Jefferson Award
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor received the 2004 Jefferson Award for Public Service from the American Institute for Public Servic… read more
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor received the 2004 Jefferson Award for Public Service from the American Institute for Public Service. In 1972, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was one of three founders for the institute, which called their Jefferson Award “a Nobel Prize for public and community service.” Charles Bartlett, a friend of the Kennedy family, introduced Justice O’Connor and discussed the history of the award. close
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