The American Academy of Achievement is a nonprofit organization that seeks to educate and inspire youth. It was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Washington D.C. The academy awards leaders in the arts, business, public service, science and exploration, and sports. [1] The academy recognizes six "keys" to success as: passion, vision, preparation, courage, perseverance, and integrity.[2] A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... The arts is a broad subdivision of culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. ... Wall Street, Manhattan is the location of the New York Stock Exchange and is often used as a symbol for the world of business. ... Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. ... Science in the broadest sense refers to any knowledge or system of knowledge, attained by verifiable means. ... Exploration is the act of searching or traveling for the purpose of discovery, e. ... The Passion is the technical term for the suffering and Agony of Jesus that led directly to the Crucifixion, a central Christian event. ... Look up vision in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Fortitudo, by Sandro Botticelli Courage, also known as fortitude, is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. ... Perseverance Perseverance was an early steam locomotive that took part in the Rainhill Trials. ... Look up integrity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Each spring the Academy hosts an International Achievement Summit, which brings together 50 distinguished honorees (30 from prior years and 20 newcomers each year) with 250 international graduate students. The four day long event culminates in a banquet where Golden Plate Awards for the year are awarded. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Recent honorees in public service include:

• Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
• Mikhail Gorbachev, former Premier of the Soviet Union
• Lech Wałęsa, Nobel Prize for Peace
• Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
• Desmond Tutu, Nobel Prize for Peace
• Bertie Ahern, Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey
• Henry Kissinger, Nobel Prize for Peace
• King Abdullah II of Jordan
• Queen Rania of Jordan
• Rudolph Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City
• Álvaro Uribe Velez, President of the Republic of Colombia
• Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of Latvia
• Árpád Göncz, President of the Republic of Hungary
• Lennart Meri, President of the Republic of Estonia
• Shimon Peres, Nobel Prize for Peace
• Antonin Scalia, Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
• Anthony Kennedy, Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
• Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
• Bill Frist, United States Senate
• John McCain, United States Senate
• Richard M. Daley, Mayor of the City of Chicago
• Lord Robertson, Secretary-General of NATO
• Lawrence Summers, President of Harvard University

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External links

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