2011 Awards Luncheon

William J. Burns, Deputy Secretary of State
and
The American Academy of Diplomacy

present 

the 2011 Annual Awards Luncheon

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U.S. Department of State
The Benjamin Franklin Room
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

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Academy members and distinguished guests gathered on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 for a luncheon presentation of:

The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Award

for Excellence in Diplomacy to:

Dr. Robert M. Gates
Former Secretary of Defense

award accepted by former Under Secretary of Defense Eric Edelman

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The Douglas Dillon Award
for a Book of Distinction on the Practice of American Diplomacy to:
High Value Target: Countering Al Qaeda in Yemen
by Edmund Hull 

 

a special citation was awarded to:

Eisenhower 1956: The President’s Year of Crisis — Suez and the Brink of War
by David Nichols

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The Arthur Ross Media Award
for Distinguished Reporting and Analysis of Foreign Affairs:

Borzou Daragahi, Financial Times
Reporting Category

  Sylvia Poggioli, NPR
Commentator/Editorial Category

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Detailed Luncheon Program

TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL DIPLOMATIC
AWARDS LUNCHEON

Opening Remarks
AMBASSADOR AVIS BOHLEN
Vice Chairman, American Academy of Diplomacy

WILLIAM J. BURNS
Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State

Introduction by Ambassador Ronald Neumann
Presentation by Ambassador Avis Bohlen of
The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Award
for excellence in diplomacy to

ROBERT M. GATES
(Amb. Eric Edelman accepting on his behalf)

Keynote Speech
AMBASSADOR ERIC EDELMAN

Presentation by Ambassador Howard Schaffer of
The Douglas Dillon Book Award
for a book of distinction on the practice of American diplomacy to

AMBASSADOR EDMUND HULL for
High Value Target: Countering Al Qaeda in Yemen

and a special citation to
Dr. David Nichols for
Eisenhower 1956: The President’s Year of Crisis -Suez and the Brink of War

Presentation by Ambassador Robert Hunter of
The Arthur Ross Media Award
for distinguished reporting & analysis on foreign affairs to
BORZOU DARAGAHI, Financial Times (formerly of LA Times)
and SYLVIA POGGIOLI, National Public Radio

Presentation by Ambassador Samuel Lewis of
The Philip Merrill Fellowship to
SHELLY RANII