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O n May 4, 2014, President Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, honored former President George H. W. Bush with the prestigious John F. Kennedy Profile
in Courage Award™ in recognition of the political courage he demonstrated when he agreed to a 1990 budget compromise that reversed his 1988 campaign pledge not to raise taxes and put his reelection prospects at risk. Bush’s granddaughter, Lauren Bush Lauren, accepted the award on behalf of the former President.
Paul W. Bridges, former mayor of Uvalda, Georgia, was also honored for risking his mayoral career with his decision to publicly oppose a controversial immigration law in Georgia.
“We celebrate courage today, in a moment of profound change and challenge, in a world gripped by partisan gridlock
and inaction,” said Schlossberg, a member of the Profile in Courage Committee.
Upon accepting the Profile in Courage Award on behalf of her grandfather, Bush Lauren remarked, “Candidly speaking, my grandfather didn’t want to raise taxes in 1990….but he felt he owed the American people action and results.”
In his moving acceptance speech, Bridges urged action on immigration reform, saying, “My state will not allow undocu-mented students to attend select universities… Now the talk is to not issue birth certificates to babies born to undocumented parents. How can what I just said not jolt your conscience?”
Former President George H. W. Bush and Georgia Mayor Paul Bridges Honored with JFK Profile in Courage Award
Ed Schlossberg, Rose Schlossberg, Jack Schlossberg, Lauren Bush Lauren, and Mayor Paul Bridges.
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JOHN F. KENNEDY
LIBRARY FOUNDATION
2014
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“Candidly speaking, my grandfather didn’t want
to raise taxes in 1990….but he felt he owed the
American people action and results.”
–LAUREN BUSH LAUREN
“My state will not allow undocumented students
to attend select universities… Now the talk is
to not issue birth certificates to babies born to
undocumented parents. How can what I just
said not jolt your conscience?” –PAUL BRIDGES
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New Frontier Award
May Dinner
IT IS A TRUE PRIVILEGE to be asked to lead the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation at this pivotal moment in its history.
Each day here at our nation’s memorial to President Kennedy, it is remarkable to witness the magnitude of the impact President Kennedy had on our world. Today, Americans still give John F. Kennedy the highest approval rating of any President since World War II even though only twenty percent of Americans today have any living memory of him.
After three years of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy presidency, which captured the imagination of countless Americans and people around the world, we are now poised to expand our horizons. Our goals in this next chapter for the institution are to expand President Kennedy’s legacy to new audiences both here at this magnificent building through improvements to our museum experience, and online through our website and other new technologies to reach people throughout the world.
In the spirit of President Kennedy and his call for innovation, we are actively seeking creative ways to use new technology to connect his legacy
to today’s issues. Our @JFKsaid Twitter feed inserts President Kennedy’s words into contemporary conversations; our soon-to-be-launched iPad app turns kids into NASA and Peace Corps trainees; and plans to infuse our museum with new digital capabilities will create unprecedented opportunity for storytelling, perspective, and engagement.
We are also expanding our horizons to interna-
tional audiences. In March 2015, we are planning an exhibit and symposium on the life and legacy of President Kennedy in Tokyo. And preparation has begun for events to celebrate the centennial of
President Kennedy’s birth in 2017, which we hope will reach audiences around the world.
As President Kennedy did so powerfully, we are also eager to connect younger audiences to his legacy. Our New Frontier Network of young supporters is living the legacy by taking on new service projects in Boston and beyond; through social media, we are inviting the world to help populate data in our digital archives; and live webcasts of our forums provide direct access to discussions on the important issues of our time—the responsibility of government, the ongoing struggle for civil rights, the promotion of open debate, and the search for international peace and security.
I hope you will take some time this year to rediscover—or discover for the first time—the Kennedy Library and its treasures, either by visiting us here in person or connecting with us online at www.jfklibrary.org.
Heather CampionChief Executive Officer
Kennedy Library Foundation
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WHAT’S INSIDENew Frontier Network members Terrence Burke and Julie Ryder Lammers, Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Boston Dan Koh, Heather Campion, and Red Sox President Larry Lucchino at the New Frontier Network’s night at Fenway Park.
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Just in time for Summer 2014, the JFK Library opened a special display capturing the Kennedy family’s summers on Cape Cod. Throughout
his Presidency, Hyannis Port was the emotional center of President Kennedy’s family life. During the summers, he would escape the pressures of the office for weekend getaways. Those weekends were taken up with swimming, sunning, sailing, golf, and most importantly, family time.
The centerpiece of this special summer display features the golf cart that President Kennedy used on Cape Cod for joyrides with his children and was famously featured on the cover of LOOK Magazine in January 1962. Other items include John Jr.’s toy sail-boat, a state gift from the President of Italy which JFK and his children played with on Nantucket Sound; one of the President’s golf clubs with a box of his personalized golf balls; hand-carved wooden birds indigenous to the Cape that were gifts to JFK from Jacqueline Kennedy; and iconic photographs.
Complementing the display is archival footage of the Kennedy family at Hyannis Port, filmed by White House Photographer Cecil Stoughton, showing lunchtime cruises on the presidential yacht, President and Mrs. Kennedy swimming, sailing, relaxing, and playing with their children. The golf cart will be on view through November 12, 2014, and the display will be open through December 2014.
President Kennedy drives the golf cart filled with children in Hyannis Port, September 3, 1963.
A toy sailboat gifted to John F. Kennedy Jr. from Italian President Antonio Segni.
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New at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Rare Artwork for “Superman’s Mission for President Kennedy” Now on Display
THIS SPRING, the JFK Library unveiled a
special new display of rare Superman art-
work created by legendary comic book artist
Al Plastino featuring President Kennedy. The
story was written in collaboration with the
Kennedy White House in an effort to pro-
mote the President’s initiative encouraging
physical fitness. The never-before-displayed
original artwork will be on display in the
Library’s museum through Spring 2015.
In 1963, the Kennedy White House partnered
with the leading comic book company of the
day, DC Comics, the publisher of Superman,
to create a story that would promote the
President’s Council on Physical Fitness.
A hallmark of the Kennedy Administration,
the Council established physical fitness
curriculum for the country and initiated a
national publicity campaign on the topic.
In “Superman’s Mission for President
Kennedy” JFK calls upon Superman to
help inspire the nation to exercise, eat
better, and get stronger.
