Lt. General Brent Scowcroft received the first Goodpaster Award in December 2008 at a gala dinner in Washington. General Scowcroft epitomizes a life of selfless devotion and service to the country he loves deeply. A former trustee of the Marshall Foundation like his good friend and colleague Andrew Goodpaster, Brent Scowcroft served as National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush. His extraordinary twenty-nine-year military career began with graduation from West Point and included numerous assignments addressing long-range military planning, international relations and national security issues. See photos from the Gala Dinner.
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