May 30, 2012

The Churchill Centre honors a distinguished American and holds most successful fundraising event in its history.

Fred Malek is presented with the award by last year’s recipient J.W. Marriott.
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 30, 2012—The Churchill Centre presented its 2012 Leadership Award to distinguished American civic and business leader Fred Malek at a gala dinner and award ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C. on April 30, 2012. Mr. Malek, who was recognized for his forty years of service as an advisor to four United States Presidents and his leadership in private industry received the award from J. W. Marriott, Jr., a previous recipient, a Churchill Centre Trustee and Chairman of Marriott International, Inc.

Over 400 Churchillians from across the United States as well as leaders from the public, private and institutional sectors in Washington attended the dinner, the largest and most successful in TCC history. Proceeds supported the Centre’s educational activities and the new National Churchill Library and Centre to be created on the campus of the George Washington University.

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Co-Chairs for the evening were TCC Chairman Laurence S. Geller CBE, Jane Harman, longtime member of Congress and President of the Woodrow Wilson International Center, and Catherine B. Reynolds, Chair of the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation. The host committee included Sens. Trent Lott, Tom Daschle, William Cohen and Norm Coleman, Cong. John Dingell, Gens. Brent Scowcroft, Jim Jones and David Petraeus and Secys. Frank Carlucci and Elaine Chao. Noted journalist Chris Matthews served as Master of Ceremonies.

Dinner speakers included Gen. David Petraeus, Randolph Churchill, Katty Kay, BBC Washington bureau chief, and Dr. Steven Knapp, President of George Washington University. Other distinguished attendees included Lt. Gen. Frank Kearney, Sen. Olympia Snowe, Philip Barton, Deputy Chief of Mission of the United Kingdom, Petr Gandalovic, Ambassador of the Czech Republic, Edwina Sandys and Paul Tetraeult, President of the Ford’s Theater Society. Also enjoying the evening were Cong. Mac Thornberry, Sen. Roy Blunt, GWU Provost Steven Lerman and President Emeritus Steven Trachtenberg.

Mr. Malek is a graduate of the United States Military Academy, where he serves as Chair of the Board of Visitors, and the Harvard Business School and was a Green Beret in Viet Nam. He is Chairman of Thayer Lodging Group and previously served as President of Marriott Hotels and Northwest Airlines and Co-Chairman of CB Richard Ellis. In the public sector, his many accomplishments include serving as Deputy Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. He is also a Director of the Aspen Institute, the American-Israel Friendship League and the George H. W. Bush Library Foundation.

Additional information about the National Churchill Library and Center is available from Lee Pollock, TCC Executive Director, at (312) 658-6027 or [email protected]