President Kennedy’s Council on Physical
Fitness hasn’t been the only presidential
initiative to focus on physical fitness. In April,
First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move!
team collaborated with the JFK Library on a
special blog post explaining how President
Kennedy’s physical fitness program was a
precursor to Mrs. Obama’s campaign to
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Display Captures JFK’s Summers on Cape Cod JFK’s Golf Cart and Special Summertime Film Footage on Display for the First Time
After a 17-and-a-half-year career at the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Tom McNaught retired on February 26, 2014.
On Tuesday, February 25th, McNaught’s friends and family members gathered at the JFK Library to honor his service to the institution. McNaught is credited with spear-heading the JFK50 Campaign, overseeing the groundbreaking digital archives initiative, serving as an advocate for the New Frontier and Profiles in Courage Awards, and guiding many other successful projects.
During the event, messages of friendship and appreciation were read aloud from several people who weren’t able to attend, including Caroline Kennedy, United States Ambassador to Japan; Vicki Kennedy, president of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute; Chuck Daly, trusted advisor to President John. F. Kennedy; and President Barack Obama.
In her letter to McNaught, Ambassador Kennedy recognized his “most passionate commitment to President Kennedy’s ideals.” Later, she wrote, “You have been a wonderful friend and collaborator, listener and teacher.”
In a signed letter to McNaught, President Obama wrote, “You have played an important role in inspiring others to carry on [President Kennedy’s] work of forging a world that is more equal and just for all.”
Remarks were made by former Kennedy Library Foundation Chairman Paul G. Kirk, Jr., Foundation Chairman Kenneth R. Feinberg, JFK Library Director Tom Putnam, and Foundation Board Member Gerard F. Doherty. Senator Kirk honored McNaught’s tenure saying, “You enlisted to serve a cause larger than yourself, a cause that was important to history and to society and that you believed in deeply.”
Also present were historian David McCullough and his wife Rosalee, Irish Consul General Breandán Ó Caollaí, and McNaught’s husband, Boston Globe writer Matthew Gilbert.
McNaught was first hired as the Communications Director and rose up the ranks to become Deputy Director of the Kennedy Library Foundation. In 2011, Caroline Kennedy and Ken Feinberg asked McNaught to serve as Executive Director of the Foundation.
“What an incredible gift it has been to arrive every morning at this magnificent I.M. Pei–designed memorial on Boston’s waterfront with such a noble mission of preserving and promoting the ideals and legacy of President John F. Kennedy,” McNaught said. He thanked the Kennedy family, the Kennedy Library Foundation Board of Directors, his husband and family, and his staff for their friendship and hard work over the years.
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Tom McNaught Leaves Foundation Stronger
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Caroline Kennedy and Tom McNaught.
Tom McNaught and Chief Justice Margaret Marshall.
Senator Paul Kirk Jr. and Tom McNaught.
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Heather Campion Named CEO of Kennedy Library Foundation
On January 28, Ken Feinberg, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the John
F. Kennedy Library Foundation, announced the selection of Heather P. Campion as the new Chief Executive Officer of the organization. Campion is a dynamic leader in the business, academic, and philanthropic communities with deep roots in national politics, including service on the White House staff of President Jimmy Carter. She began her new role as CEO of the Foundation on March 3, 2014.
Campion is charged with imple-menting a bold new long-range plan for the Foundation that was developed following the dramatic success of celebrations surrounding the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Presidency.
“I am thrilled and honored that Heather Campion will serve as the next Chief Executive Officer of the Kennedy Library Foundation,” said Caroline Kennedy, honorary president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. “We are fortunate to be gaining a leader with Heather’s energy, vision, and commitment to excellence as it seeks to inspire new generations to public service.”
“After fifty years, President Kennedy’s sheer optimism and confidence in our ability as Americans to achieve great things—to go to the moon, deter nuclear war, promote peace and understanding through service in a Peace Corps— is an enduring inspiration in our country and throughout the world,” said Campion. “The JFK Library is a national treasure—an architectural masterpiece, and a repository of our nation’s heritage. With the support of the Kennedy family, an outstanding Board of Directors, and a talented
and dedicated staff, it will be a joy and a privilege to help carry President Kennedy’s legacy forward to a new era.”
Campion has a diverse background with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, and higher education. For nearly two decades, from 1981–1998, Campion held key adminis-trative positions at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, helping to build the School’s Center for Business and Government, serving as the School’s Director of Public Liaison, and later as Director of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum and Associate Director of the Institute of Politics. Campion also has substantial experi-
ence in financial services, having served from 1998–2007 on the Executive Management Committee as EVP for Corporate Affairs at Citizens Financial Group, then one of the top ten commercial bank holding companies in the United States. More recently, she served as Chief Administrative Officer of
Northeast Bancorp, and led the development of its successful direct online savings division, ableBanking. Campion began her career in government and national politics, serving on the White House staff in the Speechwriting Office, and the Office of Public Liaison during the Carter Administration. She also held senior positions on the 1984 Mondale and 1988 Dukakis presidential campaigns. She and her husband, Chuck Campion, co-founder and Chairman of Dewey Square Group, have two children and reside in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Heather Campion, CEO of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
Caroline Kennedy and Heather Campion.
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“After fifty years, President Kennedy’s sheer
optimism and confidence in our ability as
Americans to achieve great things—to go
to the moon, deter nuclear war, promote
peace and understanding through service
in a Peace Corps—is an enduring inspiration
in our country and throughout the world.”
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Kennedy Library Leads the Nation in Remembering November 22, 1963
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James Taylor and his wife, Caroline, perform with the U.S. Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club.
On November 22, 2013, the Kennedy Library joined the country in remembering the life and legacy
of President John F. Kennedy. The Library’s observances included a musical tribute featuring award-
winning singer-songwriter James Taylor that was broadcast live online and on television, and a special
museum exhibit of artifacts from the President’s State Funeral.
In a statement announcing the Library’s plans for November 22, Library Director Tom Putnam said, “The Kennedy Library seeks to honor the memory of
John F. Kennedy every day by serving as a dynamic center
for discourse, storytelling, and debate that inspires younger
generations to engage fully as citizens of this world. Fifty years
after his death, we pause to look back at symbolic artifacts
from this defining moment in our nation’s history and, looking
forward, we hope to draw inspiration from the arts that he
championed and from JFK’s timeless words.”
