GSWA Announces Marcellus Hartley Dodge Memorial Award Recipients

Harding Township —he Great Swamp Watershed Association has announced this year’s recipients of the Marcellus Hartley Dodge Memorial Award. GSWA is delighted to honor both Schering-Plough Corporation and Wyeth for their commitment to environmental health, leadership in the Great Swamp Watershed Association’s Corporate Council and their long-time support of GSWA.

This distinguished award will be presented at the Great Swamp Watershed Association’s 2009 Green Acres Gala being held on October 15 at the Basking Ridge Country Club. The award will be accepted by Diana Blankman, Director, Corporate Contributions and Community Outreach for Wyeth, and Nancy Miller-Rich, Group Vice President, Global New Ventures and Strategic Commercial Development for Schering-Plough Corporation.

The Marcellus Hartley Dodge Memorial Award is given to a person or company whose contributions toward the preservation and protection of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, its watershed, and the watershed’s natural, historic and public resources have been extraordinary. Marcellus Hartley Dodge was instrumental in helping to save the Great Swamp from development as an airport, by providing funds for the initial purchases of core properties in 1959 and through his tireless efforts to ensure the additional donations that formed the nucleus of what is now the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

Schering-Plough Corporation and Wyeth have generously supported Great Swamp Watershed Association since 1997. Their support of the Adopt-a-Stream Project since 2003 has allowed the Great Swamp Watershed to conduct chemical analyses and water quality monitoring and to identify strategies for ecological restoration. Based on this data, DEP has proposed new regulations that will improve our drinking water.

Schering-Plough is an innovation-driven, science-centered global health care company. Through its own biopharmaceutical research and collaborations with partners, Schering-Plough creates therapies that help save and improve lives around the world. The company applies its research-and-development platform to human prescription, animal health and consumer health care products. Schering-Plough’s vision is to “Earn Trust, Every Day” with the doctors, patients, customers and other stakeholders served by its colleagues around the world. The company is based in Kenilworth, N.J.

Wyeth is one of the world’s largest research driven pharmaceutical and health care products companies. It is a leader in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, biotechnology products and non-prescription medicines that improve the quality of life for people worldwide. The company’s major divisions include Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare and Fort Dodge Animal Health.

Anyone interested in purchasing tickets should contact GSWA at 973-538-3500 or visit www.greatswamp.org.

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Founded in 1981, the Great Swamp Watershed Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the water and land of the 36,000-acre watershed region in Morris and Somerset counties. The organization works to maintain the beauty and health of open space, and to monitor and protect five streams: Loantaka Brook, Great Brook, Primrose Brook, Black Brook, and the Upper Passaic — which feed into the Passaic River and providing drinking water to more than a million people.
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