McClaughry Awarded 2008 Pizzagalli Prize
Ethan Allen Institute President John McClaughry is the winner of the 2008 Pizzagalli Prize for "outstanding talent, vision, and commitment resulting in individual achievement in one's chosen profession ... having widespread impact on the public and our way of life."
Angelo Pizzagalli of the Pizzagalli Foundation presented the prize to McClaughry at the Ethan Allen Institute's fifteenth anniversary celebration dinner at the Sheraton Burlington Wednesday evening, November 12, 2008. The prize carries a stipend of $10,000. At left is Institute Director and emcee Bill Sayre.
In its citation, the award said "with tireless effort you have encouraged widespread debate of major governmental, social and public issues. In doing so, you have drawn upon your high intellect, broad knowledge, and personal commitment to the principles on which the United States was founded& individual initiative, personal responsibility, and the preservation of free enterprise and capitalism."
McClaughry founded the nonprofit, nonpartisan Vermont free market think tank in 1993 after leaving the Vermont Senate. The membership-supported organization has worked for fifteen years to educate Vermonters in the fundamentals of a free society through print and radio commentaries, public policy reports, voting record publications, conferences, state house roundtables, and other similar events.
"I am truly honored and grateful to have been chosen as this years recipient of this prestigious award, made possible by the Pizzagalli Foundation," McClaughry said. "The Pizzagalli family and their businesses have for years been an enormous economic and civic asset to our state. It's my hope that improving Vermont's economic climate will help many more such families and companies to succeed and contribute as the Pizzagallis have. That will continue to be an important part of the Institute's mission into the future."
The Institute's publications and events are available at its website, www.ethanallen.org.
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McClaughry Awarded 2008 Pizzagalli Prize
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