Val- Kill Medal Ceremony Honors Those Who Care About Each And Every Individual
Four Receive Val-Kill Medal In October 2003
Joyce Ghee, Arthur Schlesinger, Donald M. Stewart and Mike Wallace received the honor at the annual ceremony and luncheon on October 26 at the home of the former First Lady in Hyde Park.
“All four recipients reflect the theme of this year’s event, which comes from a quote by Mrs. Roosevelt, ‘When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted,’ ” said Elayne Seaman, board president at the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill, which presents the medals annually.
Ghee, who served as Dutchess County historian, is credited with starting the movement to save the Val-Kill site from development, enabling it to become the first National Historic Site dedicated to a First Lady, and the creation of the Eleanor Roosevelt Center, which carries on Mrs. Roosevelt’s life’s work.
Schlesinger is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, scholar and social critic and chronicler of the New Deal era who served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy and taught for 30 years at the City University of New York Graduate Center.
Stewart is currently the president and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust, one of the nation’s largest and oldest community foundations. He served for 12 years as president of Spelman College in Atlanta and for 10 years as president of the College Board in New York.
Wallace is co-editor and co-host of the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes. During his more-than-60-year career, Wallace developed a reputation as an inquisitorial interviewer, authoritative documentary narrator, and powerful investigative reporter.
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