Beginning with the year 2001, the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences has been granting annual Human Tolerance Award, bearing the name of the sponsor Andrew Elias, “in recognizing and honoring individuals whose life and work been guided by tolerance and compassion.”
At the recommendation of the SVU Civil Society Award Committee, consisting of Jaroslava Moserová (Chair), Martin Palouš and Martin Butora, the SVU Executive Board decided to give this year’s Elias Humanitarian and Tolerance Award to a noted Czech journalist Petra Procházková. The rationale for this year’s selection is reflected in Petra Procházková’s biography below. …read more
The Andrew Elias SVU Tolerance and Humanitarian Award was presented to Ing. Jan Figel by SVU President Miloslav Rechcigl on February 6, 2006, at special ceremony at the Slovak Embassy, hosted by H.E. Rastislav Kacer. …read more
The 2002 SVU Elias Human Tolerance Award Goes to Prof. Tomáš Halík
At the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Nomination Committee, consisting of Dr. Slavomil Hubalek (Charles Univ.), Dr. Jiri Pehe (New York Univ. in Prague), Dr. Jirina Siklova (Charles Univ.), and Prof. Zdenek Slouka (Lehigh University), SVU Executive Board named Professor Tomas Halik as the winner of the 2002 SVU Andrew Elias Human Tolerance Award. …read more
The 2001 Andrew Elias SVU Human Tolerance Award was bestowed onto FATHER ANTON SRHOLEC, Podunajske Biskupice, Slovakia whose life and work are synonymous with tolerance, compassion, and faith in humanity. …read more
Washington, DC, March 2001: The Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences announces the establishment of an annual ANDREW ELIAS SVU HUMAN TOLERANCE AWARD
Beginning with the year of 2001, the first year of the third millennium, the Society will bestow the annual Andrew Elias SVU Human Tolerance Award on an individual whose life and work symbolize the living value of human tolerance. The Award shall be accompanied by a prize of $ 1,000.
In its Resolution adopted at the occasion of the historic 20th World Congress held in Washington in 2000, the Society reaffirmed its resolve to work “toward enhancing the values of human tolerance and of freedom of spirit and thought.” With a sensitivity so uncommon in these times, and expressing his deep and long-held convictions, Dr. Andrew Elias has decided to sponsor, through the Society, an annual Human Tolerance Award. …read more
2006 SVU Humanitarian Award Presented to Petra Procházková