Philanthropist Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald’s restaurant founder Ray Kroc, will be awarded the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith’s “National Distinguished Community Service Award” at a

formal dinner in her honor June 19 at the Hotel Inter-Continental. Kroc will be feted for, among other things, her recent $1-million donation to Ethiopian famine relief and for Operation

Cork, an organization she founded to increase awareness of drug and alcohol abuse. Tickets to the dinner are $200 a person; funds raised will go toward furthering the work of the

Anti-Defamation League. For further information, call the league offices at 293-3770. MORE TO READ