The Eisenhower Institute
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The Eisenhower Institute is a policy institute founded in 1983 to advance Dwight D. Eisenhower's intellectual and leadership legacies. This is accomplished by:
1) Producing domestic and foreign policy analysis on topics such as radical Islamic fundamentalism; nuclear security and the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction; the Future of Space; America's relations with Russia and China; European security and NATO; and National Missile Defense.
2) Encouraging greater public understanding of American governmental institutions in order to promote better oversight of America's core institutions. The Institute's Program on Democracy and Accountable Governance is organized to meet those objectives.
3) Helping the successor generation build its intellectual capital by providing access to educational and leadership-development opportunities for our future leaders. The Institute provides Scholarship and Fellowship opportunities to students at high schools both in DC and around the US, and at universities including Harvard, Stanford University, Cornell, Tufts, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Kansas.
Since 1992 the institute has annually awarded an Eisenhower Leadership Prize to recognize individuals whose lifetime accomplishments reflect Dwight D. Eisenhower’s legacy of integrity and leadership. Past recipients have been:
2005 The Honorable John S. McCain
2004 The Honorable Pat Roberts
2001 The Honorable Sam Nunn and The Honorable Richard G. Lugar
2000 The Honorable Robert Rubin (Secretary of the Treasury)
1999 The Honorable Ted Stevens
1998 The Honorable William S. Cohen
1997 Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel
1996 The Honorable George H. W. Bush
1995 The Honorable Robert J. Dole
1994 The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen
1993 General Colin L. Powell
1992 Lt. General Brent Scowcroft
