Third Annual Dinner for Western Civilization

On May 1, ISI hosted its Third Annual Dinner for Western Civilization at the historic Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware. The evening featured an entertaining and thought-provoking address by columnist and author Joseph Epstein (right). Journalist and ISI Trustee M. Stanton Evans was awarded the Charles H. Hoeflich Lifetime Achievement Award, and the longtime editor of Modern Age, literary critic George Panichas, was recognized with ISI's Trustees' Award. Over 300 ISI students, faculty, and supporters attended the event.

To view the dinner program, including the remarks of Joseph Epstein, click here.

ISI's 2008 William E. Simon Fellowship Winners— Bryan Mauk (left), Emily Byers (center), and Megan McGinnity (right).

Earlier in the day, nearly two dozen of ISI’s best student and faculty members were recognized during the Richard and Helen DeVos Freedom Center Awards Luncheon, also held at the Hotel du Pont. To view the luncheon program, including the remarks of ISI’s president, T. Kenneth Cribb Jr., and ISI board member and former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III, click here.