MUSICAL TRIBUTE
Held in the Library’s glass pavilion, “A Nation Remembers,
A Tribute to President John F. Kennedy” featured musical
performances, readings of excerpts of the 35th President’s most
memorable speeches, and a moment of silence at 2:00 p.m. ET
commemorating the moment the President’s death was
announced to the nation.
Musical selections, including two from the President’s State
Funeral, were performed by James Taylor; award-winning
saxophonist Paul Winter and the Paul Winter Sextext, which
Museum Exhibit Captures a Nation in MourningTHE MUSEUM AT THE JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY PRESENTED a selection of artifacts from
the President’s State Funeral to pay tribute
to the memory of John F. Kennedy and
to the people who mourned him.
Items on display—many for the first
time—included the American flag that
draped the President’s coffin and was
presented to Jacqueline Kennedy; the
saddle, sword, and boots from Black
Jack, the riderless horse that followed
the President’s horse-drawn coffin in the
funeral cortege; the green beret left by a
serviceman on the President’s gravesite;
notes handwritten by Jacqueline Kennedy
as she planned the funeral; and historic
film footage and photographs of the
State Funeral and the nation in mourning.
Several thousand people visited the
Kennedy Library the weekend of
November 22, 2013, taking part in the
observances and signing museum-visitor
guest books. The books are now part of
the Library’s permanent collection.
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The saddle, sword, and boots from Black Jack, the riderless horse that followed the President’s horse-drawn coffin in the funeral cortege on November 22, 1963.
Astronaut Chris Cassidy reads President Kennedy’s address on space.
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was invited by Jacqueline Kennedy to be the first jazz ensemble ever to play at the White House; and the U.S. Naval Academy Women’s Glee Club.
Excerpts from some of President Kennedy’s most beloved speeches were read by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick; Elaine Jones, director-counsel emeritus of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and former Peace Corps volunteer to Turkey; U.S. Naval Commander, Navy SEAL, and NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, who just returned from six months on the International Space Station; Richard Blanco, poet for the 2013 U.S. presidential inauguration; and Sarah Groustra, an 8th-grade student from the Edward Devotion School in Brookline, Massachusetts that John F. Kennedy attended as a child.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Government of Algiers, Optum, JFK Library Foundation Board Member Joanne Lau, and JFK Library Foundation Board Member William Swanson and his wife Cheryl for sponsoring the Nation Remembers exhibit and events.
A video of the tribute can be viewed on the Library’s website—www.jfklibrary.org.
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JFK50 Campaign Surpasses Goal—Donors Contribute to Promote JFK Legacy
As the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation’s 50th anniversary celebration of the Kennedy Presidency
culminated with a moving musical tribute on November 22, 2013, the campaign that made it all possible drew to a close as well. Many donors and benefactors contributed to the highly successful JFK50 Campaign, which raised more than $10 million to fund 50th-anniversary initiatives and events.
Lead donor David M. Rubenstein, chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and co-founder and co-chief executive officer of The Carlyle Group in Washington D.C., pledged $2.25 million to the campaign to enhance the museum experience for all users, particularly those who were too young to experience the Kennedy Presidency firsthand.
“Fifty years have passed since my father sparked an era of progress, innovation, and inspiration based on excellence,” said Caroline Kennedy, honorary president of the Kennedy Library Foundation. “We are enormously grateful for the generosity of so many who have enabled us to share President Kennedy’s ideals and legacy, and inspire a new generation to participate in shaping its future.”
Through the support of the JFK50 Campaign, the Kennedy Library launched the nation’s largest and most sophisticated online digitized presidential archive; introduced a cutting-edge website that has served over 7 million visitors since 2011; expanded the Library’s educational outreach online and on-site; and sponsored national programming on civil rights, public service, and responsible citizenship.
Planning for the JFK50 anniversary celebration began in 2007 and was spearheaded by Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Edwin Schlossberg, who conceived the elements of the national celebration and solicited the support of individuals and corporations to help underwrite the development of the campaign. He was joined on the planning committee by Caroline Kennedy; David Rubenstein; Kenneth M. Duberstein, former Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan, Vice Chairman of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, and a member of Harvard University’s Institute of Politics Senior Advisory Committee; and Kenneth R. Feinberg, Board Chairman of the Kennedy Library Foundation.
Supporters at the leadership level will be honored by name on a permanent wall at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. A full listing of JFK50 Campaign donors is included in this newsletter.
JFK50 celebrations began on January 20, 2011 in the Capitol Rotunda, where Caroline Kennedy marked the 50th anniversary of her father’s inauguration with Vice President Biden and members of Congress.
Comedian Jimmy Fallon recorded a series of PSAs highlighting President Kennedy’s inaugural message.
One of the major accomplishments of the JFK50 Campaign— JFK50.org—an award-winning interactive website that introduced young people to JFK’s legacy.
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Comedian Jimmy Fallon recorded a series of PSAs highlighting President Kennedy’s inaugural message.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has announced a plan to make notable technology and design upgrades to the museum exhibits. The
project will include overhauling and adding to the existing museum technology infrastructure, creating an immersive, interactive experience that will engage new audiences in learning about John F. Kennedy, his era, and his administra-tion in fresh and dynamic ways. More than half of a $2.25 million gift from David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chief executive officer of The Carlyle Group, given in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Presidency, will be used to help fund the project.
“Our goal with this museum upgrade is to reflect the spirit of innovation that was a hallmark of President Kennedy’s administration to ignite the imagination of the thousands of people who visit the Library each year,” said Kenneth R. Feinberg, chairman of the Kennedy Library Foundation. “I am particularly grateful to David Rubenstein for helping the Library Foundation ensure that this important work will be completed in the museum.”
“I am pleased to help the JFK Library as it enhances access to its collections, and hope a byproduct of the effort will be greater public knowledge by future generations about the man who inspired so many in my generation to enter public service,” said Rubenstein, who serves as chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The addition of new technology to the museum will provide the platform to showcase recently restored and digitized audio-visual material from the Library’s archives. Footage documenting the most historic moments of the Kennedy Administration
are being restored or digitally enhanced through an in-kind gift from Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, a preeminent Hollywood film company that specializes in the preservation, digitization, and metadata cataloguing of film footage. Life-sized projections of some of this footage, along with documents, audio, and video from the Library’s extensive digital archives, will give visitors a “you are there” experience.
Renovations will also be made inside the museum’s per-manent galleries, including the areas that tell the story of the 1960 presidential campaign, the inaugural address, President Kennedy’s press conferences and speeches, and November 22, 1963. Updates to lighting, materials, and finishes throughout the galleries will serve to complement the enhancements and enliven the museum experience.
