2012 International Awards Gala
Cipriani Wall Street | New York City
Opening Minds Corporate Leadership Award
to be presented to
Western Union
To be accepted by Hikmet Ersek, CEO
For their outstanding commitment to good corporate social responsibility and the cause of education, especially through Western Union’s Family Scholarship Program.
Humanitarian Award
to be presented to
IIE Scholar Rescue Fund® (SRF) Founders
Henry Jarecki, Henry Kaufman, Thomas Russo & George Soros
to recognize their pioneering and instrumental efforts in saving the lives and ideas of threatened scholars, and protecting and promoting academic freedom around the world.
Fritz Redlich Alumni Award
to be presented posthumously to
The Honorable John Atta Mills
President of Ghana | Fulbright Scholar to Stanford University, 1971
for his exemplary leadership in increasing cooperation and understanding between Ghana and the world, and his resolute support of advancing education in Ghana. We will recognize the achievements of this accomplished Fulbright alumnus posthumously, due to his untimely death on July 24, 2012. Our condolences go to the family of President John Atta Mills and to the people of Ghana.
To find out more about IIE’s 2012 Gala, including information on sponsorship, please contact Becky Yi at byi@iie.org or +1 212.984.5456.