Jewish National Fund Tree of Life Award

TheTree of Life Awardis the highest humanitarian award theJewish National Fundpresents to one individual or family each year in appreciation of their outstanding community involvement, their dedication to the cause of American-Israeli friendship, and their devotion to peace and the security of human life. The award recognizes leaders of achievements and innovations in industry, government and education. Past awardees have included individuals who have made diverse contributions fromIsaac Stern,toArthur G. Cohen,Donald TrumpandSusan Polgar.Past presenters of the award have includedMargaret ThatcherandShimon Peres.

Tree of Life Award
Awarded for	outstanding community involvement
Country	Israel
Presented by	Jewish National Fund

Recipients

• John W. Barfield(Founder The Bartech Group, Inc.; author; philanthropist)
• Ron & Daron Barness
• Sid & Alicia Belzberg
• Raymond Brown& Wanda Akin Brown
• Ben Carson
• Chris Christie,governor
• Arthur G. Cohen
• Bonnie Comley
• William Cunningham(President of theUniversity of Texas)
• Paul Dresselhaus (1999)
• Elizabsth H. Dole
• Richard Egan
• Tovah Feldshuh
• Carly Fiorina,formerCEOand presidential candidate
• Ohio Lt. GovernorLee Fisher
• Steven Goodstein
• Former Vice PresidentAl Gore
• Dr. John C. Hitt
• Kathy Ireland
• New York CongressmanSteve Israel
• N. Richard Kalikow
• John Adam Kanas
• Gary L. Krupp(2001) (Founder Pave the Way Foundation, Inc)
• Stewart F. Lane
• Michael J. Lazar
• Jeffrey E. Levine
• M. David Low(President ofUT-Houston)
• William C. McCahill
• M. Peter McPherson
• Akron MayorDon Plusquellic
• Jana Robbins
• Stephen M. Ross
• Susan Polgar
• Secretary of StateColin Powell
• Jana Robbins
• Stephen M. Ross
• Roy J. Saunders
• Henry Segerstrom– presented in 1995 byMargaret Thatcher
• Fred & Shari Schenk
• Isaac Stern
• Donald Trump
• Jerry Zaks
• Mort Zuckerman

External links

• Official Website

References

• Real Estate Weekly article
• Jewish National Fund press release
• Jewish News article
• Jewish National Fund article
• 15 Minutes Magazine article