JFK Library to Update and Enhance MuseumGift from philanthropist David Rubenstein will help fund project
The interior of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Bingham Chairman Jay Zimmerman, Jason Collins, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Bingham partner Thurgood Marshall Jr., John Yang, Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, and Raytheon CEO William H. Swanson.
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Final JFK50: Justice for All Event Held in San Francisco
ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2013, the Kennedy Library Foundation and global law firm Bingham McCutchen LLP joined together at the San Francisco Jazz Center in San Francisco to host a panel discussion, “Leading with Diversity in a Global Economy.” The event was the third and final event in the JFK50: Justice for All series of forums underscoring the importance of diversity in the workplace.
The San Francisco program was hosted by Jay Zimmerman, Chairman of Bingham and moderated by John Yang, a Peabody Award-winning correspondent with NBC News. Panelists included former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, NBA player and Stanford All-America Jason Collins, Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Raytheon Chairman and CEO William H. Swanson, and Bingham partner Thurgood Marshall Jr.
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In May, the New Frontier Network, the Kennedy Library Foundation’s initiative to engage the next generation, partici-
pated in its first community service project. Dozens of New Frontier Network members volunteered with the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund in planting over 37,000 American flags on the Boston Common to mark Memorial Day. The flag garden repre-sented the Massachusetts service men and women who have lost their lives defending our country since the Revolutionary War.
This new service component to the New Frontier Network provides opportunities for members to put President Kennedy’s call to service into action, and is the first of many the group has planned.
Over the past year, the group hosted a range of creative events including a Boston Harbor cruise on President Kennedy’s yacht, the Honey Fitz; a night at the Boston Pops with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick; a holiday party featuring materials from the Library’s archives; and a behind-the-scenes look at the Hemingway Collection.
Led by Honorary Chair Conan O’Brien, members of the New Frontier Network provide a vital source of energy, leadership, and critical funds to support the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, all while participating in dynamic programming and events.
To learn more about membership in the New Frontier Network, contact Sara Kanawati Stephany at 617-514-1673 or [email protected].
New Frontier Network Hosts Dynamic Events, Launches Service Projects
New Frontier Network members plant flags alongside the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund on the Boston Common.
New Frontier Network members enjoy an after-hours gallery talk highlighting the temporary display Superman’s Mission for President Kennedy.
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NFN Chairman Conan O’Brien spends time with New Frontier Network members at the 2014 May Dinner.
On November 25, 2013, Jack Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s
grandson, presented the tenth annual John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards to Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), one of the first two female combat veterans to serve in the U.S. Congress and an emerging leader on veterans’ issues, and Charles Best, Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, a pioneering online charity that connects individual donors with public school teachers to meet classroom teaching needs.
“President Kennedy once said, ‘Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.’ And in Tulsi Gabbard and Charles Best, we have two shining examples of leaders whose efforts and courage guide us in the right direction as we take on the challenge of responsibility for our nation and our world,” said Schlossberg, a member of the New Frontier Award Committee.
The John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards were created by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and Harvard University’s Institute of Politics to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service.
One of the New Frontier Awards, the Fenn Award, honors an elected official whose work demonstrates the importance of elective service as a way to address a public challenge or challenges. The other New Frontier Award honors an individual whose contributions in the realm of community service, advocacy, or grassroots activism have had a positive impact on a broad public policy issue or challenge.
TULSI GABBARD, U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (D-HAWAII) FENN AWARD RECIPIENTTulsi Gabbard is one of the first two female combat veterans to serve as members of the U.S. Congress. An advocate for environmental policy, Gabbard first ran for the Hawaii state legislature in 2002, where at 21 she became the youngest person ever to serve in that body. In 2003, she joined
the Hawaii National Guard, and a year later, she voluntarily deployed to Iraq,
eventually serving two tours of combat duty in the Middle East. She was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and she continues to serve as a Captain in the Hawaii National Guard’s 29th Brigade Combat Team. In 2012, Gabbard was elected to the U.S. Congress, where she has emerged as a leader on veterans’ issues and a voice for a younger generation of solutions-oriented political leaders. The first piece of legislation she introduced in the House, the Helping Heroes Fly Act, which streamlines airport security screenings for injured and disabled veterans, was enacted with bipartisan support.
CHARLES BEST, FOUNDER AND CEO, DONORSCHOOSE.ORGCharles Best is Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, an online charity that enables individuals to provide direct sup-port to teachers and students in public schools. Best founded DonorsChoose.org at Wings Academy, a public high school in the Bronx, where he taught social studies for five years. DonorsChoose.org enables public school teachers to post and publicize classroom projects, and individuals to donate directly to the projects of their choice. Today, teachers at half of all the public schools in the United States have created projects on DonorsChoose.org, and more than a million people have given a total of $200 million worth of books, art supplies, field trips, technology, and other resources directly to teachers and their students. DonorsChoose.org has enabled “citizen philanthropists” to help more than 10 million students in all, primarily students from low-income families. DonorsChoose.org was named by Fast Company as one of the “50 Most Innovative Companies in the World,” the first time a charity has received such recognition.
Hawaii Congresswoman and Education-Funding Pioneer Honored with New Frontier Awards
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard accepts the 2013 New Frontier Award from Jack Schlossberg.
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Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, Charles Best.
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M ore than 400 guests gathered at the JFK Library on May 4, 2014 for the Kennedy Library Foundation’s 26th Annual May Dinner to celebrate the life and legacy
of President Kennedy and raise critical funds for the institution. This year’s event, chaired by Robert Epstein, CEO/President of Horizon Beverage Group, successfully raised $2 million in unre-stricted support for the Library’s education and public programs.
The outpouring of support was led by Legacy Laureates Richard K. and Nancy L. Donahue, Robert Epstein, Feinberg Rozen LLP, Clive F. Palmer, and Raytheon Company. Kennedy Library Foundation Board Member Conan O’Brien served as emcee for the evening, mixing his signature comedy with personal reflections about the importance of President Kennedy in his own life. And President Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, introduced Profile in Courage Award honorees Mayor Paul Bridges, Former Mayor of Uvalda, Georgia, and President George H. W. Bush, who was represented by his granddaughter, Lauren Bush Lauren.
As a special surprise for this year’s guests, the Library displayed President Kennedy’s recently restored golf cart during the event. Kennedy family members shared fond memories of their time with the President when the golf cart served as their primary mode of transportation during vacations on Cape Cod.
