006 Common Wealth Award for Government. Her celebrated works include The Yellow House on
the Corner, Thomas and Beulah, which received the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in
Poetry, On the Bus with Rosa Parks, and her latest poetry collection, American
Smooth . He has anchored major breaking news
stories, most recently the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina along the
Gulf Coast.
Melanie Fallon-Houska, Director of the World of Expression Program said ,
"The World of Expression Awards were founded to stimulate expression and
creativity in students by encouraging them to pursue and develop their music
and literary talents.m.
ceremony April 22 in Penn's hometown of Guthrie, KY.
The ceremony will take place at the Robert Penn Warren Museum at 122
Cherry St.S. His eventual body of
work, spanning over six decades, included 16 volumes of poetry, 10 novels, a
collection of short stories and college textbooks on poetry and fiction.

we hear / The crashless fall of stalks of Time.
Though readers saw similarities between Huey "Kingfish " Long, a Louisiana
politician felled by an assassin's bullet, and the fictional Stark, Warren
maintained that Stark was not meant to be Long. The background art recalls scenes from "All the
King's Men.

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5 million in prize money to 157 honorees of international renown. Other winners include
former Secretary of State Colin Powell; children's television icon, the late
Fred Rogers; Broadway choreographer Susan Stroman; primatologist Jane Goodall;
ocean explorer Robert Ballard; actress Meryl Streep and television journalist
Walter Cronkite.
Cooper is a rising star of broadcast news.
Since 1992, more than one million dollars have been awarded to students
and their schools by Bertelsmann's World of Expression. The entries and winners are as diverse as
the city they represent.
Distinguished artists and authors under the Bertelsmann umbrella include The
Dave Matthews Band, Britney Spears , R. There, he helped found and edit "The
Southern Review," a major literary quarterly with a national readership. He once confided to a friend
that while he had set out to write another novel, "nothing but poems would
come. In "Evening Hawk," one of his most famous poems, Warren used bird
imagery to contemplate time's passage: "His wing / Scythes down another day
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