Mark Morris

The Laureate...

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

Mark Morris

2012 Laureate

Dancing is absolutely a visual art. It's not just how you feel or what you look like moving, it's also where you are in depth."

Dancer, choreographer, and director, Mark Morris has achieved a reputation as one of the world’s leading modern dance choreographers. More

The Legacy Prize...

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

Marian Joan Bechtel

Marian Joan Bechtel

2012 Legacy winner

Marian's dream is to do research in particle physics at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. More

Emerald Holman

Emerald Holman

2012 Legacy winner

An aspiring professional dancer, Emerald has studied at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. More

Nishant Ganesh-Kumar

Nishant Ganesh-Kumar

2012 Legacy winner

Nishant led a design team at Johns Hopkins University on redeveloping the punch biopsy procedure. More

Pamela Jimenez-Cardenas

Pamela Jimenez-Cardenas

2012 Legacy winner

Pamela’s passion for serving others can be traced to her childhood in Mexico and subsequent immigration to the United States. More

Simon Linn-Gerstein

Simon Linn-Gerstein

2012 Legacy winner

Simon has collaborated with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Richard Wernick, performing Wernick’s Suite for Unaccompanied Cello No. 1. More

Annie Salinas

Annie Salinas

2012 Legacy winner

Annie has achieved success as a young historian by bringing to light little-known aspects of world history. More

Shubhro Saha

Shubhro Saha

2012 Legacy winner

Shubhro embarked on a two-year research project that computationally modeled more efficient methods of hydrogen production by water electrolysis. More

Past winners:

2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003

Creativity Across the Disciplines

“LUKE JENSEN, 2008 LEGACY WINNER, EXPLORES THE WORLD ON A BONDERMAN TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP and he shared his thoughts with us from the road.“  - Let’s begin with a story of a flat tire. I’m on a dirt road in central Bolivia, miles from the nearest… More

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2012 Creativity Celebration: Honoring Mark Morris

Director and choreographer Mark Morris became the 2012 Benjamin Franklin… More

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04.30.2012

Cerstin Johnson, 2007 Creativity Legacy winner, won national playwriting competition.

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04.24.2012

Melissa Carubia, 2005 Legacy winner, was the lyricist and composer for “T: An MBTA Musical.“

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04.24.2012

Maritsa Hristova, 2011 Legacy winner, presents viola recital.

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04.24.2012

Gayatri Datar, 2006 Legacy winner, evaluates a World Bank Project.

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