For more information about this year’s event, or if you wish to participate in 2015, please contact Maura Hammer at [email protected].
Celebrating JFK’s Legacy: $2M Raised for The May Dinner
Mary Reed, Gail Kirk, and Shari Redstone.
Left, Kathleen O’Connell and Ted Hoff.
Kennedy Library Foundation Chairman Ken Feinberg, 2014 May Dinner Chair Robert Epstein, and Robert Kraft.
Below, members of President Kennedy’s family gather around his golf cart.
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ALL PHOTOS BY TOM FITZSIMMONS/JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY FOUNDATION
Legacy LaureatesRichard K. and Nancy L.
DonahueRobert EpsteinFeinberg Rozen LLPClive F. PalmerRaytheon Company
Legacy ChampionsBank of AmericaThe Paul and Phyllis Fireman
Charitable FoundationTed Hoff and Kathleen
O’ConnellHorizon Beverage GroupShari RedstoneDonald Saunders & Liv UllmannStaples, Inc.
Presidential PartnersAT&TDoug & Diana BerthiaumeBingham McCutchen LLP, with
Jay Zimmerman & Mars ChildBNY MellonBrown Brothers Harriman & Co.Margot C. Connell and Family EMC CorporationFidelity InvestmentsRichard and Nancy FriedmanGoldring Family FoundationIronshoreJohn HancockRobert K. KraftLiberty Mutual InsuranceNews CorpNortheast UtilitiesEd Shirley & Marge SchneiderState Street CorporationUniversity of MassachusettsDavid WeinsteinWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
and Dorr LLPYawkey FoundationsAnonymous
Anniversary Patrons The American Ireland FundBrown-FormanConstellation BrandsJill Ker ConwayMarilyn and Gerard F. DohertyGourmet CaterersHeineken USANicole & Tom HynesJackson Family WinesThe Joyce FoundationMichele and Howard KesslerJoanna LauCarolyn & Peter S. Lynch,
The Lynch FoundationJacqueline B. MarsDick & Sally PhelpsPutnam InvestmentsRBS CitizensElaine and Gerald SchusterAnonymous (2)
Dinner SponsorsAlbert Risk Management
ConsultantsCharles N. Atkins Austin Liquors – WorcesterBalter-Silberman Group at
Morgan StanleyCarrie and George BellBernkopf Goodman LLPGovernor and Mrs. James J.
BlanchardThe Boston FoundationJoan & Robert CanzanoEastern BankBill and Gail FineBonnie and Tony FoglioDavid Fubini and Bertha RiveraC. Bernard and Carol FulpHighland Street FoundationHinckley Allen
Robert D. and Pamela M. Jacobs
Terry and E.J. JaxtimerDr. Barry Jaye and Julie
Riven JayeJordan’s Furniture and
Eliot Tatelman, President and CEO
Nance & Stephen KarpRick & Nancy KelleherDan and Julie KenaryThe Honorable & Mrs. Paul G.
Kirk Jr.Barry and Joan KoretzJock MacdonaldDavid & Rosalee McCulloughMcDermott Quilty and Miller LLPJohn & Catherine McDonnellSydney and Peter McKelvyThe Patrón Spirits CompanyPrestige Wine ImportsRaphael and Raphael LLPDr. Margaret A. Reed and
Patricia FernandesCarol and Robert RileyJill & Ron SargentSony Corporation of AmericaGillian SorensenThe Stadelmann FamilyCathy and Jim StoneSuffolk Construction’s Red &
Blue FoundationPaul and Susan SugarmanSullivan & Worcester LLPWB Mason Co.Weber ShandwickWells Fargo BankWORK Inc.Alan and Alice Zaff Anonymous (2)
ContributorsJohn and Nancy AldermanDonald F. BaronJames BaskerBoston Financial ManagementDana ClarkArlene Tofias Cohen and
David CohenJohn and Diddy CullinaneStephen & Alice Cutler Family
FoundationThe Davenport CompaniesDermaConceptsDavid and Dianne EpsteinFetzer VineyardsFolio Fine Wine PartnersPatrick and Carol HemingwaySteven E. HirschJoan B. KennedyKing Estate Winery, LPKobrand CorporationJim KochDonald KursonJoseph S. LankJeffrey MannBarbara A. PerryRed Sox FoundationMary L. ReedSidney Frank Importing Co., IncArthur SimonsStarensierCharles C. TretterTurn-Key Distribution SystemsV. Cirace & Son, Inc.W&H SystemsKevin and Sasha WadeWilliam Gallagher AssociatesStephen WilliamsWine & Spirits Wholesalers
of AmericaAnonymous (2)
Staff Sergeant Nick Lavery is honored at the May Dinner. Lavery, a guest of Congressman Joe Kennedy III, has served eight tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan— for which he has received three Purple Hearts.
New Frontier Network Steering Committee Members Yasmin Cruz and Leslie Feinberg.
Nancy Donahue, Abbie Morris, and Lily Morris.
Twenty-Sixth Annual May Dinner May 4, 2014
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GEORGE H. W. BUSH, 41ST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATESIn 1990, with the federal deficit at $200 billion and the Congressional Budget Office suggesting it could double, President Bush negotiated with congressional Democrats to enact a budget deal which included spending cuts and tax increases aimed at reducing the deficit by approximately $500 billion over the following five years. The 1990 bipartisan budget agreement set annual limits on discretionary spending by Congress on defense, domestic programs, and international affairs. It also, for the first time, created “pay as you go” rules for entitlements and taxes. In order to reach the deal, Bush agreed to a tax increase as part of the compromise, and he was pilloried by conservatives for doing so. Although he recognized the 1990 budget deal might doom his prospects for reelection, he did what he thought was best for the country and has since been credited with helping to lay the foundation of the economic growth of the 1990s that followed.
PAUL W. BRIDGES, FORMER MAYOR, UVALDA, GEORGIAIn 2011, Bridges, then the mayor of Uvalda, Georgia, joined a federal lawsuit filed by the ACLU to stop the implementation of H.B. 87, a law aimed at driving illegal immigrants out of Georgia. As written, H.B. 87 authorized police to demand “papers” demonstrating immigration status during traffic stops, and criminalized Georgians who knowingly interacted with undocumented individuals, among other measures. Bridges,
a Republican who was elected mayor in 2009, was the only politician to join the suit. He argued that the law would inhumanely separate families and was likely to have dire economic consequences for farming. Bridges himself would have been engaged in criminal behavior under the law, he said, because he often gave rides to undocumented immigrants who were his friends. As a result of his decision to publicly oppose the law, Bridges withstood scathing criticism from anti-immigration partisans around the country, and lost popular support at home.
