STAR ALLIANCETM
PROMOTING OUR HIGHEST CIVIC IDEALS • GOOD WILL PRINCIPLES FOR ALL TO SHARETM
The Star of Peace TM Award
Instituted by the STAR ALLIANCE TM FOUNDATION FOR ALL TM
In 1986
Award pendants donated by • The Enchanted Crystal • Union Street, San Francisco
Star of Peace Award Recipients
1986
Dr. Linus Pauling • Activist for the Limited Test Ban Treaty in the atmosphere, underwater, and space • World’s sole double-undivided Nobel Laureate (in Chemistry & Peace) Mr. Stevie Wonder • Musical Ambassador of Good Will & Peace Mr. John Denver • Musical Ambassador of Good Will, Peace, & A Healthy Environment Maestro Leonard Bernstein • Musical Ambassador of Good Will, Peace, & TV Musical Education for the Masses • Historical conductor of The New York Philharmonic Orchestra • Composer, “West Side Story” & many other works The Corps of Retired Peace Corps Volunteers • Ambassadors of Good Will & Peace via international travel, concrete works, & cultural exchange
1987 Familia Baez Dr. Albert V. Baez • Physicist, International Educator with UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization Ms. Joan Baez • Noted Folk Musical Ambassador & Activist for Good Will & Peace Ms. Mimi Farina • Founder-Activist for Bread & Roses: Musical Goodwill Ambassadors to the Incarcerated
1988
The Guardian Angels • Good Will Ambassadors & Community Safety Activists Peacemaking Peoples of the United States & Former USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) • Presidents Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev, Accepting • A collective acknowledgment of activists, officials, & citizen diplomats in Education, Culture, Business, Media & Politics — whose combined efforts resulted in the historic I.N.F. Treaty (Intermediate Nuclear Forces): the first official reduction of nuclear weapons in Earth History
1989
Mr. Bill Graham & The Bill Graham Presents Family • Rock Impresario • Co-Producer: "Live Aid," The historic African Famine Relief Concert, among first global broadcast benefits ever in 1986 • Producer, 1989 Earthquake Relief Benefit in San Francisco, and many other benefits over the years.
1990
Mr. Vladimir Pozner • TV Journalist: The Voice of Russia to America & America to Russia during the critical, turning point years ending the Cold War • Ad Hoc Ambassador for Good Will, Conflict Resolution, & Peace Peter, Paul & Mary • Noted Folk Music Ambassadors & Activists for Good Will & Peace The Honorable Nelson Mandela • Antiapartheid Activist & Future Historical President of South Africa
1993 Mr. Melvin M. Swig & Family • Pioneering Jewish-Christian Cooperation Educators • Pillars of Good Will Protocol for the City & County of San Francisco The Michael Zykov Family • Mikhail, Tatiana, Alexandra Russian-American Citizen Diplomats for Good Will, Peace, & International People-to-People Friendship
1994 Ms. Althya Youngman • Founder, Artists Embassy International, Pioneering Ambassadors for Good Will & Peace The Honorable Javier Perez de Cuellar • Former Secretary General, The United Nations
2013
Mr. Neal Conan • Long-running historical host, National Public Radio (NPR): Talk of the Nation • Cited as a National & Global Champion for Civility in Public Discourse Mr. Takashi Tanemori • Survivor-Author, Hiroshima: Bridge to Forgiveness. Cited as a Global Champion for Forgiveness & Peace
2015 President Jimmy Carter & Mrs. Rosalyn Carter • Founders, The Carter Center (at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia) Cited for Lifetime Contributions to a Better America in a Better World • Global Champions of Peace & Love
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[File last updated: 2015-10-10]
