| Sponsorship Opportunities for the 2008 NAF Annual Awards Dinner
THE NAF AWARDS DINNER, WASHINGTON, DC
Held each spring in Washington, the NAF Awards dinner celebrates Dutch-American heritage and honors three distinguished contributors to Dutch-American relations with awards that are named for recent U.S. Ambassadors to the Netherlands
Sponsoring the NAF Awards dinner gives the underwriter a chance for major exposure to prominent members of the Dutch-American community, as well as a chance to support the mission of the NAF in a significant way.
For table and ticket reservations, contact event manager, age.diedrick@rcn.com
AWARD RECIPIENTS (1991-2008)
The NAF Awards dinner celebrates Dutch-American heritage and honors three distinguished contributors to Dutch-American relations with awards that are named for recent U.S. Ambassadors to the Netherlands.
PREVIOUS AWARD RECIPIENTS (1991-2008)
THE AMBASSADOR J. WILLIAM MIDDENDORF II AWARD
On the initiative of and with endowment by one of its Directors, Thomas H. Wysmuller, the Netherlands-American Amity Trust, which later entered into an agreement to combine their operations with The NAF, established the J. William Middendorf II Award, to be given to a Dutch or American person who has markedly contributed in either the commercial, cultural or political field to the furtherance of amity between the Netherlands and the United States. The Award carries the name of the former NAAT Chairman, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1969 to 1973.
Award Recipients(business titles at the time of Award):
1991 - The Honorable Guy Vander Jagt, U.S. Congressman
1992 - Dr. H. Onno Ruding, Vice Chairman, Citicorp/Citibank
“ - Wim Dik, Chairman, Royal PTT Nederland NV
1993 - Maestro Leo Driehuys, Conductor, The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
1994 - Guy F. Jonckheer, Member of the Executive Board, ING Group
1995 - Dr. Ruud F.M. Lubbers, Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1996 - Pieter Bouw, President and CEO, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
1997 - Kees Storm, Chairman of the Executive Board, AEGON N.V.
2003 - Ewald Kist, Chairman of the Executive Board, ING Group
2004 - Donald J. Shepard, Chairman Executive Board and CEO, AEGON N.V.
2005 - Peter C. Sutton, Executive Director & CEO, The Bruce Museum of Arts and Science
2006 - Peter A. Benoliel, Chairman Emeritus, Quaker Chemical Corporation
2007 - P. Jan Kalff, Former Chairman, Managing Board, ABN AMRO Holding N.V.
2008 - Steve Van Andel, Chairman, Alticor Inc., Co-Chief Executive Officer, Amway Corporation
“ - Doug DeVos, President, Alticor Inc., Co-Chief Executive Officer, Amway Corporation
THE AMBASSADOR C. HOWARD WILKINS, Jr. AWARD
Named for the U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1989-1992 who endowed it in 1998, the C. Howard Wilkins, Jr. Award replaces the Dutch-American Achievement Award. Men and women of either U.S. or Dutch nationality are eligible for this Award, which recognizes outstanding professional accomplishments in fields of business, banking, corporate leadership, politics, government and diplomacy, arts and sciences, entertainment and sports.
Award Recipients(business titles at the time of Award):
1996 - Frederik J. Duparc, Director, Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis
“ - Arthur K. Wheelock, Curator of Northern Baroque Painting, National Gallery of Art
1997 - Paul J. Klaassen, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Sunrise Senior Living
1998 - Toon Woltman, Vice President, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
2003 - Jay Van Andel, Chairman Emeritus, Alticor Inc.
2004 - Gualtherus Baron Kraijenhoff, former Chairman/Supervisory Council, Akzo nv
2005 - Nancy McKinstry, Chairman, Executive Board, Wolters Kluwer nv
2006 - The Hon. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), U.S. Congressman, Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence
2007 - Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell
2008 - Brenda C. Barnes, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Sara Lee Corporation
THE AMBASSADOR K. TERRY DORNBUSH AWARD
Named for and endowed by the U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1994 to 1998, the K. Terry Dornbush Award was created in 2003, to honor individuals whose marked contributions in the fields of philanthropy, education or culture in the Netherlands or the United States have served to strengthen relations between the two countries.
Award Recipients (business titles at the time of Award):
2003 - Maarten van Hengel, Limited Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
2004 - John M. Palms, Distinguished President Emeritus and Professor, University of South Carolina
2005 - Jan G.F. Veldhuis, President, Utrecht University [1986-2003] and Fulbright Center [1985-2001]
2006 - Jacob G. Dekker and John R. Padget, Venture Philanthropists
2007 - Jan A. Zachariasse, President and CEO, Waterford Development, LLC
2008 - Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven, Founder, EFER (European Foundation for Entrepreneurial Research) |
