FPA Presents Honorees with Foreign Policy Association Medal

May 21st 2015

 

New York, NY — The Foreign Policy Association (FPA) will today hold its Annual Dinner where it will present three distinguished honorees with the Foreign Policy Association Medal. Recipients of this year’s Foreign Policy Association Medal include Louis Bacon, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Moore Capital Management, LP and President, The Moore Charitable Foundation, Inc.; Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University; and Alan Gilbert, Music Director, New York Philharmonic. Claudio Descalzi, Chief Executive Officer, Eni Spa will be presented with FPA’s Corporate Social Responsibility Award.

The Foreign Policy Association Medal recognizes individuals demonstrating responsible internationalism and who are working to expand public knowledge of international affairs.

Past recipients include the Honorable Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City; Timothy Geithner, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; and Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister, Australia.

As the principal public forum in New York City for foreign policy addresses, the FPA attracts broad national and international attention. Through its annual meetings program and World Leadership Forum, the FPA gives members access to discussion and debate on the most critical issues facing America today.  With support from The Moore Charitable Foundation, the FPA has also convened a Task Force on Climate Change to make recommendations for a North American strategy to abate global warming and make climate change a priority for U.S. foreign policy.

The FPA Annual Awards Dinner presents an opportunity to honor individuals for their work in the foreign policy process and release findings from the FPA Task Force on Climate Change – continuing the FPA’s 97-year history as a catalyst for developing awareness and understanding of U.S. foreign policy and global issues.

The dinner will be held at the Pierre Hotel, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and ending at 9:30 p.m. Advanced registration required to cover the event. Please contact Kristen Glaude at [email protected] or (212) 481-8100 ext. 333.

 

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About the Foreign Policy Association

 

Founded in 1918, the mission of the Foreign Policy Association today, as it has been throughout its 97-year history, is to serve as a catalyst for developing awareness, understanding and informed opinion on U.S. foreign policy and global issues. Through its balanced, nonpartisan publications and programs, FPA encourages citizens to participate in the foreign policy process. To learn more about the Foreign Policy Association, please visit www.fpa.org.

 

About The Moore Charitable Foundation

Louis Bacon is President of The Moore Charitable Foundation Inc. (MCF) and chairman of its affiliate foundations. Founded by Bacon in 1992, MCF supports conservation nonprofits that focus on protecting threatened landscapes, habitats and water bodies. MCF also supports educational and community programs in specific geographic priority areas.