The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award is presented annually to public servants who have made courageous decisions of conscience without regard for the personal or professional consequences. The award is named for President Kennedy’s 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Profiles in
Courage, which recounts the stories of eight U.S. senators who risked their careers, incurring the wrath of constituents or powerful interest groups, by taking principled stands for unpopular positions.
For more information about the Profile in Courage Award, visit our website—www.jfklibrary.org/profileincourage.
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Jack Schlossberg presents the 2014 Profile in Courage Award to former President George H. W. Bush in Kennebunkport, ME. (Pictured here, front) President Bush, Jack Schlossberg, (back) Al Hunt, chairman of the Profile in Courage Award Committee; and former First Lady Barbara Bush.
Mayor Paul Bridges accepts the 2014 Profile in Courage Award.
Ben Wolman, a freshman at Palisades Charter High School in Pacific Palisades, California was this year’s winner of the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay
Contest for High School Students. Wolman’s prize-winning essay describes the political courage of former Colorado State Senate President John Morse, who, in March 2013, risked his career to lead the passage of new gun safety measures.
The annual Profile in Courage Essay Contest invites high school students from across the nation to write an essay on an act of political courage by a U.S. elected official. The contest is a companion program of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™. This year, 1,951 students submitted essays from forty-nine states, Washington, D.C., and the Virgin Islands, along with U.S. citizens in Canada, France, and Korea.
The contest is sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and generously supported by John Hancock Financial.
In his winning essay, Wolman describes how, as senate president, Morse led the Colorado legislature to pass several measures regulating gun safety in a state deeply divided over the issue. Wolman explains that Morse’s actions were consistent with Kennedy’s definition of political courage. “Morse didn’t ignore his constituents’ opinions; he acknowledged them while also recognizing that what he did was, however controversial, justified and honorable, done to protect the same citizens who were speaking against him.”
Morse was recalled from office in a special election organized by opponents of the new legislation. Wolman concludes his essay with a quote from Morse: “We had to
do gun control, and I said months ago, if passing gun safety bills cost me my political career, that’s an amazingly small price to pay. The families of these victims have to pay a huge price every single day for the rest of their lives.”
Wolman received a $5,000 cash award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which is matched with $5,000 from John Hancock Financial. His nominating teacher, Sarah Rosenthal, received a John F. Kennedy Public Service Grant in the amount of $500 to be used for school projects that encourage student leadership and civic engagement.
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Profile in Courage Committee Member Al Hunt with 2014 Profile in Courage Essay Contest winner Ben Wolman.
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Albert R. Hunt, Chairman Columnist, Bloomberg View
Christopher Dodd CEO, Motion Picture Association of America; former U.S. Senator (D-Connecticut)
Donna F. Edwards U.S. Congresswoman (D-Maryland)
Kenneth R. Feinberg Chairman, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Adam Frankel Strategist with Microsoft; former speech-writer to President Barack Obama
Lindsey O. Graham U.S. Senator (R-South Carolina)
Antonia Hernandez President and CEO, California Community Foundation
Elaine Jones Director-counsel Emeritus, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Paul G. Kirk Jr. Former U.S. Senator (D-Massachusetts) Chairman Emeritus, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Martha Minow Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Shari Redstone Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Viacom Inc. and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, CBS Corporation
Jack Schlossberg Grandson of President John F. Kennedy, student, Yale University
John Seigenthaler Founder, Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University
David M. Shribman Executive Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Olympia Snowe Former U.S. Senator (R-Maine)
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In February 2014, the JFK Library released, in print form, 2,500 digital scans of Ernest Hemingway materials housed at the Nobel Prize-winning author’s former
Cuban estate, the Finca Vigía. This material, which has never been seen outside of Cuba, includes letters, passports, tele-grams, household accounts, bar bills, recipes, and a notebook of hurricane observations, among other items. It was digitized through the efforts of the U.S. Finca Vigía Foundation under an agreement with the Cuban Council of National Heritage.
Highlights of the collection include a long-coveted hamburger recipe, with Hemingway’s annotations in the
margins, and Hemingway’s meticulous fishing logs. This opening is the second release of materials conserved by the Hemingway Museum in Cuba with technical support from the Finca Vigía Foundation. The first trove consisting of 3,000 digitized images of documents was donated to the Kennedy Library in 2008. Printouts of the scans are available for researchers to review in the Hemingway Room at the Library.
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A page from the Hemingway family scrapbooks.
Ernest Hemingway’s passport photo. Part of the newly digitized Cuba Collection.
News from the Ernest Hemingway Collection
Through the efforts of Jacqueline Kennedy, the Ernest Hemingway Collection was generously donated by Mary Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s widow, to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in 1972. The collection spans Hemingway’s entire career, and contains ninety percent of existing Hemingway manuscript materials, making the Kennedy Library the world’s principal center for research on the life and work of this author.
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NoViolet Bulawayo Honored with 2014 PEN/Hemingway Award
Patrick Hemingway, the son of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway, presented the 2014 PEN/Hemingway Award to NoViolet Bulawayo for her
critically acclaimed first novel We Need New Names
(Reagan Arthur Books/Little Brown and Company) during an April 6, 2014 ceremony at the JFK Library.
Born in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo’s semi-autobiographical novel chronicles the life of a 10-year-old girl in Zimbabwe during its so-called Lost Decade and then her life as a teenager in present-day America. She received a $10,000 prize from the Hemingway Foundation and PEN New England, as well as a residency in The Distinguished Visiting Writers Series at the University of Idaho’s MFA Program in Creative Writing.
The judges for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award this year were acclaimed writers Indira Ganesan, Benjamin Saenz, and Scott Turow. Geraldine Brooks, author of The
People of the Book, Caleb’s Crossing, and Year of Wonders, delivered the ceremony’s keynote address, saying:
“You write the story hoping that somebody who matters will read it and give a damn. And then you try to forget about it so that you can go on—another country, another visa—and do it all again; another war, some other person’s desperate sadness. You try to forget. You try to clear the cache. But you can’t. You can’t drag and drop your memories into the void.”
