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Above: Gerald W. Adelmann, President & CEO of Openlands, received the Edith Rockefeller
McCormick Partnership Award.
Top Right: The George B. Rabb Conservation Medal was presented to Joel Sartore, pictured
with CZS President & CEO Dr. Stuart D. Strahl and CZS Board Member Barbara Levy Kipper.
Bottom Right: Emily and Robert King were awarded the Corwith Hamill Lifetime
Achievement Conservation Award. They are pictured with Sandra Ortiz-Ortega,
Coordinator – King Conservation Science Scholars.

Conservation The Edith Rockefeller McCormick Partnership Award
Leadership Awards was presented to Openlands, a non-profit organization at the
forefront of the urban conservation movement in the greater
The Conservation Leadership Awards Dinner, held on Chicago region. Since 1963, Openlands has had an emphasis
October 10, 2018, celebrates annually the achievements of on people, places and policy, which is the framework and
those who share our vision to Inspire, Engage, and Restore. driving factor of the organization today.
The 2018 recipients were as follows:
The George B. Rabb Conservation Medal was presented
The Corwith Hamill Lifetime Achievement Conservation to Joel Sartore, an award-winning photographer, speaker,
Award was presented to Emily and Robert King. Mr. and author, and contributor to National Geographic magazine.
Mrs. King are exemplary leaders, driving the establishment He documents endangered species and landscapes around
of new education, conservation, and science initiatives the world and is the founder of the Photo Ark – a ground-
nationally and internationally. Through their partnership breaking effort to document species before they disappear
with CZS, they established the King Conservation Science and engaging people to take action while there’s still time.
Scholars program, which develops college- and career-ready
diverse teens prepared to resolve environment and
technological issues facing our country.

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