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24th Annual Summer Celebration Dinner

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

Sat Aug 5, 2017
Aspen, CO

Date

Sat Aug 5, 2017
1:00pm – 5:00pm EDT

Location

Aspen, CO
Aspen Meadows Campus
Doerr-Hosier Center

Contact

    [email protected]
    202.721.5590

Hosts

Noted trial lawyer David Boies, Chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson, Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, faced off in 2000 in Bush v. Gore. In 2009, they came together as co-counsel to overturn Proposition 8 in Perry v. Brown, seeing gay marriage not as a liberal or conservative issue but one of basic human rights. The Aspen Institute is pleased to honor them at the 24th annual Summer Celebration with our Public Service Award in recognition of their significant contributions to American jurisprudence and their work to find common ground across both sides of the aisle.

This benefit, chaired by Diane Morris, will begin with a public conversation at 5:00 pm at Paepcke Auditorium featuring David and Ted and moderated by Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson, followed by a reception and dinner at 6:30 pm at the Doerr-Hosier Center.

Photo Credit: Riccardo Savi/Leigh Vogel

About the Aspen Institute Public Service Award:

This special award is bestowed upon individuals who professionally and personally exemplify the fundamental values of democracy. Recipients have a record of coalition building and are a strong representative of the timeless ideals of tolerance, justice, and respect for open-minded dialogue.

If you have any questions, please contact Natasha Little at (202) 736-3503. If you are unable to attend the dinner, but would like to support this important event, please make your gift here. 

Noted trial lawyer David Boies, Chairman of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and former Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson, Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, faced off in 2000 in Bush v. Gore. In 2009, they came together as co-counsel to overturn Proposition 8 in Perry v. Brown, seeing gay marriage not as a liberal or conservative issue but one of basic human rights. The Aspen Institute is pleased to honor them at the 24th annual Summer Celebration with our Public Service Award in recognition of their significant contributions to American jurisprudence and their work to find common ground across both sides of the aisle.

This benefit, chaired by Diane Morris, will begin with a public conversation at 5:00 pm at Paepcke Auditorium featuring David and Ted and moderated by Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson, followed by a reception and dinner at 6:30 pm at the Doerr-Hosier Center.

Photo Credit: Riccardo Savi/Leigh Vogel

About the Aspen Institute Public Service Award:

This special award is bestowed upon individuals who professionally and personally exemplify the fundamental values of democracy. Recipients have a record of coalition building and are a strong representative of the timeless ideals of tolerance, justice, and respect for open-minded dialogue.

If you have any questions, please contact Natasha Little at (202) 736-3503. If you are unable to attend the dinner, but would like to support this important event, please make your gift here.