Nicholas D. Kristof Receives Integrity in Action Award

INTEGRITY IN ACTION

Kristof is the 16th individual to receive the award, Episcopal’s highest. Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times since November 2001, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who writes op-ed columns that appear twice a week. In 1990, Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, previously a Times journalist, won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of China’s Tiananmen Square movement. Kristof won a second Pulitzer in 2006 for what the judges called “his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur.” Kristof and WuDunn are authors of three best-selling books: “China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power” in 1994; “Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia” in 2000; and “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” in 2009. In 2011, he was recognized as one of seven "Top American Leaders" by the Harvard Kennedy School and The Washington Post.
On May 12, the EHS community welcomed to campus Mr. Nicholas D. Kristof, journalist, author, and op-ed columnist for The New York Times, and the 2014-15 recipient of the Allen C. Phillips Lecture on Integrity in Action Award.

Kristof is the 16th individual to receive the award, Episcopal’s highest. Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times since November 2001, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who writes op-ed columns that appear twice a week. In 1990, Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, previously a Times journalist, won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of China’s Tiananmen Square movement. Kristof won a second Pulitzer in 2006 for what the judges called “his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur.” Kristof and WuDunn are authors of three best-selling books: “China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power” in 1994; “Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia” in 2000; and “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” in 2009. In 2011, he was recognized as one of seven "Top American Leaders" by the Harvard Kennedy School and The Washington Post.

Kristof met with a small group of students and faculty in Bryan Library to talk about his work and answer questions, and then presented to the entire EHS community in Pendleton Hall. He discussed the importance of living a life of integrity and making hard choices when faced with situations where right and wrong are not clearly defined.

Kristof’s focus on human rights and social injustices has had a big impact on his family and teenage children. The students were interested to hear how his children had accompanied him on trips to Darfur and Honduras, among other countries, and how his experiences were influencing their educational and career paths. Throughout his speech, Kristof emphasized the importance of immersing oneself, especially those that are born into privilege, in cultures and communities affected by poverty to truly understand the hardships and struggle many people endure.

At the conclusion of Kristof’s speech, Mr. Hershey presented Kristof with this year’s Integrity in Action Award, which reflects the School's commitment to academic excellence, the dignity of each individual, and the enduring importance of honor.
The Integrity in Action Award was established in 2000 by Headmaster Rob Hershey, John Burress ’54, John Walker ’79, and Ed Walker ’85 to recognize Allen Carleton Phillips, Jr., a longtime, distinguished faculty member whose devotion to academic excellence, the dignity of each individual, and the enduring importance of honor is legendary at Episcopal. Most notably, Mr. Phillips served as Episcopal’s dean of students for a remarkable 26 years and as faculty advisor to the Honor Committee.

You can watch the entire 2014-15 Integrity in Action presentation here on Bleachers.
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