The Wallace Award
Background
The Wallace Award is an asset of the American Scottish Foundation®. First awarded in 1970, it was awarded annually thereafter until 1988. The Foundation revived the Wallace Award in 2000. The recipient was Senator Trent Lott, then Republican Senate Majority Leader. Senator Lott received the Award in recognition of his sponsorship of Senate Resolution 155 that adopted April 6, in perpetuity, as National Tartan Day.
On April 5, 2001, the Foundation presented the Award to Sir Sean Connery in recognition of his interest in and devotion to Scotland.
On April 6, 2004 the Foundation presented the Wallace Award® to three generations of the Forbes Publishing family. : B.C. Forbes, in Memoriam; Malcolm S. Forbes, in Memoriam; Steve Forbes; Christopher Forbes; Robert L. Forbes; and Moira Forbes Mumma, in recognition of the family's devotion to Scotland and Scottish interest and American-Scottish interest-related projects and cause there and in the United States.
On April 2005, the Foundation presented the Wallace Award® to Eleanor and Donald Taffner, major contributors to the Glasgow School of Art and Founders of the American Friends of Glasgow School of Art in recognition of their generosity to an importation Scottish institution, thereby facilitating the preservation of a signature work of Charles Rennie MacIntosh and the archives of the school.
On October 23, 2007, on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner, the Foundation presented the Wallace Award® to Ewan Baird, Philanthropist and Businessman in recognition fo his generosity to the Foundation and to Scotland
Honorees
The Award was originally conceived as a singular opportunity to recognize the extraordinary diversity of contribution that Scots have made to the world; and, in particular, to recognize one or more living citizens or residents of the United States of Scottish descent for their individual contributions to the well being of this country. The Foundation has now expanded the Award's reach to include either Scots or Americans who have made an important contribution to American/Scottish relationships. Honorees are selected by the Board of Directors of the American Scottish Foundation from nominations submitted by interested groups.
Purposes
- To recognize living citizens or residents of the United States or Canada of Scottish Descent for outstanding achievement or significant contribution in their field of endeavor.
- To recognize "in memoriam" citizens or residents of the United States or Canada of Scottish Descent for outstanding achievement or significant contribution in their field of endeavor.
- To recognize living Scots and Americans for their contribution to Scottish-American relationships.
Event
An Award Event held, since its revival, on or about National Tartan Day (April 6th). The Event has a notable Scottish theme with the recipient(s) making a short acceptance speech. The Event is held in a prestigious location in the presence of local dignitaries, and other VIP guests, members of national societies, Scottish commercial and philanthropic organizations, the sponsors invited guests, Foundation members and their guests. A media presence is also actively solicited.
Traditionally, the Event took place in New York City. In 2000 and 2001, the Award ceremony took place in Washington, DC on the steps of Capitol Hill, as part of the National Tartan Day ceremonies.
The Foundation is also considering hosting the Event in other U.S. cities in the future where there is a strong local organization with whom to co-sponsor the event. The Foundation is a national organization with a national membership.
Date
Traditionally, the Event was held in the Fall. Since its revival it has been held in conjunction with National Tartan Day ceremonies that take place on or about April 6.
Proceeds
The Event will in the future raise funds for Scottish interest charities based in both the U.S. and Scotland as well as to meet the ongoing financial needs of the Foundation.
| Recipients Of The Wallace Award From The American-Scottish Foundation Since It's Inception In 1970 | |
| Russell Barnett Aitken | Sculptor, Author, and Editor |
| Robert B. Anderson | Secretary of the Treasury; Secretary of the Navy |
| J. Sinclair Armstrong | Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Louis S. Auchincloss | Author and Attorney |
| Euan Baird | Chairman, Schlumberger; Non-Executive Chairman, Rolls Royce; Philanthropist |
| Drummond C. Bell | Chairman, National Distillers |
| William Blackie | Chairman, Caterpillar Inc.; Member, Fortune Magazine Business Hall of Fame |
| Herbert Brownell | Attorney General of the United States |
| Wiley T. Buchanan | Ambassador to Australia and Luxembourg |
| Robert J. Callander | President, Chemical Bank |
| Sir Sean Connery | Actor |
| C. Douglas Dillon | Managing Director, Dillon Read; Chairman, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Ambassador to France |
| Donald Wills Douglas | Founder, Douglas Aircraft; Member, Fortune Magazine Business Hall of Fame |
| Robert R. Douglass | Partner, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy |
| Hugh Malcolm Downs | Journalist and Television Host |
| Philip Livingston DuVal | Marketing Director, New York Times |
| John Elliot, Jr. | Chairman, Ogilvy and Mather |
| Chester H. Ferguson | Chairman, Lykes Brothers |
| James L. Ferguson | Chairman, General Foods |
