American Institute for Public Service

American Institute for Public Service

"In 1972, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft, Jr. and Sam Beard founded the American Institute for Public Service, a 501c3 public foundation, to establish a Nobel Prize for public and community service - The Jefferson Awards.

"The Jefferson Awards are presented on two levels: national and local. National award recipients represent a "Who's Who" of outstanding Americans. On the local level, Jefferson Awards recipients are ordinary people who do extraordinary things without expectation of recognition or reward."

Donors

Jefferson Awards for Public Service Selectors

 * Hank Aaron
 * Norm Asbjornson
 * Douglas C. Adams
 * George L. Ball
 * Susan H. Ball
 * Corbin Bernsen
 * Julian Bond
 * William Burleigh
 * Ellen Burstyn
 * Laura W. Bush
 * Lee Ault Carter
 * Max Cleland
 * Thomas A. Daschle
 * Katharine C. DeWitt
 * Kirk Douglas
 * Michael Douglas
 * Albert R. Dowden
 * Ben du Pont
 * Rae Forker Evans
 * William H. Frist, M.D.
 * Whoopi Goldberg
 * Earl Graves, Sr.
 * Paula M. Grigsby
 * Teresa Heinz
 * Roger Horchow
 * Michael J. Hynansky
 * Mary King
 * Thomas B. King
 * Janet Lang
 * Bryan R. Lawrence
 * Alex Lopez-Negrete
 * Trent Lott
 * Richard Lugar
 * Brent Magid
 * Philip A. Marineau
 * Paul Maslansky
 * Peter Max
 * Jewell Jackson McCabe
 * Mitch McConnell
 * Adam Meyerson
 * Gerald L. Parsky
 * Harry Reid
 * Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
 * Mario Rodriguez
 * Elliott Roosevelt III
 * Jack Russi
 * Robert Sakowitz
 * Neil Simon
 * Jane Smith
 * Lesley Stahl
 * Mrs. Potter Stewart
 * George Strawbridge, Jr.
 * Jacob V. Stuart
 * Robert D. Stuart, Jr.
 * Lynn Swann
 * Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
 * R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
 * Cicely Tyson
 * Jack Valenti
 * Reg Weaver
 * Gerald Wendel
 * Harris Wofford

Contact

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