AARP Honors Tom Brokaw With Top Award
Source: AARP Press Center | August 28, 2007
AARP will honor Tom Brokaw with the 2007 Andrus Award, the Association’s highest honor, during its Life@50+ National Event & Expo in Boston, MA on September 6. This award, named in honor of AARP’s founder, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, is presented to extraordinary individuals in recognition for their significant contributions to society.
“Tom Brokaw has distinguished himself not only as a preeminent journalist, but also as a catalyst for vital social debate,” said AARP CEO Bill Novelli. “Throughout his career, Mr. Brokaw has focused the public’s attention on critical issues facing our nation – helping to foster essential dialogue in the halls of Congress and throughout the world. His remarkable record of achievement in reporting and commentary serves as an inspiration to all who seek out truth in the pursuit of constructive social action.”
The AARP Andrus Award pays tribute to individuals who, like Dr. Andrus and Mr. Brokaw, have generated positive social awareness and positive outcomes throughout the world, and whose work and achievements reflect AARP’s vision of bringing lifetimes of experience and leadership to serve all generations.
“Mr. Brokaw has helped shed light on some of the most pressing challenges of our modern history,” added Erik Olsen, AARP President. “Such focus exemplifies Dr. Andrus commitment to action that ‘what we do, we do for all,’ a theme that remains with AARP today through our commitment to being champions for all people.”
After serving more than two decades as the anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News,” Tom Brokaw continues to build his journalistic legacy as a special correspondent for NBC News. Throughout his career, Mr. Brokaw’s work has been recognized with numerous awards and honors. Recently, he received the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award, the Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement and was inducted as a fellow into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Brokaw’s reporting often focused on difficult issues facing our nation. In 2006, Mr. Brokaw reported on race and poverty in “Separate and Unequal,” a critically acclaimed account of the ongoing issues of race in America. As an author, Mr. Brokaw may best be known for his best selling publication, “The Greatest Generation,” a reflection of American history through interviews with World War II veterans.
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a whole. AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to either political campaigns or candidates. We produce AARP The Magazine, published bimonthly; AARP Bulletin, our monthly newspaper; AARP Segunda Juventud, our bimonthly magazine in Spanish and English; NRTA Live & Learn, our quarterly newsletter for 50 + educators; and our website, AARP.org. AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We have staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
