Hoover-Wallace Dinner
2009 Hoover-Wallace Dinner Honors Senators Grassley and Harkin
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| Senators Tom Harkin and Chuck Grassley |
The Sixth Annual Hoover-Wallace Dinner honored Iowa Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin. According to the senators’ staffs, it marked the first time in their political careers that Grassley and Harkin were honored together.
Among those who paid tribute to the senators were Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge, Congressman Leonard Boswell, and Congressman Dave Loebsack. Also participating via video message were Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and former Iowa Governor Robert Ray.
The dinner recognized Senators Grassley and Harkin for their service to Iowa, the United States, and the world, and will highlight Grassley and Harkin’s bipartisan efforts in working together to serve the interests of Iowans since their elections to the U.S. Senate in 1980 and 1984, respectively.
Funds raised for Borlaug-Ruan International Internship Program
The Hoover-Wallace Dinner raised $56,425 to support the World Food Prize’s Borlaug-Ruan International Internship Program, which has sent over 100 Iowa high school students on eight-week, all-expenses-paid research assignments at renowned international institutions in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.The high school students selected for 2009 internships were introduced at the dinner.
About the Hoover-Wallace Dinner:
The Hoover-Wallace Dinner was established in 2004 to recognize Iowa’s humanitarian leaders and to honor Iowa’s humanitarian heritage. The event is designed as an occasion where Iowans come together above political, social, ethnic and racial differences to celebrate Iowa’s legacy of feeding the world and alleviating human suffering.The theme of the dinner is exemplified by the achievements of its namesake native Iowans: Former President Herbert Hoover who arranged for the delivery of food to Europe during World War I, saving hundreds of millions of people from starvation; and former Vice-President Henry Wallace, whose agricultural innovations increased food availability and nutrition for millions more. The dinner is sponsored by the World Food Prize Foundation and the Rotary Clubs of Iowa. Proceeds from the event help fund the World Food Prize Borlaug-Ruan International Internship Program.
