![]() ![]() Two recipients, John Lewis (in 2001) and William Winter (in 2008), were designated as honorees for Lifetime Achievement. Also before their deaths, other presenters had included John Kennedy's brother, Ted, his son John Jr., and his wife Jacqueline. The award is generally presented by JFK's daughter, Caroline. It is generally awarded each year around the time of JFK's birthday (May 29) at a ceremony at the Kennedy Library in Boston. Kennedy Library Foundation, which includes members of the Kennedy family and other prominent Americans. The winners of the award are selected by a committee named by the John F. It is given to individuals (often elected officials) who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or pressure from constituents or other local interests. Kennedy originally described in his book of the same name. The Profile in Courage Award is a private award created by the Kennedy family to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. The Profile in Courage Award presented to Gerald Ford by Ted Kennedy in 2001 ![]()
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