The late John P. McGovern, M.D., was a member of the Cosmos Club for more than 50 years and endowed the Foundation with a fund for an annual series of lectures in science, literature, arts and humanities. The Foundation Trustees select awardees who are distinguished leaders in their fields. Awardees then deliver lectures to Club members and the public at the Cosmos Club. A medal and an honorarium are presented to each awardee by the Foundation and a plaque is placed in the Cosmos Club for each award recipient.

 

John P. McGovern Award Recipients

Richard Owen Prum
2020
Science
Molly Smith
2019
Arts and Humanities
Albert-László Barabási
2018
Science
Denyce Graves
2018
Arts and Humanities
Jill Lepore
2016
Arts and Humanities
Karl Deisseroth
2016
Science
Gail Kern Paster
2015
Arts and Humanities
Christoph Eschenbach
2014
Arts and Humanities
Henry Petroski
2014
Science
Brian Lamb
2013
Arts and Humanities
Daniel Kahneman
2013
Science
Harold Varmus
2013
Science
Kwame Anthony Appiah
2012
Arts and Humanities
Calvin Trillin
2011
Literature
Thad Allen
2011
Science
Elaine Pagels
2010
Arts and Humanities
Anthony S. Fauci
2010
Science
David Baltimore
2009
Science