Saturday, October 4th, 2008
6:00pm - Reception
7:00pm - Dinner / Program
Location
The Drake Hotel
140 East Walton Place
Chicago, IL 60611
www.thedrakehotel.com
Ticket Information
$500 per person
Phone: 312-587-0234
Fax: 312-587-0536
invite@pmlgala.net
HISTORIAN ALLAN R. MILLETT
TO RECEIVE 2008 PRITZKER MILITARY LIBRARY
LITERATURE AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
$100,000 Award to be Presented at October 4, 2008 Gala in Chicago
Chicago, IL (June 23, 2008) – Allan R. Millett has been selected to receive the 2008 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. The $100,000 honorarium, citation and medallion, sponsored by the Chicago-based Tawani Foundation, will be presented at the Library's annual Liberty Gala on October 4, 2008 at Chicago's Drake Hotel. The announcement was made today via Internet webcast by the Library's President and Founder, COL (IL) James N. Pritzker IL ARNG (Ret.), at www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org.
The Pritzker Military Library Literature Award recognizes a living author for a body of work that has profoundly enriched the public understanding of American military history. The recipient's contributions may be academic, non-fiction, fiction, or a combination of any of the three, and his or her work should embody the values of the Pritzker Military Library. A national panel of historians, writers and individuals related to the study of American history and heritage - including the first recipient of the award James M. McPherson - reviewed nominations and definitive works submitted by publishers, agents, book sellers and other professional literary organizations. The finalist recommendation was unanimously endorsed by the executive council of the Foundation established to oversee the award process.
PRITZKER MILITARY LIBRARY TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING PHILANTHROPIC WORK OF THE MCCORMICK FOUNDATION
Founder's Award to be Presented at Liberty Gala on October 4, 2008
CHICAGO, IL (Sept. 4, 2008) – The McCormick Foundation, whose philanthropic efforts have supported cultural and artistic endeavors throughout Chicago for more than 50 years, has been selected to receive the Founder’s Award of the Pritzker Military Library. The award will be presented by the Library’s President and Founder, COL (IL) James N. Pritzker IL ARNG (Ret.), at the Pritzker Military Library’s annual Liberty Gala on October 4, 2008.
The Founder’s Award of the Pritzker Military Library recognizes an individual or an organization for an extraordinary contribution to the mission of the Pritzker Military Library and the preservation of the heritage of the Citizen Soldier. The McCormick Foundation has been the Presenting Sponsor of the free, public programs on military history for live, Internet and broadcast audiences at the Pritzker Military Library for three years, and will continue in that role for the 2008-09 season.
