Honoring
Author and Philanthropist
David M. Rubenstein
In conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Hosted by D. Brenton Simons and Ryan J. Woods
The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
presented by David M. Rubenstein
In conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Stacy Schiff
History and Preservation Award Recipient…
David M. Rubenstein served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Smithsonian Institution. Long considered a leader of “patriotic philanthropy,” he has made transformative gifts for the restoration or repair of the Washington Monument, Monticello, Montpelier, Mount Vernon, Arlington House, Iwo Jima Memorial, the Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian, the National Archives, the National Zoo, the Library of Congress, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. His philanthropic awards include the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy and MoMA’s David Rockefeller Award.
Rubenstein is host of Bloomberg TV’s The David Rubenstein Show and Bloomberg Wealth and author of The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians (2019) and How to Lead: Wisdom from the World’s Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers (2020).
In conversation with…
Stacy Schiff is the author of The Witches: Salem, 1692, a #1 bestseller; Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Saint-Exupéry, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, a multi-award winner; and Cleopatra: A Life, also a #1 bestseller. Among her many honors, Schiff has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities and has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Schiff is also a American Ancestors Lifetime Achievement Award winner (2017).
Hosted By…
D. Brenton Simons is President & CEO of American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society and is Vice Chairman of the Plymouth 400th Anniversary State Commission by appointment of His Excellency, The Hon. Charles D. Baker, Governor of Massachusetts.
Ryan J. Woods is Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society and is Lieutenant Governor of the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.