It has been reported on the IBOB List that our own Peter Koskinen has won
the prestigious Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award. I have no way of
confirming this, but the post goes on to say that "The Emma Lazarus Statue
of Liberty Award is given to an American who
> has made a major contribution to improving the human condition. The
> first recipient of the award was Dr. Abraham L. Sachar, founding
> president of Brandeis University. More recently the award has gone to
> Dr. Armand Hammer, Edgar M. Bronfman, Sylvia Hassenfeld, Aaron
> Feuerstein, Beverly Sills, Sanford I. Weill, 2000, Ambassador Felix G.
> Rohatyn, 2001, Elie Wiesel, 2002, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, 2003, Hon. Edward
I. Koch, 2005, Hon. George P.
> Shultz, 2007, and Sid Lapidus, 2008.
>
> Peter was nominated for his immense contribution to society and his
> recent work in conjunction with several presentations and works on
> behalf of the society. ?Please join me in offering Peter our deepest
salutations."
I can say that Peter sure has made Cirque a lot more interesting in recent years, and is a really fun guy.
Perhaps someone knows just what Peter's contribution that he was awarded this for might be? Again, I am merely passing this information on and have no other confirmation of it. I am hoping that it is not a put on of some sort.
Tom Sanders
Lansing, MI USA