Search results for “black history”
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David Herbert Donald, Ph.D.
Two Pulitzer Prizes for Biography
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Keith L. Black, M.D.
Pioneering Neurosurgeon
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Lloyd Richards
Tony Award-winning Director
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Wynton Marsalis
Pulitzer Prize for Music
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Hank Aaron
Baseball Immortal
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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ph.D.
Pulitzer Prize for History
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Nadine Gordimer
Nobel Prize in Literature
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Sidney Poitier
Oscar for Lifetime Achievement
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Willie Mays
Baseball Hall of Fame
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Nobel Prize for Peace
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Andrew J. Young
Civil Rights Ambassador
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Congressman John R. Lewis
Champion of Civil Rights
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Stephen Jay Gould, Ph.D.
Evolutionary Biologist and Historian of Science
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Ernst Mayr, Ph.D.
Evolutionary Biologist
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Murray Gell-Mann, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Physics
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John Banville
Acclaimed Irish Novelist
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Albie Sachs
Constitutional Court of South Africa
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Maya Lin
Artist and Architect
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Vince Gill
Country Music Hall of Fame
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Frank M. Johnson, Jr.
Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Quincy Jones
Music Impresario
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David McCullough
Two Pulitzer Prizes for Biography
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David Boies
Counselor and Human Rights Advocate
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Bill Russell
Basketball Hall of Fame
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Suzan-Lori Parks
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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James A. Michener
Pulitzer Prize-winning Novelist
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Ernest J. Gaines
Master of the Novel
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball Hall of Fame
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Neil Sheehan
Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist
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Robert Edward (Ted) Turner
Founder, Cable News Network
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Shimon Peres
Nobel Prize for Peace
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Oprah Winfrey
Media Entrepreneur
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Athol Fugard
Novelist and Playwright
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Larry J. Ellison
Founder and Executive Chairman, Oracle Corporation
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Henry R. Kravis
Financier and Investor
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B.B. King
King of the Blues
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George Lucas
Creator of Star Wars
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Lord Martin Rees
Astronomer Royal
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William J. Clinton
42nd President of the United States
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Sylvia Earle, Ph.D.
Undersea Explorer
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Lee R. Berger, Ph.D.
Cradle of Humankind
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Edward O. Wilson, Ph.D.
Father of Sociobiology
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Johnny Mathis
Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement
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Philip C. Johnson
Dean of American Architects
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James Earl Jones
Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement
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Martha Stewart
Multimedia Lifestyle Entrepreneur
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Napoleon
Vincent Cronin
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Stephen A. Schwarzman
Chairman and CEO of The Blackstone Group
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Benjamin S. Carson, M.D.
Pediatric Neurosurgeon and Public Servant
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2022 Summit
54th International Achievement Summit - Washington, D.C. -
Svetlana Alexievich
Nobel Prize In Literature
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Lynn Nottage
Two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama
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2012 Summit
50th Annual International Achievement Summit - Washington, D.C. -
Amy Tan
Bestselling Novelist
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Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Human Genome Research
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Cal Ripken Jr.
Baseball Hall of Fame
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Gore Vidal
National Book Award
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Bob Woodward
Investigative Journalist
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Itzhak Perlman
Virtuoso of the Violin
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Benjamin C. Bradlee
The Washington Post
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Robert D. Ballard, Ph.D.
Discoverer of the Titanic
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James Cameron
Film Futurist
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Admiral James B. Stockdale, USN
Medal of Honor
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J. Carter Brown
Director Emeritus, National Gallery of Art
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2010 Summit
49th Annual Achievement Summit - Washington, D.C. -
Suzanne Farrell
Ballerina Extraordinaire
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Coretta Scott King
Pioneer of Civil Rights
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John Hume
Nobel Prize for Peace
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Carlos Fuentes
Author, Scholar and Diplomat
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Ralph Nader
Consumer Crusader
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Harold Prince
Broadway Producer and Director
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Jeremy Irons
Stage and Screen Actor
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Reveille in Washington
Margaret Leech
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Lord David Trimble
Nobel Prize for Peace
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Twyla Tharp
Dancer and Choreographer
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Norman Mailer
National Book Award for Lifetime Achievement
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Frederick W. Smith
Founder and Chairman, FedEx Corporation
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A Study of History
Arnold J. Toynbee
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Sir Peter Jackson
Oscar for Best Director
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General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA
Congressional Gold Medal
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2008 Summit
47th Annual International Achievement Summit - Kailua-Kona, Hawaii -
Glenn T. Seaborg, Ph.D.
