Talk:Academy of Achievement

Additional Edits to Academy page
Hello, I am associated with the Academy of Achievement.

The Academy would like to request the following edits to their page.

HISTORY > 1st paragraph:

1) Insert this reference after the first sentence. after the first sentence in this paragraph.

2) Insert this at the end of the paragraph: His 1953 LIFE cover photograph of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier sailing at Hyannis Port “helped shape the mystique of Camelot” and was later selected by TIME as the 100 most influential images of all time. Reynolds established the Academy to both empower and educate young people by bringing them together with leaders, the level of achievers he met on his many photographic assignments.

EXAMPLE with changes:

Request Edits February 2022
Hello, I have some additional suggestions for updates to this article. As I noted in my previous proposal I am an employee of the American Academy of Achievement, so I am proposing edits here as per Wikipedia’s rules. Since you’ve spent time on the Request Edits for this page before, I’m notifying you of these additional proposals in case you’d be interested in having a look.

1.

I propose adding the two new photographs to the article in the History section, “Achievement Summit” subsection, directly below the photograph that’s already in the article. These photos demonstrate the unusual interactions at the summit between leaders in their respective fields, a key part of the summit.

Please ADD:





2.

With additional research, I was able to find reliable secondary press coverage to flesh out the existing table for highly notable recipients of the award (all of whom are also notable enough to have Wikipedia pages). I used primary sources as a second citation only when the first citation didn’t give the specific year of the award.

The list in alphabetical order by last name. I have alphabetized the list below, but each new entry needs to be integrated into alphabetical order in the existing table. I’d be glad to help do that work on the Wikipedia page if these suggestions are approved.

NOTE: Because some of the sources are not available for free online, I have provided relevant excerpts of any such sources just below the list.

Hank Aaron Sports 1977 Neil Armstrong Science & Exploration 1973 Stephen D. Bechtel Sr. Business 1976 Bear Bryant Sports 1979 Jimmy Carter Public Service 1984 Ray Charles The Arts 1975 Jim Henson The Arts 1987 Sir Edmund Hillary Science & Exploration 1973

Grace Murray Hopper Science & Exploration 1983 Kazuo Ishiguro The Arts 2017 Jack Kilby Business 1970 John D. MacArthur Business 1977 Toni Morrison The Arts 2005

Tenzing Norgay Science & Exploration 1973

Sandra Day O’Connor Public Service 1987

Linus Pauling Science & Exploration 1979 Stephen Sondheim The Arts 2005 Elizabeth Taylor The Arts 1985 John Wooden Sports 1976 Stevie Wonder The Arts 1977 Vladimir K. Zworykin Science & Exploration 1967

EXCERPTS FROM PAYWALLED SOURCES

1967 article in the San Angelo Standard-Times (Vladimir Zworykin):

Dr. Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, the man often called ‘the father of TV’, says he doesn’t have time to watch it [. . .] The Russian-born scientist was in Dallas to accept an award for his work from the American Academy of Achievement Saturday night.

1970 article in the Austin American-Statesman (Jack Kilby):

An inventive wizard of electrical engineering at Texas Instruments in Dallas wins the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement this weekend. He is Jack S. Kilby, assistant vice president components group and director of engineering and technology.

1973 article in the The Morning Call, Allentown, PA (Tenzing Norgay):

On June 15, the entourage will fly to Chicago, where Berman and Tenzing will receive the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.

1976 article in The San Diego Union (Stephen D. Bechtel Sr.):

Those honored were Tenley Albright, five-time national champion figure skater and Olympic gold medalist who is now a surgeon; Joe L. Albritton, publisher of the Washington Star; Jay J. Armes, private detective whose hands were amputated when he was 12; Stephen D. Bechtel, senior director of the Bechtel group of companies.

1976 article in The Herald Journal (John Wooden):

Dr. Jonas Salk, Henry R. Fonda, R. Buckminster Fuller, Jimmy Breslin and John Wooden were a few of those honoring the 200 youths. These were honored in turn for their achievements by the Academy.

1979 article in The Salt Lake Tribune (Bear Bryant):

Those receiving Golden Plates included Mr. Hodges; Paul William “Bear” Bryant, Alabama University football coach; Mr Dutts; Joni Eareckson, author; Chester H. Ferguson, business executive and financier; actor Henry Fonda; Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, “perhaps the most successful defense attorney in America;” Christopher B. Hemmeter, “Hawaii’s Businessman of the Year.”

