Louis W. Cabot Receives Scholar-Patriot
Award
May 10, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, MA - The American Academy of Arts
and Sciences has presented the prestigious Scholar-Patriot award to Louis W.
Cabot for his distinguished service to the Academy and to the nation. The
recognition is granted for the extraordinary contributions of individuals who
share the founding fathers' vision of service. Cabot is the third individual to
receive the 226-year-old Academy's Scholar-Patriot award.
The Academy recognized Cabot for a lifetime of
achievement as a leader of business and not-for-profit organizations. He served
as President and Chairman of the Board of the Cabot Corporation; chaired the
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; and has served as a member of the board of
major public companies. He also has chaired or served on the boards of dozens
of cultural, educational, health, environmental, and public policy
organizations ranging from Harvard University, the MIT Corporation, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, the Island Institute, and the Boston Museum of
Science, to the Brookings Institution, the Council on Foreign Relations, and
the United States Chamber of Commerce.
Cabot was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in
1958. He currently serves as its vice president and founding chair of the
Academy Trust.
Academy President Patricia Meyer Spacks, Chief
Executive Officer Leslie Berlowitz, and former Secretary Emilio Bizzi presented
the award at the 225th annual meeting of the Academy.
Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts
multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. Current Academy
research focuses on: science and global security; social policy; the humanities
and culture; and education. With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the
Academy's work is advanced by its 4,600 elected members, who are leaders in the
academic disciplines, the arts, business and public affairs from around the
world.
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