| Christopher Forbes | Vice Chairman, Forbes Inc.; Philanthropist |
| Moira Forbes Mumma | President, The Community Coalition; Philanthropist |
| Robert L. Forbes | Vice President, Forbes Inc.;, President, ForbesLife magazine |
| Steve Forbes | Chairman and CEO, Forbes, Editor-in-Chief, Forbes magazine; Philanthropist |
| Timothy Forbes | President and COO, Forbes |
| Dr. John Stuart Foster, Jr. | Vice President, TRW Corporation |
| Greer Garson | Actress, Academy Award winner |
| General James W. Gerard | President and Director of many civic organizations |
| Jean S. Gerard | Ambassador to UNESCO |
| Norma Lorre Goodrich, Ph.D. | Author and Educator |
| J. Peter Grace | Chairman, W.R. Grace Ltd. |
| General Daniel O. Graham | Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency |
| Robert C. Graham, Sr. | Collector of fine art |
| John Murdoch Harbert III | Founder, Harbert Corporation |
| Mrs. Alison McDaniel Harwood | Chairman, Arthritis Foundation |
| Dr. D. Gilbert Highet | Scholar; Professor of Latin, Columbia University |
| Jack R. Howard | President, Scripps-Howard |
| John Kenneth Jamieson | Chairman, Exxon Corporation |
| David M. Kennedy | Secretary of the Treasury |
| Dr. Grayson L. Kirk, K.B.E. | President, Columbia University |
| Melvin Laired | Secretary of Defense; Presidential Advisor |
| Edward H. Levi | Attorney General of the United States |
| John V. Lindsay | Mayor of the City of New York |
| Senator Trent Lott | U.S. Senate Majority Leader (1996 - Present) |
| Robert Abercrombie Lovett | Secretary of Defense |
| Mrs. Douglas MacArthur | Civic Leader |
| Howard W. McCall, Jr. | President, Chemical Bank |
| Capt. Bruce McCandless | Astronaut; first man to fly freely in space |
| Senator John L. McClellan | Senator; at age seventeen, America's youngest lawyer |
| William B. Macomber | Ambassador to Jordan and Turkey; President, Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| James McCracken | Tenor, Metropolitan Opera |
| Dr. Paul W. McCracken | Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors |
| Nestor J. MacDonald, O.B.E | Chairman, Thomas and Betts; Chairman, Scottish Heritage, U.S.A.; President, Grandfather Mountain Highland Games |
| Ray W. MacDonald | Chairman, Burroughs Corporation |
| Sanford N. McDonnell | President, McDonnell Douglas |
| Clark MacGregor | Vice President, United Technologies |
| Sir Ian Kinloch MacGregor | Chairman, Amax Corporation; Chairman, British Steel; Chairman, British Coal; Member, Fortune Magazine Business Hall of Fame |
| Miss Helen MacInnes | Author |
| Malcolm A. MacIntyre | President of Eastern Airlines; Founder, Eastern Shuttle; Chairman, Bunker Ramo |
| John Key McKinley | Chairman, Texaco |
| Rev. Canon Dougald Lachlan Maclean | President, Scottish Heritage, U.S.A. |
| Archibald MacLeish | Poet, Playwright, Journalist, Lawyer, Librarian, Statesman, and Professor |
| John L. McLucas | Secretary of the Air Force |
| Donald S. MacNaughton | Chairman, Prudential Insurance |
| Malcolm MacNaughton | Chairman, Castle and Cooke |
| Robert MacNeil | Television News Commentator and Author |
| Robert L. McNeil, Jr | Chairman, McNeil Laboratories |
| Dr. Thomas H. Meikle, Jr | Dean, Cornell University Medical College |
| Judge Leonard Moore | Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals |
| Robert Motherwell | Painter |
| Linus Carl Pauling, Ph.D. | Scientist, Nobel Prize Winner; the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different fields outright |
| Rev. Dr. David H.C. Read, D.D. | Minister, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church; Author James Reston Journalist, New York Times |
| S. Dillon Ripley II | Author, Zoologist, Biologist, and Ecologist; Secretary Emeritus, The Smithsonian Institution |
| George Russell | Vice Chairman, General Motors |
| Hedrick Smith | Journalist, New York Times |
| R. Brinkley Smithers | Founder, Smithers Foundation |
| William I. Spencer | President, Citicorp and Citibank |
| Dr. Wallace Sterling | President, Stanford University |
| Justice Potter Stewart | Justice, U.S. Supreme Court |
| Col. Thomas H. Stewart III | Soldier; Treasurer, American-Scottish Foundation,Inc. |
| Donald & Eleanor Taffner | Philanthropists |
| Henry J. Taylor | Journalist; Author; Ambassador to Switzerland |
| Robert Brown "Bobby" Thomson | Professional Baseball Player born in Scotland who stroked the game's most famous hit |
| Malcolm Toon | Ambassador to the Soviet Union |
| James H. Van Alen | Sportsman and Philanthropist |
| Mrs. Diana Dalziel Vreeland | Editor, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue Magazines; called the Empress of Fashion |
| Senator Malcolm Wallop | United States Senator |
| James D. Watson, Ph.D. | Scientist, Nobel Prize winner for the co-discovery of the structure of DNA; Author |
| Gov. Malcolm Wilson | Governor, State of New York; Chairman, Manhattan Savings Bank |
| Arthur MacD. Wood | Chairman, Sears Roebuck |
| In Memoriam | |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Inventor of the telephone |
| Andrew Carnegie | Founder, U.S. Steel; Philanthropist; Member, Fortune Magazine Business Hall of Fame |
| B.C. Forbes | Founder, Forbes Magazine |
| Malcolm J. Forbes | Publisher, Forbes Magazine; Sportsman; Philanthropist |
| Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton | Soldier; Aviator; Founder, The American-Scottish Foundation, Inc. |
| Gen. Douglas MacArthur | Soldier |