1989 article in The Arizona Republic (Sandra Day O’Connor):

Other honorees include former U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater; Jane Goodall, who has spent the past 26 years in Africa studying the social behavior of chimpanzees; Henry R. Kravis, Wall Street’s master of the leveraged buy-out; Reinhold Messner, the first climber to complete mountaineering’s grand slam - ascending the 14 highest peaks in the world, without bottled oxygen; Sandra O’Connor, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, the pilots on Voyager’s epic flight around the world; and Diane Sawyer, correspondent and co-editor of 60 Minutes.

2002 article in “The Sunday Times” (Sir Edmund Hillary):

As a member of the academy's awards council, Ahern finds himself in world-beating company. Other members are Bill Gates, the microsoft founder; Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first two men to climb Mount Everest..."

2005 article in New York Daily News (Toni Morrison, Queen Rania, Stephen Sondheim):

Among the worthies who have actually shown up to receive their awards are Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, playwright Edward Albee, NBC’s Katie Couric and Tim Russert, actors Field, Washington, and Michael J. Fox, fashionista Carolina Herrera, Harvard President Larry Summers, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, novelists John Irving and Tom Wolfe, violinist Itzhak Perlman, composer Stephen Sondheim and an amazing assortment of Nobel laureates, including Toni Morrison.

3.

In the History section, Achievement Summit subsection, please add a new paragraph after the second paragraph (which begins with “On September 9, 1961, the academy hosted its first…”). The proposed sentence is based on prominent coverage in The Washington Post, the AP and UPI and I am singeling it out because something newsworthy happened at the event.

At the 13th annual summit, held in June 1974 in Salt Lake City, Academy member Leon Jaworski, the Special Prosecutor overseeing the Watergate investigations, said in his keynote address that he expected to win a Supreme Court case to get subpoenaed tapes from President Richard Nixon. Among the awardees at the 1974 summit were actor James Stewart, professional athlete John Havlicek, and Nobel Laureate chemist Paul Flory.

RELEVANT EXCERPTS

1974 article in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski said Saturday he doesn’t see how Watergate investigations can be keeping the nation from more important business. Jaworski, here to keynote the American Academy of Achievement’s Banquet of the Golden Plate, said criminal conduct has been established in Watergate and that it has to be followed up. “There will be a whole lot known later especially after the coverup trial in September,” Jaworski told a newsman prior to the speech. The special prosecutor said he would return to Washington, D.C., Sunday morning to continue preparations for his case before the U.S. Supreme Court on July 8. The high court has scheduled a hearing on that date for oral arguments in Jaworski’s attempt to get subpoenaed tapes from President Nixon. “I feel confident our position is right…no one is above the law,” Jaworski said. “The turn of events in the case before the Supreme Court could affect the outcome of several matters,” he said without elaborating.

1974 article in The Arizona Republic

The 59 recipients - including singer-composer Paul Anka, motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, millionaire industrialist Patrick K. Frawley Jr., actors Lorne Green and James Stewart and basketball star John Havlicek awaited their turn at a 344-foot head able - “The largest in history,” according to Brian Blaine Reynolds, who founded the academy in Oceanside, Calif.

1974 article in The Missoulan

Among those to be honored are actors James Stewart and Lorne Green; singer-somposer [sic] Paul Anka; motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel; Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Director and past president of the University of Utah; Pat Oliphant, Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated editorial cartoonist; and Dr. Paul J. Flory, 1974 holder of the American chemistry award, the Priestly Medal.

4.

In the History section, Achievement Summit subsection, please add a new paragraph after the fourth paragraph (which begins with "The 50th anniversary American Academy of Achievement Summit...). The proposed paragraph is based on prominent coverage in the Irish Times and the Sunday Times, and I am including it because something newsworthy happened at the event. The 2002 summit was held in Dublin, and was hosted by then-Taoiseach (prime minister) and inductee Bertie Ahern. Former President Bill Clinton held private talks during the summit with Irish nationalist politician John Hume from Northern Ireland, that reportedly concerned the conflict in Northern Ireland as well as other international conflicts. . New inductees into the Academy in 2002 included Clinton, U2 lead singer Bono, and Afghan president Hamid Karzai.

RELEVANT EXCERPTS

2002 article in “The Sunday Times”:

Bono and former US president Mr Bill Clinton were last night inducted into the Washington-based Academy of Achievement¿s hall of fame at a Banquet of the Golden Plate in the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballsbridge, Dublin. Tight security was in place around the hotel as past and present world leaders, businessmen, artists and Nobel Laureates gathered to hear Mr Clinton deliver a keynote address, the only public event to take place throughout the four-day summit.

