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Show RIDE THE HIGH PLACES’ The Eagle calls: ‘‘Come. Ride the High Places. ’’ Bonneville International Corporation reaches for the high places. - Bonneville’s 16 radio and television stations seek to improve their communities — described in Bonneville’s annual Values Report, listing five hundred specific community service activities. - Bonneville encourages quality television programming — joining with the National Association of Broad- KMBZ-AM KSL-TV ware KIRO-TV ee Seattle KBIG-FM Lae city ane Oy KOIT-FM-AM page KIDR-AM Phoenix KZPS-FM a casters to offer two national awards, each an original work of art. - Bonneville markets a 10-minute motivational videotape — ‘‘Ride the High Places.”’ It speaks of values and eagles and setting high standards ...and is widely used in goal-setting sessions. If you would like a copy of the 1993 Values Report... or information about ‘‘Ride the High Places’’.. . call 801-575-5690. WMXV-FM Ce Chicago Bonneville Bonneville ce aa Chicago Cee ed dias Salt Lake City Bonneville joe Noreen Salt Lake City Washington, D.C. ae Company Salt Lake City BONNEVILLE INTERNATIONAL —C 0 R POR ATI O N— A Values-driven Company Composed of Values-driven People oe oo Seattle Video West Sah are AY hen Richard Hemingway sold Utah-based Commercial Security Bank and Idaho Bank & Trust Company to KeyCorp of Albany, New York, he wanted to share his new-found fortune with his hometown. “Weber State was our first priority and our first major philanthropic gift,” says Mr. Hemingway, 73, during an interview at his home in Salt Lake City. “It is my belief that we need to return to the community both our resources and our time in order to make it a better place to live.” This year, the Hemingway family will make the last of five annual $200,000 contributions to complete a $1 million endowment that funds faculty awards. The Hemingway Faculty Development Trust hits at the heart of the University’s main objective — teaching. The grants encourage professors to investigate special projects and bring their new- found knowledge to the classroom. “We could always put money into a building. But we thought the heart While Mr. Hemingway learned banking at the knee of father Harold E. Hemingway, he says higher education was important to his success. “I needed the background of college, “ he says. Mr. Hemingway attended the University of Washington in Seattle. He further pursued his studies at the Pacific Coast School of Banking and the School of Financial Public Relations at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. He received an honorary doctorate of business from Weber State in 1975. His wife, Shirley Stranquist Hemingway, graduated from the University of Utah and earned a master’s degree in dietetics from the Teachers College of Columbia University. Their son, Henry Stranquist “Hank” Hemingway, says education topped the family’s priority list. “It was always expected that we would go to college,” he says. “Our parents looked at higher education as a way of becoming more effective and broadening our horizons.” The Hemingway children — Ann Hemingway Van Meeteren, Hank Richard K. and the late Shirley Hemingway of any school is the faculty and we Hemingway, Jane Hemingway wanted our money to go there,” Mr. Mason, Helen Hemingway Cardon and daughter-in-law Cathy Hemingway says. “Our contribution to Weber State is one of the Hemingway King — also support the Weber State faculty trust. largest of all our commitments. We just felt like that’s the way we Hank Hemingway, Cathy King and Helen Cardon help choose wanted it to go.” which professors receive awards. “Our belief is that you can have a The father of five and grandfather of seven speaks in plural, sugbuilding, but without the human resources, it’s just brick and morgesting the strong ties that bind a banking family of three generatar,” Hank Hemingway says. “It really takes people to make things tions. “All the children participated in the gift,” he says. 11 |