Woodrow Wilson Awards

**Woodrow Wilson Award**
	Woodrow Wilson Award
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Awarded for	Public Service and Corporate Citizenship
Presented by	Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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Woodrow Wilson Awards are given out multiple times each year by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution to individuals in both the public sphere and business who have shown an outstanding commitment to President Woodrow Wilson's dream of integrating politics, scholarship, and policy for the common good.

1 Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service
2 Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship
3 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- 3.1 About the Woodrow Wilson Center
- 3.2 As Part of the Smithsonian Institution
4 Woodrow Wilson Award Recipients
- 4.1 Public Service
- 4.2 Corporate Citizenship
5 Award Presentations
6 See also
7 External links
- 7.1 News Articles

[edit] Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service

The Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service is given to individuals who have served with distinction in public life and have shown a special commitment to seeking out informed opinions and thoughtful views. Recipients of this award share Woodrow Wilson’s steadfast belief in public discourse, scholarship, and the extension of the benefits of knowledge in the United States and around the world. These leaders devote themselves to examining the historical background and long-term implications of important public policy issues while encouraging the free and open exchange of ideas that is the bedrock of our nation’s foundation.

[edit] Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship

The Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship is given to executives who demonstrate a commitment to the common good—beyond the bottom line. They are the people who demonstrate that private firms should be good citizens in their own neighborhoods, as well as in the world. The award is given to those who have done tremendous work in improving their local communities and the world at large.

[edit] Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

[edit] About the Woodrow Wilson Center

Main article: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

President Woodrow Wilson

The Wilson Center is the living memorial to President Woodrow Wilson, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Center was established as part of the Smithsonian in 1968 by an act of Congress. It is a nonpartisan research institution that is committed to fostering research, study, and discussion of national and global affairs. The Center promotes collaboration among a full spectrum of individuals concerned with policy and scholarship in national and world affairs. The mission of the Center is to commemorate the ideals and concerns of President Wilson by providing a link between the world of ideas and the world of policy. Lee H. Hamilton is the president and director of the Wilson Center.

[edit] As Part of the Smithsonian Institution

Main article: Smithsonian Institution

The Woodrow Wilson Center is a research body belonging to the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazine. Most of its facilities are located in Washington, D.C., but its 19 museums, zoo, and eight research centers include sites in New York City, Virginia, Panama, and elsewhere. It has over 142 million items in its collections. Other research institutions alongside the Woodrow Wilson Center are the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the associated Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Carrie Bow Marine Field Station, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Center For Earth and Planetary Studies, Conservation and Research Center, Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Migratory Bird Center, Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and Smithsonian Institution Libraries.

[edit] Woodrow Wilson Award Recipients

Awardees are chosen by the Wilson Center Board of Trustees in recognition of their work to benefit society. In line with President Wilson's vision, honorees participate in efforts to improve the global community through collaboration and open dialogue. They have made contributions to advance education, peace, health care, culture, legislation, sportsmanship, technology, scholastic research, and leadership..

Woodrow Wilson Awards have gone to a diverse set of professionals, including politicians, entertainers, diplomats, athletes, business executives, doctors and philanthropists. Among business executives, their industries include health care, hotels, restaurants and energy.

[edit] Public Service

The following individuals are Wilson Center Awardees for Public Service: Note: This is not a complete count.

Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew accepts Woodrow Wilson Award in New York City

Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States
John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia
Bud Selig, Commissioner of Baseball
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
Dolly Parton, entertainer, philanthropist
Frank Gehry, architect
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India
Billi & Bernie Marcus, philanthropists
Barbara Walters, journalist
Honourable Peter Lougheed, Premier of Alberta
Andre Agassi & Stefanie Graf, philanthropists, athletes
Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore
James A. Baker III, United States Secretary of State
Colin Powell and Alma Powell, United States Army general, United States Secretary of State
Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer
Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator
William Cohen, U.S. Senator, United States Secretary of Defense
John McCain, U.S. Senator
Wayne Newton, entertainer, activist
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator
Gustavo Cisneros
Henry Kissinger, National Security Advisor, United States Secretary of State
John Glenn, astronaut, U.S. Senator
Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada
Janet Napolitano, governor of Arizona, Secretary of Homeland Security
Ronald Weiser, United States Ambassador to Slovakia
Pete Wilson, U.S. Senator, governor of California
Tom Ridge, U.S. Representative, governor of Pennsylvania, Secretary of Homeland Security

[edit] Corporate Citizenship

The following individuals are Wilson Center Awardees for Public Service: Note: This is not a complete count.

Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson receive the Award for Corporate Citizenship in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2008

Robert Wood Johnson accepting the Award for Corporate Citizenship in New York City, New York in May 2009

[edit] Award Presentations

Recipients are given the awards at ceremonial dinners in various cities and countries. At each dinner, the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service and the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship are presented. In some places, the Wilson Center will host events where different scholars talk about local policy issues, before the award reception.

Frank Gehry speaking during an award reception in his honor in November 2004, which was held in New York City, New York	Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam recognized in New Delhi, India in September 2008	Mr. Richard F. Haskayne and The Honourable Peter Lougheed after the ceremony held in Calgary, Canada in March of 2004	Corporate Citizenship Award recognized to Dave O'Reilly in San Francisco, California in November 2008
Leslie Wexner is honored in Columbus, Ohio in September of 2004