From Missouri-Congratulations to John Danforth, a former Missouri attorney general, U.S. twice-elected senator and U.N. ambassador, who is the latest recipient of the Winston Churchill Leadership Medal. The award comes from the National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, from which Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain" speech in 1946.
According to the National Churchill Museum website, the Churchill award, "its highest honor," is bestowed upon "individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership."
The website highlights Danforth's work toward peace. President Bush selected him to be a special envoy for peace in Sudan in 2001. His assistance helped usher in peace there in 2005, ending the 20-year civil war.
Perhaps not as well known is Danforth's role as an ordained Episcopal priest.
More here-
http://www.semissourian.com/story/2415678.html
also here-
http://www.missourinet.com/2017/05/30/former-missouri-senator-jack-danforth-to-receive-churchill-leadership-medal/
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