MSFS VALUES AWARD
The MSFS program was founded a hundred years ago to train young leaders for a changing and uncertain world. Its value and impact on international affairs have been transformative, and are as necessary today as they were at its founding. Then, as now, our graduates embody the core values that guide our program: Leadership, Creativity, Ethics, Service, and Inclusion.
As we embark on a new century of training our students for careers in all forms of foreign service, we believe that it is important to honor those alumni who represent this unique MSFS spirit.
Towards this end, the MSFS leadership team, its board of advisors, and the Walsh School of Foreign Service have established the MSFS Centennial Awards to honor five distinguished alumni whose life and work embody our program’s core values.
Over the course of this year, MSFS alumni were invited to submit nominees whom they believe most reflect the five values of MSFS: leadership, creativity, ethics, service, and inclusion. We received an overwhelming response with recommendations from classes dating back to 1972.
The MSFS Centennial Awards Committee, composed exclusively of MSFS alumni, received over 100 nominations. The quality of the nominees, and the richness of their experience, demonstrate the extraordinary extent to which our graduates have gone on to have careers that advance our values.
The final awardees received multiple submissions and have had careers spanning the public, private and non-profit sectors.