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The J. WilliamFulbright Prize for International Understanding
Honoring Angela MerkelChancellor of Germany
Award CeremonyJanuary 28, 2019
Berlin, Germany
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The Fulbright Prize was established to honor the largest and most significant educational exchange program in history, as well as the career and spirit of its creator, the late Senator J. William Fulbright. The Prize recognizes and rewards outstanding contributions toward bringing peoples, cultures, or nations to greater understanding of others. The Fulbright Prize was initially supported by a generous grant from the Coca-Cola Foundation. The Prize is now supported by the J. William Fulbright Prize Endowment, a fund created with a bequest from the late John B. Hurford, a former Fulbright Association officer and director. The Prize event is supported by sponsorships and contributions from Fulbright alumni and friends around the world.
The J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding inaugural winner was former South African President Nelson Mandela (1993). Four recipients of the Fulbright Prize, Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, and Martti Ahtisaari, were later named Nobel Peace Prize laureates. The 2008 Fulbright Prize laureate, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
The J. William Fulbright Prize for Peace and Understanding
Evening Program6:00-8:30 pm
Performance by Fulbright Jazz Ensemble, featuring Sara Decker, Julian Hesse, Hagen Möller, Tom Berkmann, Martin Terens, and Matt Jacobson. 6:00 pm – Awards Ceremony
Welcome — Manfred Philipp, Past President, Board of Directors
Remarks — Oliver Schmidt, Executive Director German-American Fulbright Commission
— Fulbright Alum
Video Message — Renée Fleming, Soprano, Fulbright Alumna, and Lifetime Achievement Awardee
Prize Remarks — Mary Ellen Heian Schmider, Prize Committee Chair
Introduction of Prize Laureate — Christiane Amanpour, Journalist
Presentation of the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding to Angela Merkel
Prize Acceptance Speech — Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
Closing Remarks — Mary Ellen Heian Schmider
7:00 pm – Reception
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Fulbright Prize Laureates
❖ Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa (1993)
❖ Jimmy Carter, President of the United States (1994)
❖ Franz Vranitzky, Chancellor of Austria (1995)
❖ Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines (1996)
❖ Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic (1997)
❖ Patricio Aylwin Azocar, President of Chile (1998)
❖ Mary Robinson, President of Ireland (1999)
❖ Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland (2000)
❖ Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations (2001)
❖ Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2002)
❖ Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil (2003)
❖ Colin Powell, United States Secretary of State (2004)
❖ William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States (2006)
❖ Desmond Tutu, Archbishop of Cape Town (2008)
❖ Bill and Melinda Gates, Co-Chairs and Trustees of the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation (2010)
❖ Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (2012)
❖ Hans Blix, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (2014)
❖ Richard Lugar, United States Senator (2016)
2018 Prize Laureate
ANGELA MERKEL Chancellor of Germany
Angela Merkel was sworn in as Chancellor on November 22, 2005. She is the first woman and the first East German to hold this office.
Chancellor Merkel was born in Hamburg on July 17, 1954. She studied Physics at Leipzig University from 1973 to 1978, and then became a member of the academic staff at the Central Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Academy of Sciences. She was awarded a doctorate in 1986.
In 1989, she became a member of the Demokratischer Aufbruch (Democratic Awakening), and has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the German Bundestag since 1990. She was the Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU from 1991 to 1998. She served as both the Federal Minister for Women and Youth and the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. She has been the Chairwoman of CDU Germany from 2000 until 2018.
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Christiane Amanpour is CNN’s chief international anchor and host of the network’s award-winning, flagship global affairs program “Amanpour,” which also airs on PBS in the United States. She is based in the network’s London bureau.
Her illustrious career in journalism spans more than three decades, joining CNN in 1983. Amanpour rose through the organization becoming the network’s leading international correspondent, reporting on international crises in the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Palestinian territories, Iran, Sudan, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda, the Balkans, Egypt, and Libya.
She has interviewed most of the top world leaders over the past two decades. Amanpour has received every major broadcast award, including an inaugural Television Academy Award, eleven News and Documentary Emmys, four George Foster Peabody Awards, and nine honorary degrees. In 2014, she was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame and in 2018 was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, an Honorary Citizen of Sarajevo, and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Amanpour is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island.
