Previous APP Medal Awardees
First awarded in 1947, recipients have since included Walt Disney, Rachel Carson, Ted Turner, Edward O. Wilson, former President Jimmy Carter, and the Rockefeller family.
Conservation
APP 2019 Gala
Inspiring a new generation of conservation leaders
The APP is pleased to join in a celebration of birds, nature, and outstanding conservation leaders. Johnny Morris and Family will be presented with the APP Medal and J. Drew Lanham, PhD with the Dan W. Lufkin Prize for Environmental Leadership.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
The Plaza Hotel
Fifth Avenue at Central Park South
New York City
6:30 pm Cocktails
7:15 pm Dinner and Awards
Festive Business Attire
For more information, please contact:
Courtney Osit Constant
212-253-1953
courtney@fremontblueevents.com
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Recipients of the APP Medal
Johnny Morris and Family
Founder and CEO of Bass Pro Shops, Johnny Morris has been called a modern-day Teddy Roosevelt for his leadership and dedication to conservation. He has worked with every Republican and Democratic administration since 1978 to advance significant conservation issues and inspired his four children to follow in his conservation footsteps, both in their business endeavors and philanthropy. The latest of his many initiatives to enable new audiences to discover the outdoors, the Wonders of Wildlife National Aquarium & Museum in Springfield, Missouri, is the largest, most immersive conservation attraction in the world. Johnny’s partnership with APP and other conservation organizations ensures that this state-of-the-art facility will inspire visitors to join him and his family as stewards of our nation’s natural resources.
Recipient of the Dan W. Lufkin Prize for Environmental Leadership
J. Drew Lanham, Ph.D.
J. Drew Lanham, Ph.D. is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher and Certified Wildlife Biologist at Clemson University. In his twenty years at Clemson, Drew has researched the impacts of forest management on wildlife and explored the relationship between human beings and nature. An acclaimed author (The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature), he speaks to a new and diverse generation with a message that resonates through the ages: “Place and land and nature: how we tie these things together is critical to our sense of self-purpose and our fit in the world. They are the trinity.” Drew embodies the new diverse conservation movement APP is committed to building—he is a member of the APP Board of Directors and chairs the Advisory Board of APP South Carolina.
APP Gala Golden Eagle Supporters
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman P. Burke
Joseph and Barbara Ellis
The Lauder Foundation - Leonard and Judy Lauder Fund
The Lufkin Family Foundation - Dan and Adrienne Lufkin
Sarah Jeffords
Sonia and Paul T. Jones
Philip A. Swan
Maggie Walker
Dan W. Lufkin Prize for Environmental Leadership
The Lufkin Prize for Environmental Leadership recognizes individuals who have dedicated their entire lives to the environment and on-the-ground conservation.
Join us for the 2019 APP Gala!
Reservations are open for you to join us at the 2019 Gala. Help us celebrate our honorees, and meet other people who are passionate about the environment.