HHELEN MACK CHANG will accept the 2005 Notre Dame Prize for Distinguished Public Service in Latin America at a ceremony to be held in Guatemala City on September 7, 2005.

The award will be presented by REV. JAMES MCDONALD, CSC, senior executive assistant and counselor to University of Notre Dame President REV. JOHN I. JENKINS, CSC, on behalf of Jenkins and Notre Dame.

The Notre Dame Prize is funded by The Coca-Cola Foundation.

RAFAEL FERNANDEZ QUIROS, director of Public Affairs and Communications for The Coca-Cola Company's Latin Center division will present the Prizes's matching donation to the charity selected by the recipient.

DR. JOSE GARCIA NOVAL, vice president of the Myrna Mack Foundation, will accept a $10,000 check for the Foundation, named for the laureate's sister whose murder motivated her fight for human rights.

This year's prize committee included the late ADOLFO AGUILAR ZINSER, former Mexican senator and ambassador to the United Nations; SOFIA MACHER, the respected human rights advocate of Peru; and REV. EDWARD MALLOY, CSC, president emeritus of the University. SCOTT MAINWARING chaired the committee.

Since its creation in 1993, the Myrna Mack Foundation has done studies and crafted proposals to further the consolidation of the justice system, the search for peace, the forti?cation of the rule of law, and the democratization of the political system in Guatemala.

The ceremony will be attended by representatives from Guatemala's policy making community, journalists, business leaders, Notre Dame alumni and university officals, Kellogg Institute scholars and former visiting fellows, and guests from Guatemalan universities and research centers.