The PEN/Hemingway Award presentation is sponsored by the Kennedy Library Foundation, the Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, PEN New England, Cerulli Associates, the Friends of the Ernest Hemingway Collection, the Ernest Hemingway Foundation/Society, and the Ucross Foundation.
Hemingway Scrapbooks
On the 114th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s birth, the JFK Library made available for the first time five digitized scrapbooks documenting the childhood of
the Nobel Prize-winning author. Created and annotated by Hemingway’s mother, Grace Hall Hemingway, the scrapbooks chronicle the first eighteen years of her son’s life and include never-before-seen photographs, letters, drawings, homework assignments, and other keepsakes from his childhood.
Spanning the years 1899 to 1917, the scrapbooks tell the story of Hemingway’s childhood growing up in Oak Park, Illinois, and vacationing at the Hemingway family’s cabin in Northern Michigan. Grace Hemingway’s annotations throughout all five books provide context to the family photographs, letters (both to and from young Ernest), school work, and ephemera that she collected and preserved.
Mrs. Hemingway opens the first book with a lyrical account of her son’s birth, saying: “At 8 o’clock on the morning of July 21st, 1899 Ernest Miller Hemingway came to town wrapped in a light blue comforter. It was a very hot morning. The sun shone brightly and the Robins sang their sweetest songs to welcome the little stranger to this beautiful world.” She goes on in the book to dutifully document Hemingway’s height and weight, incoming teeth, favorite songs, first words, and many more details of his first years of life.
One hundred middle school students from across Massachusetts were honored with the John F. Kennedy Make a Difference Award™ on March
13, 2014 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in recognition of volunteer work the students have performed in their communities.
Student projects included helping fellow students who have disabilities, working at local food pantries and senior centers, developing outreach efforts to discourage cyber-bullying, volunteering for Best Buddies, and fundraising for various relief efforts around the world. Among other cities and towns in Massachusetts, the students hail from schools in Barnstable, Dorchester, Dracut, Everett, Longmeadow, Provincetown, Quincy, Roxbury, and Winchester.
The Make a Difference Award is given to students who are nominated by a teacher or principal for an outstanding contribution they have made to their school, neighborhood, town, or the global community.
“President Kennedy believed that every person can make a difference and each of us should try,” said Library Director Tom Putnam. “These students are an inspiring example of JFK’s timeless call to service.”
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Make a Difference Award honorees and their family.
JFK Library Director Tom Putnam hands a microphone to an honoree.
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THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, the Kennedy Library Foundation is developing a new iPad app for kids ages 9–11. The app, designed by Bluecadet Interactive, will include two “missions” that relate to important initiatives in John F. Kennedy’s presidency: the space race and the Peace Corps. In each mission, the user will see themselves as a participant in an historic event, learning what it would have been like to fly in a rocket or join the Peace
Corps. The environments will feature fun, illustrated scenes, and each mission will include a handful of activities that utilize the capabilities of the tablet. The missions will also include contextualizing historical content, such as historic images, documents, audio, and video from the Kennedy Library Archives.
Look for the JFK Challenge in the iTunes store in Fall 2014.
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The opening scene of the app displays the two missions.
Kids learn Spanish words in the Peace Corps mission.
On June 10, the JFK Library launched a new Twitter account connecting President Kennedy’s words and ideas to modern issues and current
events. The feed—@JFKsaid—is populated entirely by quotations from the nation’s 35th President.
Following the Library’s successful historical Twitter feed project documenting Kennedy’s campaign and presidency in real time, @JFKsaid will insert quotations by President Kennedy into the contemporary conversations that take place on Twitter in order to illustrate their ongoing relevancy today. The posts will be chosen based on current events, trending topics on social media, and other modern connections.
The followers of @JFKsaid will be encouraged to interact with the account by sharing their favorite quotations, phrases, or speeches that “JFK said,” and tagging the feed in their post. Visit @JFKsaid on Twitter and start following.
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President John F. Kennedy en route to the Commencement Ceremony at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, featuring an unidentified military officer.
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More than 1,700 visitors celebrated Presidents’ Day at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library’s fourth annual Family Festival on February 17, 2014, setting a new attendance record for the history-
themed event. Performances by presidential reenactors, make-and-take art activities, and special presentations in the exhibit galleries brought history to life for children and visitors of all ages throughout the day.
Families enjoyed constructing President Lincoln–inspired stovepipe hats; designing White House china; creating their own space capsules; and playing a game of presidential Jeopardy! Additional highlights of the day included visits by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, a make-your-own sundae bar, and a curator-led discussion of the Freedom 7 space capsule display. The day also featured special performances by the Harvard Din and Tonics and In Good Company, a capella groups who serenaded guests with Kennedy campaign songs and music from the 1960s.
Fourth Annual Family Festival Brings Record Attendance
A young guest shows off her Lincoln stovepipe hat.
JFK Library and NARA Help Solve Photo Mysteries in New Flickr Project
On May 19, 2014, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library announced the launch of a new National Archives Flickr page and crowdsourcing pilot
project to help identify unknown people in the White House Photographs collection. The first Flickr set presented to the public contained images of unidentified administration staff members and associates, including military officials, reporters, and photographers. The Library will soon ask for the public’s help identifying more photos featuring unidentified members of the public who visited the White House. The call for participation has generated excitement among social media fans, and the Library has received valuable information from organizations and the online community.
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The Board of Directors and staff of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library mourn the loss of John Seigenthaler,
who died on July 11, 2014.Upon his passing, Kennedy Library Foundation Board
Chairman Kenneth R. Feinberg said: “We mourn the passing of John Seigenthaler, a great man and a cherished friend of the Kennedy Library. His service to President Kennedy as a cham-pion of civil rights for the Administration, and to the president’s legacy as the long-time chairman of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee, exemplify the patriotism and selflessness that were hallmarks of his extraordinary life.”
Seigenthaler worked on Senator John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign in 1960 and later joined the Justice Department as a special assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy. In May of 1961, Seigenthaler was selected by Robert Kennedy to visit Alabama and help ensure the safety of the Freedom Riders, who were confronted by mobs and violence. While in Montgomery, Seigenthaler was beaten when a mob attacked a busload of Freedom Riders.
Following this incident, he traveled around the South with Burke Marshall, the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, enforcing integration orders. In persuading local leaders to comply with the law, Seigenthaler used his Tennessee roots to his advantage. “We’d go in and meet with southern officials,” he explained in an oral history kept in the Kennedy Library archives. “I’d go in, my southern accent dripping sorghum and molasses, and warm them up. Burke would tell them what the law was. We worked, I thought, as a pretty effective team.”
