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2007 Leadership Awards: Greenspan, Schwarzman and Jones
April 30, 2007
The 2007 Awards Dinner of the Atlantic Council of the United States was held on April 30, 2007 at the Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC. This year the Award for Distinguished International Leadership was presented to Alan Greenspan. The Council also presented two new awards to recognize the military and business pillars so vital to our work. General James L. Jones, the outgoing Supreme Allied Commander, was recognized with an Award for Distinguished Military Leadership, and Blackstone co-founder and chief executive Stephen A. Schwarzman received the Distinguished Business Leadership Award. Colin Powell, the recipient of the Council's 2005 award introduced the honorees.
The evening also featured a panel moderated by Brent Scowcroft [watch panel discussion] and improvisations by piano virtuosa Gabriela Montero "who plays with fingers of steel and a heart of gold" as recently described in a 60 Minutes segment "The Gift."
Awards Dinners:
- 2009 Leadership Awards: Bush, Kohl, Petraeus, Palmisano and Hampson
- 2008 Leadership Awards: Blair, Murdoch, Mullen and Kissin
- 2006 Leadership Award: Warner
- 2005 Leadership Award: Powell
About the Atlantic Council Leadership Awards:
Since 1996, the Atlantic Council has selected an outstanding individual to receive its annual Award for Distinguished International Leadership. Over the years, Distinguished Military, Business, and Artistic Leadership Awards have been added. These awards reflect the Council’s mission of promoting constructive U.S. international engagement by honoring individuals who have made major contributions to U.S. foreign policy and transatlantic relations.
Previous recipients of the award have included current National Security Advisor General James L. Jones; former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair; former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, and Robert Rubin; business leaders Rupert Murdoch andStephen Schwarzman; Senators John Warner, Chuck Hagel, and Sam Nunn; former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft; former Supreme Allied Commander Joseph Ralston; and former NATO Secretary-General Lord Robertson.
Sponsorship:
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2007 Annual Awards Dinner Sponsors
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| Diamond |
| The Blackstone Group |
| EADS North America |
| LexisNexis |
| Morgan Stanley |
| Stephen A. Schwarzman |
| The Scowcroft Group |
| UBS |
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Platinum
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| The Boeing Company |
| Hilda and Arturo Brillembourg |
| Deutsche Bank AG |
| Golden Tree Asset Management |
| Lehman Brothers |
| The Honorable Mr. and Mrs. John D. Macomber |
| Severstal |
| Troika Dialog |
| Gold |
| Catto Charitable Foundation |
| DaimlerChrysler |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP |
| FedEx Corporation |
| General Dynamics |
| Merrill Lynch & Co. |
| Northrop Grumman Corporation |
| Raytheon Company |
| Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rossotti |
| SAIC |
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Silver
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
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| BAE Systems |
| Chevron U.S.A. |
| The CNA Corporation |
| Committee of 100 |
| Covington & Burling LLP |
| Cubic Corporation |
| Edelman |
| Ambassador and Mrs. Richard Fairbanks, III |
| The Goldman Sachs Group |
| Kissinger McLarty Associates |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation |
| The Honorable and Mrs. Jan M. Lodal |
| The Honorable and Mrs. Earl I. Mack |
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Kirk A. Radke
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| Matthew R. Simmons |
| Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP |
| General William Y. Smith, USAF (Ret.) |
| Toyota |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
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Benefactors
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| Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. |
| Julia Chang Bloch and Stuart Marshall Bloch |
| Chevy Chase Bank |
| The Honorable and Mrs. Kenneth Dam |
| Lacey Neuhaus Dorn |
| The Honorable Robert F. Ellsworth |
| Mr. and Mrs. A. Huda Farouki |
| Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Freeman |
| Helen Lee Henderson |
| Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Huberman |
| Hunton & Williams LLC |
| Mansoor Ijaz |
| Frederick Kempe and Pamela Meyer |
| James V. Kimsey |
| The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger |
| The Honorable Tom C. Korologos and The Honorable Ann McLaughlin Korologos |
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The Honorable Franklin D. Kramer
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| General Richard Lawson, USAF (Ret.) |
| Lynx Investment Advisory, LLC |
| The Honorable and Mrs. Frederic V. Malek |
| Marsha Ralls |
| Joseph E. Robert, Jr |
| David Rockefeller |
| Marjorie Scardino |
| Siemens |
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