The J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding
The Fulbright Prize, a $50,000 award , recognizes extraordinary contributions to increasing mutual understanding and cooperation among peoples. The Association awarded the inaugural Fulbright Prize to Nelson Mandela in 1993. Succeeding Fulbright Prize laureates are Jimmy Carter (1994), Franz Vranitzky (1995), Corazon C. Aquino (1996), V?clav Havel (1997), Patricio Aylwin Azcar (1998), Mary Robinson (1999), Martti Ahtisaari (2000), Kofi Annan (2001), Sadako Ogata (2002), Fernando Cardoso (2003), Colin L. Powell (2004), William Jefferson Clinton (2005), Desmond M. Tutu (2008), and Bill and Melinda Gates (2010) . The Coca-Cola Foundation supported the Fulbright Prize with generous annual grants from 1993 through 2008. The Prize is now supported through the J. William Fulbright Prize endowment made possible by a bequest from the late John B. Hurford, a Fulbright Association officer and director.
Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal
The Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal honors Fulbright alumni whose distinguished careers and civic and cultural contributions have sought to expand the boundaries of human wisdom, empathy, and perception. Recipients of the Medal show exemplary commitments to creative leadership and liberal education. The inaugural medals were awarded in 2000 to Arlene Alda, Barbara Knowles Debs, and Richard A. Debs. Jean-Pierre Garnier, Thomas R. Pickering, and Ruth J. Simmons were medal recipients in 2002. Honored in 2005 were Rita A. Hauser, John Mendelsohn, and Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg. Craig R. Barrett, John Hope Franklin, and Shirley Strum Kenny received lifetime achievement medeals in 2007. Honored in 2009 were Rita Dove, Philip Glass, John D. Maguire, and Ruth M. Owades.