Discoverer of Plutonium
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Thomas Keller
Culinary Impresario
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John C. Mather, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Physics
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Yogi Berra
Baseball Hall of Fame
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Dame Olivia de Havilland
Two Oscars for Best Actress
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General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., USAF
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Johnny Cash
Country Music Legend
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Milton Friedman, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Economics
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2024 Summit
55th Banquet of the Golden Plate awards ceremonies - Washington, D.C. and New York City -
Lord Norman Foster
Architecture Gold Medal
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Ray Dalio
Hedge Fund Master
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Sonny Rollins
Saxophone Colossus
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2017 Summit
52nd International Achievement Summit - London and Oxfordshire -
Gertrude B. Elion, M.Sc.
Nobel Prize in Medicine
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Paul Farmer, M.D.
Global Health Crusader
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Peter Gabriel
Singer, Songwriter and Humanitarian
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Tom Wolfe
America's Master Novelist
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Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D.
Founder of SiriusXM and United Therapeutics
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Herschel Walker
College Football Hall of Fame
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Leymah Gbowee
Nobel Prize for Peace
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Dereck Joubert
Filmmaker and Conservationist
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Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States
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2003 Summit
42nd Annual International Achievement Summit - Washington, D.C. -
Rosa Parks
Pioneer of Civil Rights
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General Colin L. Powell, USA
Congressional Gold Medal
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Antonio Villaraigosa
Civic Leadership
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Paul B. MacCready, Ph.D.
Engineer of the Century
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Barry Scheck
The Innocence Project
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Julius Erving
Basketball Hall of Fame
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Sir Demis Hassabis
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber
Musical Theatre Composer
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Ehud Barak
Former Prime Minister of Israel
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Admiral Alan B. Shepard, Jr., USN
First American in Space
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Henry A. Kissinger, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize for Peace
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Reinhold Messner
Greatest Mountaineer on Earth
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2009 Summit
48th Annual International Achievement Summit - South Africa -
Robert S. Langer, Sc.D.
Biomedical Engineering
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Donald C. Johanson, Ph.D.
Discoverer of Lucy
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General Chuck Yeager, USAF
First Man to Break the Sound Barrier
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Khaled Hosseini, M.D.
Novelist and Activist
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George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States
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Sir Roger Bannister
Track and Field Legend
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Jeffrey P. Bezos
Founder and Executive Chairman, Amazon.com
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Simone Biles
Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist
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Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
Immunology and Global Health
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Paul Kagame
President of the Republic of Rwanda
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2006 Summit
45th Annual International Achievement Summit - Los Angeles -
David Doubilet
Pioneer of Underwater Photography
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Frank O. Gehry
Architecture Gold Medal
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Stephen Sondheim
Composer and Lyricist
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2014 Summit
51st International Achievement Summit - San Francisco -
Anthony M. Kennedy
Retired Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
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Aretha Franklin
The Queen of Soul
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Lauryn Hill
Singer, Songwriter and Rapper
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Edward Teller, Ph.D.
Father of the Hydrogen Bomb
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2019 Summit
53rd International Achievement Summit - New York City -
Francis Ford Coppola
Filmmaker, Producer and Screenwriter
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Mike Krzyzewski
Collegiate Basketball Champion
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Peyton Manning
Super Bowl Champion Quarterback
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Charles H. Townes, Ph.D.
Inventor of the Maser and Laser
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Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox
James MacGregor Burns
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Carlos Slim Helú
Financier and Philanthropist
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Jimmy Page
Guitarist and Founder of Led Zeppelin
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Arabian Nights
Sir Richard Burton
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Dame Julie Andrews
Stage and Screen Actress
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Jessye Norman
Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement
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Story Musgrave, M.D.
Dean of American Astronauts
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Beverly Joubert
Filmmaker and Conservationist
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Nicholas D. Kristof
Journalist, Author and Columnist
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John Wooden
Basketball's Coaching Legend
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Reid Hoffman
Internet Entrepreneur
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X and Alex Haley
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The Sound and the Fury
William Faulkner
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Beloved Opera Singer
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2007 Summit
46th Annual International Achievement Summit - Washington, D.C. -
Sally K. Ride, Ph.D.
