The George C. Marshall Foundation Award
Since 1997, in commemoration of the spirit of the Marshall Plan, the Foundation began to award this prize to individuals and organizations who have "demonstrated leadership that has furthered international humanitarian and economic development efforts...and the following personal and professional qualities practiced by George C. Marshall throughout his life of extraordinary public service:
- a career of distinguished public/civic service in the tradition of George C. Marshall;
- dignity and integrity of character;
- devotion to creating and perpetuating free and democratic institutions and promoting appropriate economic development which will allow them to flourish;
- nonpartisanship or bipartisanship."
Recent awards have been given to:
- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (2011)
- Frederick W. Smith, founder, chairman and CEO, FedEx (2010)
- U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (2009)
- Former Senator John Warner and former Congressman Lee H. Hamilton (2007)
- Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, 2003
- Former President George H. W. Bush, 2002
- Former Banker David Rockefeller, 1999
- Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, 1997
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