Christiane Amanpour
Special GuestJ. William Fulbright, Founding Honorary Chairman
Fulbright Association Staff
John Bader, Executive Director
Shaz Akram, Deputy Director
Alvaro Vasquez, Finance Director
Rosemarie Martini, Development Director
Alison Aadland, Communications Manager
Jordan Bradford, Membership Manager
Christian Gillespie, Office Coordinator
Munir Sayegh, Data Analyst
Board of Directors
Pat LeMay Burr, PresidentCynthia Ackron BaldwinMax BurnsAshley ConardBruce FowlerScott FriedmanAlison GardyNada GlickJohanna GusmanMelanie HortonSamantha LakinAnn von Briesen LewisCaroline LevanderDeDe LongJay NathanNancy NeillH. Andrea NevesStacey NicksonManfred PhilippPhilip RakitaRamesh RamakrishnanDolores RinkeUlku RoweMary Ellen Heian SchmiderRobert SchockDonald SparksMary Ann StantonCharles Veigel
International Selection Committee
Mary Ellen Heian Schmider, Chair – USA
Terhi Mölsä – Finland
Stanley N. Katz – USA
Xhavit Rexhai – Kosovo
Réka Szemerkényi – Hungary
Jih-Chu Lee – Taiwan
Manfred Philipp – USA
Kekst CNC Public Relations Team
Torben Gosau
Beate Sarah Böing
Constantin Wiegand
Prize Committee & Leadership
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ASUS is a multinational company known for the world’s best
motherboards, personal computers (PCs), monitors, graphics cards,
routers and other high-quality technology solutions.
With a global workforce that includes more than 5,000 R&D
professionals, ASUS leads the industry through cutting-edge
innovation and design.
Inspired by our In Search of Incredible brand spirit, ASUS won
4,511 international awards in 2017, ranked 26th in Forbes’ Global
2000 Top Regarded Companies, and named among the
World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune.
Franz Chen founded Franz Collection Inc. in 2001 with a mission to revive the porcelain culture and create the value of eternity for civilizations.
The brand has been marketed to 56 countries worldwide. Through technical breakthroughs, the brand has integrated classical, contemporary, Western and Eastern aesthetics for its exquisite artworks.
After 16 years of applying 3-D sculpting and printing technology to enable diverse and unique forms, the brand also developed its 3-D porcelain material and printing machine, bringing more possibilities and opportunities to the ceramic industry.
As an innovative leader, Franz Collection Inc. values quality and aims to combine technology, art and culture to deliver the values of truth, goodness and beauty.
Franz Collection Inc.
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Board of Directors Jay Nathan
Mary Ellen Heian Schmider
Thank you to the German-American Fulbright Commission (Fulbright Germany) for its generous support and hospitality.
Fulbright AssociationNational Capitol Area Chapter
South Carolina Chapter
ASUS, Franz Collection
University of Maryland University College
Thanks to Our Sponsors & Partners
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About the Fulbright Association
The Fulbright Association, the official organization for U.S. alumni of the Fulbright global exchange program, was founded in 1977 with the support of Senator J. William Fulbright. The Association is an independent non-profit that represents more than 140,000 American alumni and serves its membership through a network of 53 chapters in 38 states.
The mission of the Fulbright Association is to advocate for the Fulbright Program and promote international education. The Association helps members of Congress understand the value and impact of the program through Advocacy Days on Capitol Hill and grassroots activity across the country.
The Fulbright Association magnifies the impact of the Fulbright Program by offering exceptional international education programs. Those include an annual conference that engages the Fulbright community, TEDxFulbright featuring dynamic alumni speakers, the Fulbright Prize, Insight and Service Travel Programs, and over 230 events offered by chapters nationwide.
Members share the Fulbright experience, participate in community outreach, welcome international visitors, and enjoy a vibrant professional network of Fulbright alumni, friends of international education, and 250 institutions. One does not have to be a Fulbright alumnus to be a member. More information about the Association and membership at www.fulbright.org.
Who are Fulbright Alumni? Fulbright alumni work in every professional field around the world, serving as teachers, ambassadors, CEOs, scientists, entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, playwrights, poets, physicians, university leaders, among other positions. The program has produced 380,000 alumni worldwide, including 59 Nobel Laureates, 37 current or former heads of state, 82 Pulitzer Prize winners, 70 MacArthur Foundation Fellows, and 16 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.
To join the Council or the 1946 Society, please visit www.fulbright.org/donate
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Prize Sculpture ArtistIn 2012, Gretta L. Bader contributed to the Fulbright Association a
sculptural portrait of Senator J. William Fulbright that is reproduced for each Prize recipient. The bust was on display at the Kennedy Center, and then moved to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
Gretta’s husband, William Bader, was in the first class of Fulbright Scholars to Germany in 1953. Their son, John Bader,
is the Executive Director of the Fulbright Association.
The J. WilliamFulbright Prize for International Understanding
Honoring Angela MerkelChancellor of Germany
Award CeremonyJanuary 28, 2019
Berlin, Germany