Our History Golden Plate Awards Council Lynsey Addario Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist Peter C. Agre, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Chemistry Christiane Amanpour International Broadcast Journalist Dame Julie Andrews Stage and Screen Actress Frances H. Arnold, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Chemistry Rick Atkinson Pulitzer Prize for History Amy Coney Barrett Justice, Supreme Court of the United States A. Scott Berg Pulitzer Prize for Biography Joshua Bell Violin Virtuoso Simone Biles Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist Keith L. Black, M.D. Pioneering Neurosurgeon Wolf Blitzer CNN News Anchor Sergey Brin Co-founder of Google Inc. Larry Page Founding CEO of Google Inc. Lonnie G. Bunch III Secretary of the Smithsonian General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., USAF Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Sir Michael Caine British Film Icon Benjamin S. Carson, M.D. Pediatric Neurosurgeon Emmanuelle Charpentier, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Chemistry Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Human Genome Research Roger Daltrey Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Rita Dove Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Sylvia Earle, Ph.D. Undersea Explorer Lord Norman Foster Gold Medal for Architecture Peter Gabriel Singer, Songwriter and Humanitarian William H. Gates III Co-Founder, Microsoft Corporation Frank O. Gehry Gold Medal for Architecture Andrea M. Ghez, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Physics Dame Jane Goodall Primatologist and Anthropologist Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ph.D. Pulitzer Prize for History Neil M. Gorsuch Justice, Supreme Court of the United States Sir Lucian Grainge Chairman and CEO, Universal Music Group Amy Grant Gospel and Pop Music Singer Sir Demis Hassabis Nobel Prize in Chemistry Thomas Heatherwick Designer of the Extraordinary John W. Henry Owner of the Boston Red Sox Susan Hockfield, Ph.D. 16th President of MIT Jeremy Irons Stage and Screen Actor Sir Kazuo Ishiguro Nobel Prize in Literature Sir Peter Jackson Oscar for Best Director Paul Tudor Jones II Investor and Philanthropist Paul Kagame President of Rwanda Katalin Karikó, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Medicine Anthony M. Kennedy Retired Justice, Supreme Court of the United States Billie Jean King Congressional Gold Medal Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, DMSc Developer of Ozempic and Wegovy Jeff Koons Contemporary Art Phenomenon E. Stanley Kroenke Entrepreneur and Sportsman Robert S. Langer, Sc.D. Biomedical Engineering Katie Ledecky Presidential Medal of Freedom Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. Nobel Prize in Chemistry Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical Theatre Composer George Lucas Motion Picture Production Wynton Marsalis Pulitzer Prize for Music Ian McEwan Novelist and Screenwriter Lynn Nottage Two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama Sir Paul Nurse Nobel Prize in Medicine Jimmy Page Guitarist and Founder of Led Zeppelin Armando Christian Pérez Musician, Activist and Entrepreneur Itzhak Perlman Virtuoso of the Violin Saul Perlmutter, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Physics General David H. Petraeus, USA Soldier and Scholar General Joseph W. Ralston, USAF Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Venki Ramakrishnan, Ph.D. Nobel Prize in Chemistry Lord Martin Rees Astronomer Royal Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball Hall of Fame Anthony D. Romero Executive Director, ACLU Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D. Founder, SiriusXM and United Therapeutics Barry Scheck Co-Founder, The Innocence Project Bartlett Sher Theatrical Director Carlos Slim Helú Financier and Philanthropist Sonia Sotomayor Justice, Supreme Court of the United States Steven Spielberg Film Director and Producer Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr. Defense Attorney Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, Ph.D. CEO, Novo Nordisk Foundation Tara VanDerveer Basketball Hall of Fame Andrew Weil, M.D. Father of Integrative Medicine Oprah Winfrey Media Entrepreneur This is a partial list. Each member is a past recipient of the Golden Plate Award.