Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 27, 1994                   TAG: 9404270108
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: CODY LOWE
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INDIVIDUALS TO RECEIVE HUMANITARIAN AWARDS

The awards recognize "significant humanitarian contribution to the community" and have been given out for 29 years.

Award winner Philip Trompeter is judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of the 23rd District. He is on the board of directors of the Mental Health Association of Roanoke Valley, the Conflict Resolution Center and the Community Traffic Safety Board. Trompeter also was a founder of "Families in Touch," a support group for families of those with mental illnesses.

Frank G. Van Balen is president of Virginia Fiberglas Products Inc. He is president of Valley Community Church and on the boards of directors of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and the Science Museum of Western Virginia. He also is vice president and budget chairman of the Roanoke Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Marty M. Woodward is a free-lance organizational and educational consultant. She serves on the board of directors and is past president of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. She is the ecumenical chairwoman and past president of the Roanoke Valley Ministers Conference. Woodward also is president of the Salem High School PTSA and on the steering committee of the Plowshare Peace and Justice Center.