- A map of Samuel Huntington Public Service awardees since 1989 and the places around the world where they have heralded change through their innovative projects, innovations and organizations.
Our past award recipients and their projects
Surgeon General of the United States
Vivek Murthy received the Samuel Huntington Public Service award in the year 1997 for his initiative Swasthya Community Health Partnership to train women as community health workers in rural India.
McArthur Genius
Angela Lee Duckworth is an American academic, psychologist and popular science author. She is Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies grit and self-control. Angela is the recipient of the prestigious McArthur Genius Grant.
Angela received the Samuel Huntington Public Service Award in the year 1992 as a graduating senior at Harvard University.
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Forbes 30 Under 30
Sharad Sagar is an Indian youth icon and a globally renowned entrepreneur. In 2016, Sharad was the only Indian invited by President Barack Obama to the White House's SXSL event. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree.
Sharad received the award in 2016 as a senior at Tufts for his initiative Dexterity to College (D2C).
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Lonnie Hackett
Lonnie received the Samuel Huntington Public Service Award in 2014. Graduating from Bowdoin College, he went to Zambia to set up an organization to help school children succeed in their classes and give them a healthier start in life. The Zambian government has adopted the Healthy Learners model as national policy.
In addition, Lonnie was named a Social Entrepreneur by the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, which finds, funds and supports early stage high impact social enterprises tackling some of the world’s most challenging problems.
Lonnie writes: “The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award Committee was one of the very first supporters who believed in our work. Our current success would not have been possible without your generosity and enthusiasm.”
Institutions our award recipients represent
