Washington University Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will be honored as the 2007 Citizen of the Year during a ceremony at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in Graham Chapel on the University’s Danforth Campus. Members of the University community are welcome to attend.
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Established in 1955, the Citizen of the Year award honors an individual who “best exemplifies an inspiring level of civic and industrial leadership to generate a spirit of conviction, purpose and confidence in the development of the greater St. Louis area.”
Wrighton was chosen by a committee of past winners of the annual award, which is sponsored and administered by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was announced as the 2007 award recipient in the Jan. 6 issue of the newspaper.
Recipients are chosen from nominations submitted by members of the business community and the general public. A committee composed of former award recipients makes the final selection.