Princeton in Africa Medal Recipients

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Previous recipients of the Princeton in Africa Medal (or other awards, as indicated) include:

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Paula Kahumbu, CEO of WildlifeDirect (2017) *recipient of the Princeton in Africa Founders’ Medal
Jay Ireland, President and CEO of GE Africa (2017)
Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Peace Laureate & Founder of The Gbowee Peace Foundation (2016)
Dwight Anderson, Ospraie Management LLC (2016) *recipient of the Princeton in Africa Founders’ Medal
Jagdish D. Thakkar, Sarla J. Thakkar and Ashish J. Thakkar, Mara Group and Mara Foundation (2015)
Mitch Besser, mothers2mothers (2015) *recipient of the Princeton in Africa Founders’ Medal
The Tierney Family (2014)
Jim Floyd, George Hritz, and Frank Strasburger, Co-Founders of Princeton in Africa (2014) *recipients of the 2014 Princeton in Africa Founders’ Medal – see below
Barry and Dolly Segal, Segal Family Foundation (2013)
Bob and Jennifer Diamond, Atlas Merchant Capital (2013)
Conrad Person, Director, Corporate Contributions, Johnson & Johnson (2012)
Lauren Bush, CEO, Creative Director & Co-Founder, FEED Projects (2011)
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Journalists and Authors of Half the Sky (2010)
Julius Coles, President of Africare (2009) *recipient of the 2009 Princeton in Africa Lifetime Achievement Award
Thomas Barry, President & CEO of Zephyr Management (2009)
Ambassador Robert Oakley (2008) *recipient of the 2008 Princeton in Africa Lifetime Achievement Award
Ambassador Frank Wisner (2008)
Senator Bill Frist (2007)
Sandra and Andrew Bonfield (2006) *recipients of the 2006 Princeton in Africa Service Award
Jonathan and Jennifer Oppenheimer, De Beers (2006)
George C. Rupp, President, International Rescue Committee (2005)
Dennis Keller, Chairman of the Board, DeVry, Inc. (2004)
Ambassador Cameron Hume (2003)

*In 2014, in honor of 15 years of sending Fellows to Africa, PiAf created the Princeton in Africa Founders’ Medal. The first-ever recipients of the Princeton in Africa Founders’ Medal were the Co-Founders of Princeton in Africa (Jim Floyd, George Hritz and Frank Strasburger).