2009 Father Robert F. Drinan
National Peace and Human Rights Award

Join us for an evening honoring

Congressman Barney Frank
and
Ambassador Robert Gallucci

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
6:30PM – 8:30PM

Sewall-Belmont House
144 Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002

This year’s honorees are well-known for their work on social and political issues.

Congressman Barney Frank
Congressman Frank has represented Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District since 1981, when he succeeded Father Drinan. Last year he recommended cuts to U.S. nuclear weapons programs. This year, even as he has been in the middle of working for solutions facing the financial system, he has been leading the fight for a 25% cut in the military budget.

Ambassador Robert Gallucci (ret.)
Amb. Gallucci is the Dean of Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and will soon become president of the MacArthur Foundation. His career in arms control and nuclear non-proliferation has included service as U.S. Special Envoy, as Deputy Executive Chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq, as the lead Ambassador responsible for the negotiation of the 1994 Agreed Framework (which significantly impacted North Korea's nuclear weapons program), and as Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs.

About the award: The Father Robert F. Drinan National Peace and Human Rights Award was established in 2006. The award is annually presented by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Council for a Livable World to individuals who exemplify the late Father Drinan's commitment to peace and human justice. The award broadly focuses on U.S. politics, political science, physical science, biology, peace studies, and peace and human rights activism.

Click here to find out more about the award and our past honorees.