8/2/2019 Pillar Awards

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PillarAwards

Year&Theme

PillarAwardforLeadership

Honoringexceptional

achievementininspiring

othersandmarshallingtheir

effortstowardpositive

change

PillarAwardforProfessional

Achievement

Honoringexceptional

accomplishmentin

addressingthechallenges

andopportunitiesofourday

throughcareer

accomplishments.

PillarAwardforCivic

Engagement

Honoringexceptional

accomplishmentin

workingwithothersto

improvesocietyandcivic

life.

SpecialRecognitionof

Excellence

Honoringthosewhohave

madelong-standing

contributionstothe

successofTheWashington

Centerandtheacademic

seminars.

Masterof

Ceremonies

2005:TWC30th

Anniversary(In

MemoryofBill

Burke)

TheHonorableJerryLewis

(R-CA),Chair,House

AppropriationsCommittee

TheHonorableDennis

Cardoza(D-CA)*,U.S.House

ofRepresentatives

*alumnus

JudithI.Gill,Ph.D.

Chancellor,Massachusetts

BoardofHigherEducation

TheHonorableElbaEster

Gordillo

MichaelB.Smit

President,The

Washington

Centerfor

Internshipsand

Academic

Seminars

2007:Makinga

WorldofDifference

TheHonorableStenyHoyer

(D-MD),MajorityLeader,

U.S.HouseofRepresentatives

Dr.FreemanA.HrabowskiIII,

President,Universityof

Maryland,BaltimoreCounty

TheHonorableHumberto

MoreiraValds,Governor

ofCoahuila,Mexico

TheHonorableMel

Martinez(R-FL),U.S.

SenateTheHonorableMary

Landrieu(D-LA),U.S.

Senate

Teresa

Rodriguez,New

Anchor,Univision

2008:Engaging

VoicesinaTimeof

Change

TheHonorableJames

Clyburn(D-SC),House

MajorityWhip

TheHonorableKayBailey

Hutchison(R-TX),Chairman,

SenateRepublicanPolicy

Committee

BrianLamb,Chairmanand

CEO,C-SPAN

BobSchieffer,Anchor,

FacetheNationwithBob

Schieffer,CBSNews

AmyWalter*,

Executive

Director,Hotlin

Journal

*alumna

2009:InServiceofa

Nation

TheHonorableNormDicks

(D-WA),U.S.Houseof

Representatives

HisExcellencyWelileNhlapo,

SouthAfricanAmbassadorto

theUnitedStates

TheHonorableIleanaRos-

Lehtinen(R-FL),U.S.House

ofRepresentatives

TheHonorableFidel

HerreraBeltrn,Governor

oftheStateofVeracruz,

Mexico

BobSchieffer,

Host,CBSsFace

theNation

2010:Transforming

PotentialIntoAchievement

TheHonorableThad

Cochran(R-MS),U.S.Senate

TheHonorableXavierBecerra

(D-CA),DemocraticCaucusViceChair

TheHonorableStephanie

Rawlings-Blake,MayorofBaltimore,Maryland

---- BobSchieffer,

Host,CBSsFacetheNation

2011:ABoldLook

Ahead

TheHonorableHarold

Rogers(R-KY),U.S.Houseof

Representatives

TheHonorableMaria

Cantwell(D-WA),U.S.Senate

TheHonorableJuanJos

SabinesGuerrero,

GovernorofStateof

Chiapas,Mexico

---- LukeRussert,

News

Correspondent,

NBCNews