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3119-F Susquehanna Hall
Univ. of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
United States
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Russell Mawby's interest in rural community
development is rooted in his youth working on a family
farm in Michigan. The first member of his family to earn
a Bachelor’s degree, he went on to obtain a PhD in
Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University
where he was also Assistant Director of Extension.
Responsible for 4-H Clubs and Youth programs in Michigan
early in his career, he purposefully emphasized
leadership training and the development of junior and
adult leaders in the programs. The combination of these
two interests made Mawby a natural fit for the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation. He joined the Foundation as Director
of the Division of Agriculture in 1964 where he
developed the Michigan Agricultural Leadership Program.
Mawby quickly advanced at Kellogg and was named
President and CEO in 1970.
Mawby was an extraordinary leader of the Foundation and
steward of the vision and values of W.K. Kellogg, its
founder. During the twenty-five years that he served as
CEO expenditures grew from approximately one million
dollars per month, to one million dollars per working
day (or from $12 to $270 million annually). Keeping true
to Mr. Kellogg’s priorities and educational pragmatism,
Mawby steered the Foundation’s programming toward
leadership, philanthropy & volunteerism, and minority
populations while maintaining topical foci of health,
agriculture, and education. His leadership in the field
of philanthropy is globally known and umbrella
organizations, like the Michigan Nonprofit Association
that he helped found, are nationally recognized models
for effective philanthropy. Retired in 1995, Mawby’s
lasting legacy is not only the thousands of lives that
he touched directly as a leader, but the hundreds of
thousands he touched by supporting the work and
development of the next generations of leaders through
initiatives like the Kellogg National Fellowship
Program, support for the inclusion of leadership skills
in college curricula, and the creation of Kellogg
College at Oxford University.
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ILA President
Cynthia Cherrey and Russell Mawby at his induction event at ILA 2010 Boston
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2010 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
