Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States

The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States "was created as a not-for-profit corporation in May 1981.

"The Committee's mission is:"
 * To perpetuate the humanitarian ideals and the nonviolent courage of Raoul Wallenberg through the national distribution of a unique academic program; A STUDY OF HEROES, an interdisciplinary curriculum for use in elementary and high schools.
 * To help fund the efforts to determine Raoul Wallenberg's actual fate.
 * To bestow The Raoul Wallenberg Award on individuals, organizations and communities that reflect Raoul Wallenberg's humanitarian spirit, personal courage and nonviolent action in the face of enormous odds.

"The two awards presented by the Committee are:
 * The Raoul Wallenberg A Hero For Our Time Award
 * The Raoul Wallenberg Civic Courage Award

People
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 * Chairmen Emeriti - Alan C. Greenberg, Lena Biörck Kaplan, Alex Rosenberg, Jack Gumpert Wasserman
 * Chairman - Rachel Oestreicher Bernheim
 * Vice Chairmen - Joel I. Berson, Diane Blake, Jacob Wallenberg
 * Vice President - Fred Howard
 * Secretary - Jeffery J. Lewis
 * Treasurer - Sonya Hoover Weiss

Executive Board

 * Cynthia Green Colin, New York
 * Christine Godek, New York
 * Mary Scott Guest, South Carolina
 * David K. Haspel, California
 * William H. Hayden, New York
 * Cindy Hays, Washington, DC
 * Beth Chadwick Kasser, Arizona
 * Flora Major, New York
 * Cindy McCain, Arizona
 * Patricia McFate, New Mexico
 * Mary K. Mochary, Virginia
 * Maureen O'Driscoll-Levy, Texas
 * Jean Owen, North Carolina
 * Judy Lynn Prince, Washington, DC
 * Vera Stern, New York
 * James M. Strock, California
 * Mona Lisa Wallace, Esq., North Carolina
 * Sonya Hoover Weiss, New York
 * Robert E. Weissenstein, Texas

Honorary Chairmen
 * Per Anger
 * Guy von Dardel
 * Nina Lagergren
 * Krister Stendahl
 * Simon Wiesenthal

National Advisory Board

 * Ivan E. Becker
 * Robert M. Beckley
 * Charles A. Bernheim
 * John Bierman
 * James Carpenter
 * Richard Chamberlain
 * Bethine Church
 * Countess Margareta Douglas
 * Barbara Futterman
 * Alan Hevesi
 * Alexander Sandor & Elisabeth Kasser
 * Jack Kemp
 * William Korey
 * Ulla Kristiina Laakso
 * Julie Lewit-Nirenberg
 * Marvin W. Makinen
 * Kati Marton
 * Elizabeth Moynihan
 * Carl Nisser
 * Gunilla Lofgren Nisser
 * Walter Oppenheim
 * Martin Riskin
 * Harvey Rosenfeld
 * Herbert Rubin
 * J. Rutheven Ryan
 * Jerome Shestack
 * John Slade
 * Marianne Slade
 * Neil Tevebaugh-Kenwryck
 * Ludmilla Thorne
 * Peter Vagi
 * Thomas Veres
 * Elie Wiesel
 * George Will

Contact

 * Web: http://www.raoulwallenberg.org

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