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Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Mutombo honored for humanitarian efforts
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NEW YORK – Dikembe Mutombo of the Philadelphia 76ers
on Saturday was named the winner of the 2001 J. Walter Kennedy
Citizenship Award.
The award, named for the second commissioner of the NBA and
presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers
Association, honors exemplary community service.
Mutombo, a native of Congo (formerly Zaire), created the Dikembe
Mutombo Foundation to assist with efforts to provide
humanitarian assistance to his homeland and frequently traveled
to the Congo as part of his ongoing efforts to build a 300-bed
hospital in the capital of Kinshasa.
Others nominated for the award this season include Sean Elliott,
Steve Kerr and David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs, Jim
Jackson of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Alonzo Mourning of the
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