The National Leadership Award
Past Recipients
Year 2005 Recipients: Good Samaritan Foundation
co-founders Charles Mann and Art Monk
The National Center for Leadership presented its third
National Leadership Award, honoring Art Monk and Charles Mann, co-founders
of The Good Samaritan Foundation and men who have exemplified leadership
and successful integration of faith and work. The Award was presented
at a dinner in their honor on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at the Mayflower Hotel
in Washington, DC.
The mission of The Good Samaritan Foundation is based on the strong
commitment of its founders to "Prepare Youth for Leadership in the
Community and the Workplace." This mission is achieved through the
Student Training Opportunity Program, which provides youth with the environment
needed to equip them with the skills, training and resources necessary
to compete successfully in society.
For more information about the Good Samaritan Foundation, visit www.gsf-dc.org.
Year 2003 Recipient: Harris Wofford
The National Center for Leadership presented its second National Leadership
Award to a life-long advocate for citizen service, former Senator Harris
Wofford, at a black-tie dinner in his honor on May 28 2003, at The Cosmos
Club in Washington, DC.
A servant leader since his youth, Harris Wofford was an advisor to Dr.
Martin Luther King and served on President Eisenhower's first U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights. While on President Kennedy's White House staff, he helped
organize the Peace Corps. All of the following describe his career: author;
professor; college president (twice); attorney; state cabinet member;
U.S. Senator; CEO, trustee and board member of many notable non-profits.
In 2000, Wofford convened and chaired the Working Group on Human Needs
and Faith-Based Community Initiatives. He is now Co-Chairman of America's
Promise. Mr. Wofford is also a published author. His most recent work
is Of Kennedys and Kings: Making Sense of the Sixties.
Year 2002 Recipient: Senator Bill Frist
The National Center for Leadership presented its first National Leadership
Award to an exemplary model of Christ-like leadership to the world, Senator
Bill Frist (R-Tennessee) at a gala event on May 21, 2002 at The Cosmos
Club.
Bill Frist is a two-term United States Senator, and the first practicing
physician elected to the Senate since 1928. Frist graduated from Princeton
University where he specialized in health care policy at the Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and with honors from
Harvard Medical School. He spent the next several years in surgical training.
He is board certified in both general surgery and heart surgery. In 1985,
Frist joined the teaching faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
where he founded and subsequently directed the multi-disciplinary Vanderbilt
Transplant Center, which under his leadership became an internationally
renowned center of multi-organ transplantation. In addition to performing
200 heart and lung transplant procedures, Frist has written more than
100 articles on medical research and three books.
In 1999, Frist was named a Deputy Whip of the Senate; in 2000 Frist
was tapped to head the National Republican Senatorial Committee; and
in 2001 he was named one of two Congressional representatives to the
United Nations General Assembly. Frist is now the Senate Majority Leader.
Of note to the National Center for Leadership's Board, is the fact that
Senator Frist regularly donates his time to provide care for those in
the Washington area who lack medical insurance. Senator Frist travels
to the Sudan twice a year to perform surgery for victims of famine and
civil war, which The Wall Street Journal highlighted in a feature article.
As a medical doctor, Senator Frist was an active spokesperson on the
Anthrax scares that faced our nation. By demonstrating steady, clear,
and principled leadership, Senator Frist serves as a role model for those
who would desire to be Christ-like leaders. Senator Frist is also a published
author whose most recent work is When Every Moment Counts.
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