In regards to how he became involved in civil rights, Seigenthaler said, “I went out of my way to see what could be done. I thought this was a vital area for the Administration. I don’t know. Maybe I came from the South, and maybe I was more aware of the problem than some other people. I don’t know. I doubt that. But whatever it was, I was interested in it. Maybe I pushed my way into it.”
Seigenthaler was a founding member of the Kennedy Library Foundation’s John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee, on which he served from 1990 to 2014. As a guiding force, he helped make the Profile in Courage Award the nation’s most prestigious award in government, honoring the legacy of President Kennedy, who believed very deeply that politics is a noble profession, and who admired most those public servants who have made courageous decisions of conscience without regard for the personal or professional consequences.
Seigenthaler also founded the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University in 1961 with the mission of creating national discussion about First Amendment rights and values, and chaired the selection committee of the RFK Memorial’s Robert F. Kennedy Book Award.
Remembering John Seigenthaler
Senator Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy honor John Seigenthaler for his service to the Profile in Courage Award.
John Seigenthaler with Senator Paul Kirk Jr.
John Seigenthaler meets with Kevin Zhou, winner of the 2005 Profile in Courage Essay Contest.
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“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for
the future,” President Kennedy once stated. These words have shaped Victura Society member Mary Reed’s career of compassionate and impactful service to our most vulnerable populations. The Victura Society welcomes individuals who, like Mary, have pledged to make future gifts to the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation through provi-sions in their wills or other types of planned gifts.
As a Board Member for 20 years and a Kennedy Library Foundation award-winning advocate for children, Mary’s
accomplishments are many: the first African-American woman to lead Boston’s YWCA; the vice president of Goodwill Industries; and the founder of The Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children (BTWIC). Named for her mother, who started Boston’s oldest minority-owned childcare center in 1946, BTWIC is a non-profit organization dedicated to the research, creation, and support of programs enhancing the lives of children and families.
“I believe that ensuring future success for the Kennedy Library is the cornerstone to honoring the Kennedy legacy. His legacy means a lot to my
generation. It’s really simple to do,” she explained. “And I wanted to set a path for my children, so that they can under-stand that this is something they—and anyone—can do, too.”
Planned gifts of all sizes to the Kennedy Library Foundation are meaningful. In addition to leaving a lasting legacy to the Kennedy Library, you may also realize sub-stantial tax benefits. To learn more about legacy gifts and joining the Victura Society, please visit www.jfklibrary.org/victura or contact Kristin Bonelli at 617-514-1659.
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Kennedy Library Foundation Welcomes Five New Board Members
IN EARLY 2014, the Kennedy Library Foundation announced the appointment of five new Board members.
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H Matt Kennedy, Founder and CEO, Kennedy Merchant Partners; grandson of Robert F. Kennedy
H Tatiana Schlossberg, Staff Writer, The New York Times; granddaughter of President Kennedy
“I believe that ensuring future success for the
Kennedy Library is the cornerstone to honoring
the Kennedy legacy. His legacy means a lot to
my generation. It’s really simple to do.”
Kennedy Library Forums
A Conversation with Billy Collins, May 13, 2014
Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins discussed poetry with writer and former New Yorker editor, Daniel Menaker.
JFK, RFK, and Japan, March 21, 2014
In 1962, to prepare for a diplomatic trip he planned to take in 1964, President Kennedy asked his brother, Robert Kennedy, to travel to Japan. RFK’s oldest child, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (pictured), discussed her parents’ historic visit with Dartmouth College Professor Jennifer Lind and Harvard Professor Emeritus Akira Iriye. This event was co-sponsored by the Consulate-General of Japan in Boston.
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50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, April 7, 2014
Todd Purdum, author of An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964; John Stewart, chief aide to Hubert Humphrey; and civil rights activist Elaine Jones (pictured) discussed the legacy of the Civil Rights Act. WGBH radio host Callie Crossley moderated.
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A Conversation with Robert Redford, September 15, 2014
Robert Redford discussed his career and lifelong commitments to the environment, civil rights and the arts with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.
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Malala Yousafzai Honored by JFK Library, October 12, 2013
Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani woman who survived an assassination attempt at the hands of the Taliban, was honored by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation during an October forum where she promoted her memoir, I Am Malala. The children’s education advocate received a bronze bust of John F. Kennedy during the packed forum, which was held at Boston College High School due to the government shutdown of the Kennedy Library. Yousafzai expressed the importance of universal education, women’s rights, and sharing her cause with the world during the talk.
The Kennedy Library Forums are a series of award-winning public affairs programs offered by the JFK Library to foster public discussion on a diverse range of historical, political, and cultural topics reflecting the legacy of the Kennedy White House. All forums are free and open to the public.
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A Conversation with Senator Elizabeth Warren, May 16, 2014
Senator Elizabeth Warren discussed her new memoir, A Fighting Chance, with journalist and political commentator E.J. Dionne.
Song Lyrics as Literature, June 2, 2014
Master of Ceremonies Elvis Costello, along with musicians T Bone Burnett, Rosanne Cash, Lyle Lovett, Allen Toussaint, and Peter Wolf presented the 2014 PEN New England Song Lyrics Award to Kris Kristofferson and Randy Newman.
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On July 24, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Caroline Kennedy, then-President of the Kennedy Library Foundation, to be the 29th Ambassador of
the United States of America to Japan. She was confirmed by the Senate on October 16 and assumed her duties in Japan following the presentation of her credentials to His Imperial Majesty the Emperor on November 19, 2013.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Kennedy Library Foundation Chairman Kenneth R. Feinberg congrat-ulated Ambassador Kennedy, saying, “As president of the Kennedy Library Foundation, Caroline has been the heart and soul behind the institution’s
efforts to promote her father’s timeless ideals of citizenship, peace, and innovation to new generations. She is a true patriot with a unique understanding of America’s values and interests. I can think of no one better to represent this country with strength and integrity.”
Ambassador Kennedy is the first female U.S. Ambassador to Japan. She remains honorary president of the Kennedy Library Foundation.
Secretary of State John Kerry, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, and Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Ken’ichirō Sasae.
Ed Schlossberg and Ambassador Kennedy greet President Obama on a state visit to Japan in April 2014.
Japan Welcomes Caroline Kennedy as New U.S. Ambassador
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