George C. Marshall Foundation

The George C. Marshall Foundation is a foundation in Lexington, Virginia, that houses a library, archive, a museum and administrative offices dedicated to honor the legacy of George Catlett Marshall.

U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall

Foundation

The foundations is located in Lexington, Virginia, and houses a library, archive, a museum and administrative offices dedicated to honor the legacy of George Catlett Marshall. The Foundation opened in 1964 in its own building on the post of the Virginia Military Institute, Marshall's alma mater.

The Marshall Foundation library and archives cover United States military & diplomatic history between the years of George Marshall's career as a military officer and public servant, roughly 1900-1960. Along with sorted paper collections, the library contains over 23,000 manuscripts, two million documents from the National Archives and Records Administration, hundreds of era maps, 700 posters from all countries involved in both World Wars, films, and over 200 oral histories.

Awards

Hilary Clinton receives 2011 Marshall Award

In 1997, the George C. Marshall Foundation Award, or the Marshall Award, was established in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan. The award is given to individuals or organizations that "has made a significant contribution internationally to ameliorating hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos, as described by Secretary of State Marshall in his speech at Harvard University, June 1947."[1] Among the recipients were Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, Colin Powell, George H. W. Bush, David Rockefeller, and Helmut Kohl, among others.

For a long time, General Andrew Goodpaster served as a trustee and a chairman of the George C. Marshall Foundation, which established the Andrew J. Goodpaster Award to honor "American business leaders, politicians, military leaders and others who have served our nation in exemplary ways, who, like General Goodpaster, have exhibited great courage, selfless service, patriotism and leadership in their lives and careers."[2] Among the recipients were John P. Jumper, Raymond T. Odierno, Gordon R. Sullivan, and Brent Scowcroft.

References

  1. ↑ The George C. Marshall Foundation Award
  2. ↑ The Andrew J. Goodpaster Award

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