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Heads of State and Government
Prince Albert of Monaco Raul Alfonsin Corazon Aquino Queen Beatrix Benazir Bhutto Willy Brandt George W. Bush George H.W. Bush Jimmy Carter Abba Eban	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Vicente Fox Mikhail Gorbachev Chaim Herzog Lyndon Johnson Mary McAleese Mohammed Mossadegh Pervez Misharraf Benjamin Netanyahu Richard Nixon	Queen Noor Madame Pandit Romano Prodi Yitzhak Rabin Ronald Reagan Mrs. Anwar Sadat Margaret Thatcher Boris Yeltsin Kateryna Yushchenko
Government Officials, Leaders, and Advocates
Spencer Abraham Gerry Adams Madeleine Albright Princess Alia Al-Hussein Prince Turki Al-Faisal Howard Baker James Baker III George Ball Joe Biden Julian Bond Amb. Richard Boucher Donna Brazile L. Paul Bremer EU Amb. John Bruton Zbigniew Brzezinski Patrick Buchananan Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Frank C. Carlucci Bob Casey Ahmed Chalabi Dick Cheney Michael Chertoff Warren Christopher Joseph S. Clark Wesley K. Clark William Cohen William E. Colby Andrew Cordier William J. Crowe, Jr. Mario Cuomo Bob Dole Allen Dulles Abba Eban	Marian Wright Edelman John Edwards Douglas Feith Louis J. Freeh Richard Gardiner Newt Gingrich Rudy Giuliani Al Gore Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer Carlos Gutierrez Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Lee Hamilton W. Averell Harriman Gary Hart John Heinz Carla Hills Ambassador Richard Holbrooke Jesse Jackson Amb. Said Jawad Vernon Jordan Janis Karpinski Robert Kayan Jeane Kirkpatrick Henry Kissinger Ed Koch Teddy Kollek C. Everett Koop Robert S. McNamara George Mitchell Walter Mondale Ralph Nader Paul Nitze George Packard	Reza Pahlavi Rod Paige Colin Powell Dan Quayle H.E. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Ralph Reed Robert Reich Edwin Reischaur Edward Rendell Bill Richardson Condoleezza Rice Elliot Richardson Nelson Rockefeller Dennis Ross Robert Rubin William Ruckleshaus Donald Rumsfeld Dean Rusk Amb. Klaus Scharioth James R. Schlesinger Arlen Specter Andy Stern Shirin Tahir-Kheli George Tenet Dick Thornburgh Stansfield Turner Kurt Volker Caspar Weinberger Christine Todd Whitman Amb. Michael Wilson Harris Wofford Paul Wolfowitz Andrew Young
Journalists and Media Personalities
Dave Barry Peter Beinart Kristin Breitweiser Tom Brokaw David Brooks Art Buchwald James Burke Hodding Carter Eleanor Clift Jim Cramer Lou Dobbs E.J. Dionne Michael Elliott Linda Fasulo Anthony Feinstein Thomas L. Friedman David Frum David Gergen	Ellen Goodman Don Graham Jeff Greenfield James Hoge, Jr. Peter Jennings Larry King Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn William Kristol Paul Krugman Quil Lawrence Jim Lehrer Mara Liasson Chris Matthews Andrea Mitchell Brian Murphy Alan Murray Dee Dee Myers Clyde Prestowitz	Dan Rather Cal Ripken Jr. Cokie Roberts Steve Roberts Andy Rooney Sally Quinn Tim Russert William Safire Harrison Salisbury Robert J. Samuelson Daniel Schorr Hedrick Smith Lesley Stahl Andrew Sullivan Barbara Walters Brian Williams Judy Woodruff Bob Woodward
CEOs and Executives
Giovanni Agnelli C. Michael Armstrong Norman Augustine John Bogle John Brennan Edgar M. Bronfman David L. Cohen Steve Forbes John Hofmeister Mike Eskew Henry Kaufman	Herb Kelleher James P. Kelly Tom McKillop Warren V. Musser Joseph Neubauer Cesar Pelli Jack Perkowski Brian L. Roberts James D. Robinson, III Andy Grove David W. Johnson	David Rockefeller John Rowe Hubert Schoemaker Juergen E. Schrempp Charles Schwab Roger B. Smith George Soros Ted Turner Paul Volcker Heinrich von Pierer Sanford I. Weill Jack Welch
Authors and Celebrities
Billy Baldwin Bono Leonard Bernstein The Capitol Steps Tom Clancy John Cleese Alan Dershowitz Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Betty Friedan David Halberstam	Cole Hamels Charlton Heston Sir Edmund Hillary David Halberstam Ariana Huffington Allison Janney Sergei Khrushchev Stephen King Dominique Lapierre Greg Mortenson Malika Oufkir	George Plimpton Sydney Pollack Cal Ripken Jr. Paul Rusesabagina Wolfgang Sawallisch Beverly Sills Sam Snead Isaac Stern Rick Steves Gore Vidal
Scholars and Analysts
Akbar Ahmed Fouad Ajami Ayaan Hirsi Ali Max Boot Benjamin Barber Michael Beschloss Lynne V. Cheney Eric Chivian Noam Chomsky E.J. Dionne David Frum	Frank Fukuyama John Kenneth Galbraith Leslie Gelb Vartan Gregorian Harry Harding Richard Haass Josef Jaffe Bernard Lewis Walter Russell Mead Vali Nasr Joseph Nye	Conor Cruise O'Brien Daniel Pipes Kenneth Pollack Walt Rostow Louis Rukeyser Jeremy Siegel Steven Simon Natan Sharansky Lester Thurow Fareed Zakaria
Awards Recipients
International Statesman Award The International Statesman Award is presented to global leaders whose endeavors have advanced the goals of peace and freedom and whose work has resulted in a significant positive impact on the world. Past recipients include: James Baker III and Lee Hamilton Bono Mikhail Gorbachev Yitzhak Rabin Margaret Thatcher King Hussein of Jordan Atlas Award Established in 1998, the Atlas Award recognizes an individual whose achievements embody the ideals articulated in the World Affairs Council's maxim: "In a democracy, agreement is not essential; participation is." 2009  Jayne B. Garrison 2008  U.S. Troops and Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan 2007  Anthony J. Conti, Office Managing Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers 2006  Charles P. Pizzi, President and CEO Tasty Baking Company 2005  Edward M. Satell, Chairman and CEO Progressive Business Publications 2004  Manuel N. Stamatakis, CEO Capital Management Enterprises 2003  James E. Nevels, Chairman The Swarthmore Group 2002  Walter D'Alessio, Chairman and CEO Northmarq 2001  Alfred P. West, Jr., Founder, Chairman & CEO SEI Investments 2000  John J. Brennan, Chairman The Vanguard Group and Robert C. Pozen, former ViceChairman Fidelity Investments 1999  Edward G. Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania 1998  Walter R. Garrison, Founder Pennsylvania Institute of Technology [Back to Top]