Greg Mortenson

The Laureate...

is the creative thinker selected from the areas of the arts, the sciences, the humanities, and public service.

Greg Mortenson

2010 Laureate

"There's a proverb I often heard during my childhood years in Tanzania: 'If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community."

Bestselling author and founder of more than 131 schools in Central Asia, Greg Mortenson will become the 2010 Creativity Laureate on April 23, 2010, at the Smithsonian Institution's Baird Auditorium. More

The Legacy Prize...

is awarded each year to young, gifted individuals in recognition of their unique creative talents and dedication to public service.

Michael D. Burks Jr.

Michael D. Burks Jr.

2010 Legacy winner

Michael Burks’ community involvement has been a bridge to social justice and better understanding of racial issues. More

Kurt Y. Qing

Kurt Y. Qing

2010 Legacy winner

Kurt Qing led a team to prevent premature infant death in the developing world. More

Sarai Reed

Sarai Reed

2010 Legacy winner

Sarai Reed read her poem in honor of Stevie Wonder at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. More

Juan F. Ruiz

Juan F. Ruiz

2010 Legacy winner

Juan Ruiz has played his clarinet on classical, jazz, and world music stages in North and South America. More

Chi Zheng

Chi Zheng

2010 Legacy winner

Chi Zeng has earned honors for history, music, and science accomplishments. More

Alice Zhao

Alice Zhao

2010 Legacy winner

Alice Zhao’s new nanoparticle coating device has industrial applications to protect materials from corrosion. More

Past winners:

2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003

Creativity Across the Disciplines

DAVID BAUER, 2005 LEGACY AWARDEE, TEACHES SCIENCE LABS IN LIBERIA - Liberia is tucked into the corner of West Africa as the coast turns from the Atlantic Ocean toward the Gulf of Guinea.  It has been six years since the end of a brutal civil… More

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04.02.2010

Mahan Esfahani, Legacy Winner 2006, is performing at the Library of Congress.

Mahan Esfahani, Creativity Legacy Winner from 2006, will perform at… More

03.04.2010

Dennis Shafer, Legacy Winner 2008, is performing with the Chagall Performance Art Collaborative

Dennis Shafer, Creativity Legacy Winner from 2008, will join with… More

03.03.2010

Shaw Natsui, Legacy Winner 2005, is attending medical school at the University of Michigan

Shaw Natsui, Legacy Winner 2005 and current student at University… More

05.11.2009

Deepa Bhupali, Legacy Winner 2005, will be a neurology resident at Albert Einstein

Deepa Bhupali, Creativity Legacy winner from 2005, is graduating from… More

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