5. In the History section, the final paragraph of the Achievement Summit subsection incorrectly states that the “last”’ summit was held in 2019. The latest summit was held in 2021 in Los Angeles. It would be better to change phrasing so it is evergreen. I suggest deleting the sentence about the 2019 summit, since the source mentions nothing of note about the event: The 2019 summit was held in New York City. And replacing it with a sentence about the 2021 summit since it is the most recent and we can include information about a highly notable inductee, one of the key scientists responsible for the Covid vaccines.

The 2021 awards ceremony took place in Los Angeles on December 23; among the awardees was Katalin Karikó, a biochemist whose research with Dr. Drew Weissman underpins the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.

Thanks very much for your consideration. Jarc12030 (talk) 18:19, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi This is done. By default, the images align to the right side of the page, so please let me know if you had something else in mind. Also, thanks so much for taking the time to source everything and alphabetize the table entries; that was very helpful. I added the 2002 summit details in between the 25th and 50th summits for the sake of chronology. Heartmusic678 (talk) 13:39, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Request Edits March 2023
Hello, I have some additional suggestions for updates to this article. I am an employee of the Academy of Achievement, so I am proposing edits here as per Wikipedia’s rules.


 * You reviewed and approved the last two request edit proposals for the American Academy of Achievement article, and thus are acquainted with the types of updates I’ve recently asked for: Request Edits March 2023. Would you mind taking a look at the new request? I greatly appreciate it. Desiderata45 (talk) 15:25, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

1.

I have seven additional people to add to the table of past award recipients. Each person already has a Wikipedia article. I was able to find reliable secondary press coverage to verify each recipient received the reward. I used primary sources as a second citation only when the first citation didn’t give the specific year of the award.

The list below is in alphabetical order, but each new entry needs to be integrated into alphabetical order in the existing table. I’d be glad to help do that work on the Wikipedia page if these suggestions are approved.


 * Larry Ellison
 * Business
 * 1997
 * 1997


 * Phil Knight
 * Business
 * 1989
 * 1989


 * John Lewis
 * Public Service
 * 2004
 * 2004


 * Barack Obama
 * Public Service
 * 2007
 * 2007


 * Walter Payton
 * Sports
 * 1988
 * 1988


 * Bill Russell
 * Sports
 * 2008
 * 2008


 * Carl Sagan
 * Science & Exploration
 * 1975
 * 1975

Since some of the cited articles above are from old newspapers and are not available for free online, here are relevant excerpts:

Baltimore Sun, May 23, 1997, p. 7e: This year's honorees are a typically far-reaching bunch: Cal Ripken Jr., Barbara Bush, Gloria Estefan, Ron Howard, Cokie Roberts, Joyce Carol Oates. Joining them are Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer, Oracle Corp. founder Lawrence J. Ellison, Motorola CEO Christopher B. Galvin, and circus star Gunther Gebel-Williams.

San Francisco Chronicle, June 26, 1989:

Saturday night, the proceedings ended with a huge banquet, at which each celebrity honoree received a ""Golden Plate Award" for being ""representatives of the many who excel in the great walks of life." Swathed in sequins, diamonds and self-assurance, the celebs beamed down on the assembled collection of scrubbed and polished students. Ralph Lauren wore jeans and cowboy boots beneath his tuxedo jacket. Philip Knight, CEO of Nike, strode jauntily across the stage in brand new white sneakers.

Hartford Courant, July 1, 1988, p. B4: You can hardly blame these Connecticut teenagers for sounding like name-droppers. Let them tell you about their weekend with actors Michael Douglass or Ed Asner, physicist William Teller, writers E.L. Doctorow or Tom Clancy, editor Ben Bradley or athletes Walter Payton and Julius Erving… “When I walked right by Ed Asner without stopping, that’s when I knew it was becoming a little routine,” said Jonathon Baron, 18 of Storrs, one of six Connecticut students who attended a high-powered gathering that brought together some of America’s biggest names… The American Academy of Achievements Salute to Excellence conference in Nashville, Tenn., this month allowed 450 of the nation’s brightest young people to rub elbows with about 40 top athletes.

Evansville Press, June 26, 1975, p. 15: Fifty-eight prominent and successful businessmen, scientists, entertainers and athletes will be in Evansville this weekend to be honored at the 14th annual Banquet of the Golden Plate…The presentation of awards will be made at a dinner Saturday at the Executive Inn...The purpose of the three-day program is to enable about 160 student national and state contest winners to meet and to get tips from the adults to be honored on how to be a success in their chosen fields…The award winners are: … Carl Sagan Space Scientist…

2.

