The 2007 Awards Dinner of the Atlantic Council of the United States was held on April 30, 2007 at the Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC.
This year the Award for Distinguished International Leadership was presented to Alan Greenspan. The Council also presented two new awards to recognize the military and business pillars so vital to our work. General James L. Jones, the outgoing Supreme Allied Commander, was recognized with an Award for Distinguished Military Leadership, and Blackstone co-founder and chief executive Stephen A. Schwarzman received the Distinguished Business Leadership Award. Colin Powell, the recipient of the Council’s 2005 award introduced the honorees.
The evening also featured a panel moderated by Brent Scowcroft and improvisations by piano virtuosa Gabriela Montero “who plays with fingers of steel and a heart of gold” as recently described in a 60 Minutes segment “The Gift.”
About the Atlantic Council Leadership Awards:
Since 1996, the Atlantic Council has selected an outstanding individual to receive its annual Award for Distinguished International Leadership. These awards reflect the Council’s mission of promoting constructive U.S. international engagement by honoring individuals who have made major contributions to U.S. foreign policy and transatlantic relations.
Sponsorship:
Diamond:
The Blackstone Group
EADS North America
LexisNexis
Morgan Stanley
Stephen A. Schwarzman
The Scowcroft Group
UBS
Platinum:
The Boeing Company
Hilda and Arturo Brillembourg
Deutsche Bank AG
Golden Tree Asset Management
Lehman Brothers
The Honorable Mr. and Mrs. John D. Macomber
Severstal
Troika Dialog
Gold:
Catto Charitable Foundation
DaimlerChrysler
Deloitte & Touche LLP
FedEx Corporation
General Dynamics
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Raytheon Company
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rossotti
SAIC
Silver:
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
BAE Systems
Chevron U.S.A.
The CNA Corporation
Committee of 100
Covington & Burling LLP
Cubic Corporation
Edelman
Ambassador and Mrs. Richard Fairbanks, III
The Goldman Sachs Group
Kissinger McLarty Associates
Lockheed Martin Corporation
The Honorable and Mrs. Jan M. Lodal
The Honorable and Mrs. Earl I. Mack
Kirk A. Radke
Matthew R. Simmons
Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
General William Y. Smith, USAF (Ret.)
Toyota
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Benefactors:
Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.
Julia Chang Bloch and Stuart Marshall Bloch
Chevy Chase Bank
The Honorable and Mrs. Kenneth Dam
Lacey Neuhaus Dorn
The Honorable Robert F. Ellsworth
Mr. and Mrs. A. Huda Farouki
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Freeman
Helen Lee Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Huberman
Hunton & Williams LLC
Mansoor Ijaz
Frederick Kempe and Pamela Meyer
James V. Kimsey
The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
The Honorable Tom C. Korologos and The Honorable Ann McLaughlin Korologos
The Honorable Franklin D. Kramer
General Richard Lawson, USAF (Ret.)
Lynx Investment Advisory, LLC
The Honorable and Mrs. Frederic V. Malek
Marsha Ralls
Joseph E. Robert, Jr
David Rockefeller
Marjorie Scardino
Siemens