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Service to Democracy
RICHARD W. FISHER RECEIVES THE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEDAL FOR SERVICE TO DEMOCRACY
Richard W. Fisher, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, received The American Assembly’s Service to Democracy Award at a dinner in his honor on October 18, 2006, at the James M. Collins Executive Education Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal for Public Service, named for The Assembly’s founder, is presented to national leaders who exemplify President Eisenhower’s founding principle when he established The American Assembly “to reconcile divergent views in order to accomplish a common purpose.”
Past recipients of the Service to Democracy Award for the public sector include George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, W. Averell Harriman, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Sandra Day O’Connor, Colin Powell, David Rockefeller, Brent Scowcroft, George Shultz, Cyrus Vance and Paul Volcker, among other distinguished Americans.
The American Assembly voted to bestow this honor upon Mr. Fisher due to his “service to the public good in increasingly complex roles as an Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, as Ambassador and Deputy United States Trade Representative and now at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. His accomplishments during these assignments represent a record of commitment to public service at the highest levels,” said Assembly Chairman Stephen Stamas.
Additionally, Mr. Stamas noted that Mr. Fisher, while serving as an American Assembly trustee, created the Next Generation Project, a national, multi-year initiative that is one of The Assembly’s most ambitious undertakings. The Next Generation Project is an examination of the global threats and challenges faced by the United States in the 21st century and the institutional responses that are required.
Mr. Fisher has served as the Dallas Fed’s President and CEO since April 2005. He is former Vice Chairman of Kissinger McLarty Associates, a strategic advisory firm chaired by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. He served as U.S. Trade Representative with the rank of ambassador from 1997 to 2001, during which time he oversaw the implementation of NAFTA and various agreements with Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Chile and Singapore. He was the principal deputy for negotiating the bilateral accords that led to both China’s and Taiwan’s entry into the World Trade Organization.
Mr. Fisher also has served on numerous public service boards in Dallas, such as Goodwill Industries, Boys Clubs, the Dallas Museum of Art and the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University.
The son of immigrant parents with no formal education, Mr. Fisher attended the U.S. Naval Academy, graduated from Harvard University, read Latin American politics at Oxford and received an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The American Assembly, an affiliate of Columbia University, was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1950 as one of this country’s first national, nonpartisan public policy institutions. It commissions research and authoritative books, sponsors conferences and brings leading experts together, and issues reports of findings and recommendations addressed to policy and lawmakers and the public.
ADMIRAL B.R. INMAN RECEIVES THE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEDAL FOR SERVICE TO DEMOCRACY
Admiral B R. Inman, Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair at the University of Texas at Austin, received the American Assembly’s Service to Democracy Award at a reception on Monday, June 12, 2006 at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal for Public Service, named for The Assembly’s founder, is presented to national leaders who exemplify President Eisenhower’s founding principle when he established The American Assembly “to reconcile divergent views in order to accomplish a common purpose.”
Past recipients of the Service to Democracy Award for the public sector include George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, W. Averell Harriman, Daniel Patrick Monahan, Sandra Day O’Connor, Colin Powell, David Rockefeller, Brent Scowcroft, George Shultz, Cyrus Vance and Paul Vickers, among other distinguished Americans.
American Assembly Chairman Stephen Stamas commented, “We are particularly delighted at the opportunity to present the Dwight D. Eisenhower medal to Bob Inman, one of our most respected trustees, whose guidance on our Next Generation Project includes leading us to its director, Francis Gavin, and serving as chair of the Advisory Council for The Next Generation Project.”
The Next Generation Project, a national, multi-year initiative and one of The Assembly’s most ambitious undertakings, is an examination of the global threats and challenges faced by the United States in the 21st century and the institutional responses that are required. The project was launched at the LBJ Library on June 12th, 2006, and was cosponsored with the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin.
Admiral Inman’s record of achievement spans the public sector, business, government and education. A 1950 graduate of the University of Texas, he spent thirty-one years in the Navy and was the first Naval Intelligence Officer to achieve four-star rank. While on active duty he served as Director of the National Security Agency and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. In 1983 he moved to Austin to serve as chairman and CEO of the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, a private partnership that was created to help the United States to preserve its edge in computer technology. From 1987 through 1990 he served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
In 1987 Admiral Inman was named an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Austin, teaching a graduate seminar to law, business and public affairs students. He was appointed a tenured professor holding the LBJ Centennial Chair in August 2001.
The American Assembly, an affiliate of Columbia University, was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1950 as one of this country’s first national, nonpartisan public policy institutions. It commissions research and authoritative books, sponsors conferences and of leading experts, and issues reports of findings and recommendations addressed to policy and lawmakers and the public.
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