Please add to the History section’s subsection, “Achievement summit,” the following three sentences as the new eighth paragraph. These discuss the 2022 awards ceremony and describe important events that took place at the summit, as well as some of the attendees. In September 2022, the 54th awards ceremony and Golden Plate dinner was held in Washington, DC. At the ceremony, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres were recognized for their role in establishing a deal allowing grain exports to ship out of Ukraine sea ports following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Other attendees of the event included Allyson Felix, Jimmy Page, and Mitch McConnell.

3.

In the Academy of Achievement list, please move the entry for Ray Dalio to its proper alphabetical position. It should go after Francis Crick and before Joan Didion. Whoever added the entry mistakenly put it at the bottom of the list. Also, they only provided primary sources. I found a reliable secondary source that supports all of the entry’s facts. The source is called “Lifestyle UG”, which has a thorough statement about its editorial standards and integrity (see | Code of ethics, | Editorial policy, and | fact-checking policy). I replaced two of the three primary sources with the secondary source.

I’ve rewritten the proposed wikitext below for your convenience:


 * Ray Dalio
 * Business
 * 2012
 * 2012

Thanks for considering this proposal. Desiderata45 (talk) 18:07, 31 March 2023 (UTC) Desiderata45 (talk) 18:07, 31 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I am withdrawing these. I am not the user who posted the previous request. I am also an employee at AA and worked off their incomplete draft. I want to review more closely before requesting any changes.Desiderata45 (talk) 19:37, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Additional Names for Awardees Table
Hello, I have seven additional people to add to the table of past award recipients. Each person already has a Wikipedia article. I was able to find reliable secondary press coverage to verify each recipient received the reward. I used primary sources as a second citation only when the first citation didn’t give the specific year of the award.

The list below is in alphabetical order, but each new entry needs to be integrated into alphabetical order in the existing table. (The entry for Ray Dalio at the bottom of the table also needs to be moved up into alphabetical order.) As I noted above in previous posts, I am an employee of the American Academy of Achievement, so I am proposing edits here as per Wikipedia’s rules.

Hi, You reviewed and approved the last two edit requests for the American Academy of Achievement article, so you know this article well. Would you mind taking a look, and if they are okay, implementing them? I greatly appreciate it!

Larry Ellison Business 1997

Phil Knight Business 1989

John Lewis Public Service 2004

Barack Obama Public Service 2007

Walter Payton Sports 1988

Bill Russell Sports 2008

Carl Sagan Science & Exploration 1975

Since some of the cited articles above are from old newspapers and are not available for free online, here are relevant excerpts:

Baltimore Sun, May 23, 1997, p. 7e: This year's honorees are a typically far-reaching bunch: Cal Ripken Jr., Barbara Bush, Gloria Estefan, Ron Howard, Cokie Roberts, Joyce Carol Oates. Joining them are Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer, Oracle Corp. founder Lawrence J. Ellison, Motorola CEO Christopher B. Galvin, and circus star Gunther Gebel-Williams.

San Francisco Chronicle, June 26, 1989:

Saturday night, the proceedings ended with a huge banquet, at which each celebrity honoree received a ""Golden Plate Award" for being ""representatives of the many who excel in the great walks of life." Swathed in sequins, diamonds and self-assurance, the celebs beamed down on the assembled collection of scrubbed and polished students. Ralph Lauren wore jeans and cowboy boots beneath his tuxedo jacket. Philip Knight, CEO of Nike, strode jauntily across the stage in brand new white sneakers.

Hartford Courant, July 1, 1988, p. B4: You can hardly blame these Connecticut teenagers for sounding like name-droppers. Let them tell you about their weekend with actors Michael Douglass or Ed Asner, physicist William Teller, writers E.L. Doctorow or Tom Clancy, editor Ben Bradley or athletes Walter Payton and Julius Erving… “When I walked right by Ed Asner without stopping, that’s when I knew it was becoming a little routine,” said Jonathon Baron, 18 of Storrs, one of six Connecticut students who attended a high-powered gathering that brought together some of America’s biggest names… The American Academy of Achievements Salute to Excellence conference in Nashville, Tenn., this month allowed 450 of the nation’s brightest young people to rub elbows with about 40 top athletes.

Evansville Press, June 26, 1975, p. 15: Fifty-eight prominent and successful businessmen, scientists, entertainers and athletes will be in Evansville this weekend to be honored at the 14th annual Banquet of the Golden Plate…The presentation of awards will be made at a dinner Saturday at the Executive Inn...The purpose of the three-day program is to enable about 160 student national and state contest winners to meet and to get tips from the adults to be honored on how to be a success in their chosen fields…The award winners are: … Carl Sagan Space Scientist…

Thanks for considering this proposal. Jarc12030 (talk) 14:35, 4 October 2023 (UTC)