Awards Banquet

The awards banquet will be held on Wednesday, June 14 in the America Ballroom of the Westin Copley hotel from 7:30 to 10:00. Presentations of major MTT-S awards, and Fellow awards will be made before, during and after an elegant dinner. The banquet will feature dinner music provided by a string quartet and an after dinner speech by Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin. Doris will discuss her experiences writing biographies of presidents Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Franklin Roosevelt as well as her forthcoming biography of Abraham Lincoln. She will also touch on the process involved in writing her own memoir on growing up in the 1950s and her love of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Her insights bring alive the past, allowing listeners to learn from the talents, skills, and human failings of some of our most fascinating leaders. Her career highlights include:

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin will speak at the Awards Banquet

  • 1995 Pulitzer Prize for history for No Ordinary Time

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  •  Four times on the New York Times bestseller list

  • Consultant and on-air guest for Ken Burns’ 
    The History of Baseball

  • First woman journalist in the Boston Red Sox 
    locker room

  • Ten years on faculty at Harvard University

  • Assistant to President Lyndon Johnson
  • Panelist for PBS’ NewsHour
  • Commentator for NBC
  • Writing a biography of Abraham Lincoln

    Join us for an enjoyable evening!