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Boston, MA - The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced today that Nike C.E.O. Philip Knight has given a $1 million gift to the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award program. Knight made the private donation in honor of Kennedy Library Foundation Board member Richard K. Donahue, Sr., who served as Founding Chairman of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Committee

Boston: PEN New England and the John F. Kennedy Library announce The Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Winner Akhil Sharma, for An Obedient Father & The L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award Winner Jay Wright, for Transfigurations: Collected Poems

Boston: The Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, America’s best known prize for a distinguished first book of fiction, has been won by Justin Cronin, for his warm and powerful collection of stories, Mary and O’Neil, published by The Dial Press, a division of Random House, Inc. "Justin Cronin writes about love – between parents and children, between siblings, and yes, between lovers – with a wisdom and humor that’s rare," writes Chris Bohjalian. "Beautiful prose that aches with its sense of passing time," says Frederick Busch.

BOSTON - The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced today that its 2005 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest is now open and accepting submissions from U.S. high school students in grades nine through twelve. The deadline for entries is January 8, 2005.

Boston, MA – Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and Former Texas State Senator Bill Ratliff received the 2005 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award today at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. A special Profile in Courage Award was also presented to United States Army Sergeant Joseph Darby.

Boston, MA- The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced today that the 2006 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest is now open and accepting submissions from U.S. high school students enrolled in grades nine through twelve. The deadline for entries is Saturday, January 7, 2006.

Boston, MA- The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced today that the 2007 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest, with a first place cash prize of $3,000, is now open and accepting submissions from U.S. high school students. The deadline for entries is Saturday, January 6, 2007.

Boston, MA- The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced today that the national 2008 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest, with a first place cash prize of $5,000, is now open and accepting submissions from U.S. high school students. The deadline for entries is Saturday, January 12, 2008.

Boston, MA- The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced today that the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest, with a first place cash prize of $5,000, is now open and accepting submissions from U.S. high school students. The deadline for entries is Saturday, January 10, 2009.

BOSTON, MA – PEN New England today announced that Michael Dahlie has won the 2009 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a distinguished first book of fiction for A Gentleman’s Guide to Graceful Living (W.W. Norton). Patrick Hemingway, the son of Nobel Prize-winning writer Ernest Hemingway, will present the prestigious literary award to Dahlie on Sunday, March 29, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes will serve as the ceremony’s keynote speaker.

Boston MA – Sheila Bair, chair of the FDIC, and Brooksley Born, former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, have been named this year’s recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award,™ in recognition of the political courage each demonstrated in sounding early warnings about conditions that contributed to the current global financial crisis.

BOSTON, MA – PEN New England today announced that Brigid Pasulka has won the 2010 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a distinguished first book of fiction for A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

Boston MA – The four members of California’s legislative leadership who in 2009 led a bi-partisan effort in a bid to close the state’s devastating budget deficit have been named this year’s recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™.

BOSTON, MA – PEN New England today announced that Brando Skyhorse has won the 2011 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a distinguished first book of fiction for The Madonnas of Echo Park (Free Press). Patrick Hemingway, the son of Nobel Prize-winning writer Ernest Hemingway, will present the prestigious literary award to Mr. Skyhorse on Sunday, March 27, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson will serve as the ceremony’s keynote speaker.

Boston, MA—The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation today announced that Kevin Kay, a junior at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland has won the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students™. Kay will be honored by Caroline Kennedy during the May 23, 2011 Profile in Courage Award ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston for his prize-winning essay on Florida State Representative John Orr, who in 1956 cast the sole dissenting vote against measures to perpetuate school segregation in his state. Kay will receive a $10,000 award for his first-place essay.

Boston MA – Elizabeth Redenbaugh, a New Hanover County, North Carolina School Board member who stood up against what she perceived as racial segregation in school redistricting plans, and Wael Ghonim and the people of Egypt, whose courageous demand for democratic reform inspired similar movements across the Middle East, were presented the prestigious John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™ today by Caroline Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, two of Boston’s preeminent cultural institutions, have partnered to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 13 days in October 1962 that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.

The National Archives and Records Administration and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library are releasing an additional seven boxes of material (more than 2,700 pages) from the Robert F. Kennedy Papers, housed at the Kennedy Library in Boston, including documents relating primarily to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 13 days that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, is being marked with several new, interactive and online activities and programs aimed at reaching a younger audience, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library announced today.

BOSTON, MA – PEN New England today announced that Teju Cole has won the 2012 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a distinguished first book of fiction for Open City (Random House). Patrick Hemingway, the son of Nobel Prize-winning writer Ernest Hemingway, will present the prestigious literary award to Mr. Cole on Sunday, April 1, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.

Boston MA – Three former Iowa Supreme Court Justices who were part of a unanimous decision to legalize same-sex marriage in that state have been named this year’s recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™. Former Iowa Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and former justices David Baker and Michael Streit were chosen in recognition of the political courage and judicial independence each demonstrated in setting aside popular opinion to uphold the basic freedoms and security guaranteed to all citizens under the Iowa constitution. Also being honored with a 2012 Profile in Courage Award is Robert Ford, U.S. Ambassador to Syria, whose bold and courageous diplomacy has provided crucial support to Syrians struggling under the brutal regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

BOSTON, MA – PEN New England announced the winners of The Laurence L. & Thomas Winship /PEN New England Awards, celebrating best works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by New England authors.

Boston, MA - Caroline Kennedy today will present the ninth annual John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards to Stacey Abrams, Georgia House Minority Leader and the first woman to lead either party in the Georgia General Assembly, and Veronika Scott, founder of The Empowerment Plan, an innovative humanitarian project that is creating a new garment industry in Detroit by hiring the city’s homeless women. The awards will be presented at 5:30 p.m. this evening during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum [watch live webcast].

Boston MA – Three former Iowa Supreme Court Justices who were removed from office by Iowa voters after joining a unanimous decision to legalize same-sex marriage in that state were presented the prestigious John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™ today by Caroline Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Former Iowa Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and former justices David Baker and Michael Streit were chosen in recognition of the political courage and judicial independence each demonstrated in setting aside popular opinion to uphold the basic freedoms and security guaranteed to all citizens under the Iowa constitution. Also honored with a Profile in Courage Award at today’s ceremony was Robert Ford, U.S. Ambassador to Syria, whose bold and courageous diplomacy has provided crucial support to Syrians struggling under the brutal regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.