Atlantic Legal Foundation
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Larchmont, NY 10538
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New York, NY 10017
(212) 867-3322
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It is truly an honor ... to be participating in another fine program of the Atlantic Legal Foundation, an organization that does so much important work in promoting limited government, free enterprise, individual liberty, common sense, and the orderly, rational development of the law. I have been a friend of the Atlantic Legal Foundation for many, many years.
—Theodore B. Olson, former Solicitor General of the United States
The Atlantic Legal Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest law firm with a demonstrable history of advancing the rule of law in courts and before administrative agencies by advocating limited and efficient government, free enterprise, individual liberty, school choice and sound science. Atlantic Legal provides effective and decisive legal representation, without fee, to parents, scientists, educators, and other individuals, corporations and trade associations.
Atlantic Legal's cases in the past year alone have resulted in the protection of the rights of thousands of school children, employees, independent businessmen, and entrepreneurs. In case after case, Atlantic Legal brings about favorable resolutions for individuals and corporations who continue to be challenged by those who use the legal process to deny fundamental rights and liberties.
Each year since 1988 the Foundation has honored, with its Annual Award, a person who exemplifies the ideals and principles of public service and private enterprise. Past honorees are:
- William C. Weldon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson (2008)
- Hon. Fred F. Fielding, Counsel to President George W. Bush; former Counsel to President Ronald Reagan (2007)
- Thomas J. Donohue, President and Chief Executive Officer, U. S. Chamber of Commerce (2006)
- Edward D. Breen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tyco International Ltd. (2005)
- Hon. George J. Mitchell, former United States Senator, Chairman, The Walt Disney Company, and Partner, Piper Rudnick LLP (2004)
- Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, American International Group, Inc. (2003)
- Henry A. McKinnell, Jr., Ph.D., Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc (2002)
- Hon. William S. Cohen, former Secretary of Defense (2001)
- Norman R. Augustine, retired Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corporation (2000)
- General P. X. Kelley, former Commandant of the Marine Corps (1999)
- Hon. Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor of New York City (1998)
- Hon. Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense (1997)
- Bruce Atwater, retired Chairman and CEO, General Mills, Inc. (1996)
- Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Texaco Inc. (1995)
- Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., President and CEO, Forbes, Inc. (1994)
- Ambassador Carla Anderson Hills, United States Trade Representative (1993)
- Paul H. Henson, retired Chairman and CEO, Sprint Corp. (1992)
- Walter B. Wriston, retired Chairman and CEO, Citicorp (1991)
- Irving S. Shapiro, retired Chairman and CEO, DuPont (1990)
- Edmund T. Pratt, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc (1989)
- William E. Simon, former Secretary of the Treasury (1988)
In 2006 Atlantic Legal presented its first Lifetime Achievement Award to:
Dr. Frederick Seitz, President Emeritus, The Rockefeller University