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26th Annual Awards Dinner

Note: This is a past event, additional resources may be available below.

Thu Nov 5, 2009
New York, NY

Date

Thu Nov 5, 2009
2:00pm – 5:30pm EST

Location

New York, NY, United States
The Plaza Hotel

Contact

    [email protected]
    202.736.3850

Hosts

At the 2009 Aspen Awards Dinner, the Institute honored Jeffrey P. Bezos, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Amazon.com, who received the Henry Crown Leadership Award, and Judith Rodin, President of Rockefeller Foundation, who received the Aspen Institute Public Service Award. Charlie Rose, Anchor and Executive Editor of Charlie Rose, lead a discussion with the two honorees.

Additionally, Anne Welsh McNulty awarded the second annual John P. McNulty Prize to Patrick Awuah, for his project Ashesi University. The award is given each year to an extraordinary young leader from the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Jeffrey P. Bezos

Jeffrey Bezos

Judith Rodin

Judith Rodin

Aspen Awards Dinner 2009 - Henry Kissinger and Walter Isaacson[/flickr_embed]

All photos: MAX RAPP/patrickmcmullan.com

At the 2009 Aspen Awards Dinner, the Institute honored Jeffrey P. Bezos, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Amazon.com, who received the Henry Crown Leadership Award, and Judith Rodin, President of Rockefeller Foundation, who received the Aspen Institute Public Service Award. Charlie Rose, Anchor and Executive Editor of Charlie Rose, lead a discussion with the two honorees.