Kathleen Perkins Colson, of Dorset, Receives Humanitarian Award From St. Lawrence University

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St. Lawrence University President William L. Fox with Kathleen Perkins Colson

CANTON, NY (06/09/2010)(readMedia)-- Kathleen Perkins Colson, of Dorset, received the Sol Feinstone Award for Humanitarian Service from St. Lawrence University at a ceremony held on campus during Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 5.

The Feinstone Award is presented to a graduate who, through devotion of his or her resources or personal effort, has demonstrated deep commitment to the advancement of the freedom of people to pursue and attain personal, professional and economic freedom.

Executive director of the BOMA Fund, a U.S.-based non-profit organization that works to develop new opportunities for education, capacity-building and entrepreneurial innovation in northern Kenya, Colson is also the CEO of African Safari Planners; she has been organizing and leading safaris to Africa since 1986. She has also worked as refugee community coordinator for Refugee Services, a program funded by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in London, England. She is a 1979 graduate of St. Lawrence.

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