Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism
The Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism is a prize given to people who made exemplary contributions to humanity and the environment. The goal of the prize is to advance the cause of humanitarianism. The prize was established in 1986 by Albert Toepfer, an international grain merchant from Hamburg, Germany. Previously given under the auspices of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in New York and administered by Johns Hopkins University, it is named after noted humanitarian and physician Albert Schweitzer and is now administered by The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
Recipients include:
- Desmond Tutu
- President Jimmy Carter
- Marian Wright Edelman
- Sister Maria Isolina Ferre Aguayo
- Norman Cousins
- C. Everett Koop
- Billy Frank, Jr.
- D. Holmes Morton
- Edgar Wayburn
- Sharon Darling
- Gwen Grant Mellon
- Dang Minh Luong
- Corneliu Vadim Tudor
- Robert S. Lawrence
- David Satcher
- H. Jack Geiger
- James O'Connell
- Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, 18th U.S. Surgeon General,
- Irwin Redlener, MD, co-founder and president of the Children’s Health Fund