First American Woman in Space
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Carol Burnett
Television Hall of Fame
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Whoopi Goldberg
Actress and Activist
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Wole Soyinka
Nobel Prize in Literature
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John Irving
National Book Award
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Oliver Sacks, M.D.
Neurologist and Author
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Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director, ACLU
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Clyde Tombaugh
Discoverer of the Planet Pluto
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Nobel Prize for Peace
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Frank McCourt
Pulitzer Prize for Biography
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Daniel K. Inouye
War Hero and Statesman
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Susan Butcher
Champion Sled-Dog Racer
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Denton A. Cooley, M.D.
Pioneer of Heart Transplants
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Alice Waters
Food Revolutionary
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Chuck Jones
Animation Pioneer
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Sir Kazuo Ishiguro
Nobel Prize in Literature
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Louise Glück
Nobel Prize in Literature
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Jennifer A. Doudna, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Linus C. Pauling, Ph.D.
Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Peace
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Lech Walesa
Nobel Prize for Peace
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Andrew Weil, M.D.
Father of Integrative Medicine
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Norman E. Borlaug, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize for Peace
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James Rosenquist
Pop Art Pioneer
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Mohamed ElBaradei
Nobel Prize for Peace
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Lt. Michael E. Thornton, USN
Medal of Honor
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Sally Field
Two Oscars for Best Actress
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N. Scott Momaday, Ph.D.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
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Joyce Carol Oates
National Book Award
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
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Audra McDonald
Six Tony Awards
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Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Ph.D.
Father of Artificial Organs
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Carol W. Greider, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Medicine
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Elizabeth Blackburn, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Medicine
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Lynsey Addario
Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist
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Rita Dove
Former Poet Laureate of the United States
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Dame Jane Goodall
Primatologist and Anthropologist
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Edward Albee
Three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Father of the World Wide Web
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Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Frederick Sanger, Ph.D.
Two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry
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Pierre Omidyar
Founder of eBay
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General David H. Petraeus, USA
Military Strategist
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Ron Dennis
Founder, McLaren Technology Group
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Frances H. Arnold, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Wayne Thiebaud
Painter and Teacher
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Peggy Noonan
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
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William H. Gates III
Co-founder, Microsoft Corporation
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Michael S. Dell
Founder and Chairman, Dell Inc.
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Joan Didion
Novelist and Essayist
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Leon Panetta
Political Leadership
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Wendy Kopp
Founder, Teach for America
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Leon Lederman, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Physics
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Richard E. Leakey
Paleoanthropologist and Conservationist
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Esperanza Spalding
Jazz Phenomenon
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Mario J. Molina, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Carole King
Singer and Songwriter
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The Two-Ocean War
Samuel Eliot Morison
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Admiral William H. McRaven, USN
Global War on Terrorism
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All the King’s Men
Robert Penn Warren
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George B. Schaller, Ph.D.
Wildlife Biologist and Conservationist
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Sir John Gurdon
Nobel Prize in Medicine
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Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Medicine
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Katalin Karikó, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Medicine
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2004 Summit
43rd Annual International Achievement Summit - Chicago -
Leslie H. Wexner
Retailing and Fashion
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Moby-Dick, or The Whale
Herman Melville
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Marvin Minsky, Ph.D.
Father of Artificial Intelligence
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James D. Watson, Ph.D.
Discoverer of the DNA Molecule
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Michael E. DeBakey, M.D.
Father of Modern Cardiovascular Surgery
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Sergey Brin
Co-founder of Google Inc.
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Jonas Salk, M.D.
Developer of the Polio Vaccine
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Louis Ignarro, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Medicine
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Lt. Thomas R. Norris, USN
Medal of Honor
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Hilary Swank
Two Oscars for Best Actress
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Nobel Prize for Peace
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Tony Fadell
iPod Mastermind and Founder of Nest
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Gustavo Dudamel
Maestro of the Music World
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Larry Page
Co-founder of Google Inc.
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W. S. Merwin
Former Poet Laureate of the United States
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2005 Summit
44th Annual International Achievement Summit - New York City -
2002 Summit
41st International Achievement Summit - Dublin, Ireland -
Manchild in the Promised Land
Claude Brown
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Sir Michael Caine
British Film Icon
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Sonia Sotomayor
Justice, Supreme Court of the United States