LBJ Library photo by Frank Wolfe
LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award
The LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award honors the vision that animated the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson and the hundred laws that gave it life: a belief that every citizen should share in the benefits and blessings of the privileges and protections that lie at the heart of the American dream. The LBJ award is given annually to an individual who personifies President Johnson's mission of creating a nation of justice and liberty, where everyone has the opportunity to rise and those in need will not fail. The inaugural recipient of the LBJ award is Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, who, throughout his career, has been a model of ethical leadership and an advocate for peace, freedom and justice.
Tom Johnson Lectureship
The Tom Johnson Lectureship was established in 2010 in recognition of and appreciation for Mr. Johnson's 30 years of distinguished service as Chairman of The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees. Mr. Johnson served as Executive Assistant to President Johnson and, later, as president and then chairman of CNN. The lectures made possible by the Tom Johnson Lectureship will be open to the student body of The University of Texas at Austin and the general public free of charge.
Harry Middleton Lectureship
Lady Bird Johnson established the Harry Middleton Lectureship in 1994 to honor the career, loyalty and legacy of Mr. Middleton, who served in the Johnson administration and as Director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum for 30 years. The lectureship was designed to attract and enrich the learning experiences of students at The University of Texas at Austin and the Austin community. Former speakers include former President Jimmy Carter, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Tom Brokaw, Gerald Ford, Bill Moyers, playwright and film director David Mamet, historian David Brinkley, and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg.
Grants-in-Aid and Harry Middleton Fellowships
Twice each year, The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation awards grants to eligible teachers, graduate students, writers and researchers to conduct research using the vast collections of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. The LBJ Foundation appropriates annually a total of $50,000 for Grants-in-Aid and $10,000-$12,000 for Middleton fellowships. The Harry Middleton Fellowships in Presidential Studies support scholars interested in presidential policy during the postwar period and permit recipients to study at any presidential library in the National Archives system.
The recipient of the Spring 2012 Harry Middleton Fellowship is Mark McLay. Mr. McLay is a Ph.D. student in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland. His dissertation, "Lyndon Johnson and the Republican Challenge to the Great Society," will explore how, why, and with what success the Republican party was able to challenge President Johnson's Great Society agenda between 1964 and 1968. The Foundation congratulates Mr. McLay and looks forward to having him visit the Library.
[Please find more detailed information about these awards and online applications here...]
Consistent with the wishes of President Johnson, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum is the only presidential library that does not charge admission. Membership contributions from the Friends of the LBJ Library have helped make the Library a center of intellectual activity and community leadership by providing support for symposia and conferences, special exhibitions in the Museum, and a series of Evening With programs that bring distinguished and prominent lecturers to the Library each year.
[For additional information, visit the Friends of the LBJ Library here...]