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About
The Stratton Prize was founded by Dr. Freddy Homburger, who served as Honorary Consul for Switzerland in Boston for two decades from 1966-1986, to honor significant career achievement in the intercultural landscape between Switzerland and America. The Prize was first awarded to Julius Adams Stratton, former President of MIT and later Chair of the Ford Foundation in 1966. Dr. Stratton was honored for inspiring the integration of the humanities at MIT, this following his earlier advanced education at ETH Zürich and exposure to Swiss humanistic thinking.
Friends of Switzerland (FOSI) was the custodian of the Stratton Prize for nearly sixty years. Recently, FOSI’s Board has concluded that the best chance for the Stratton Prize and Fellowships to flourish is to transfer its management to the American Swiss Foundation (ASF). ASF will perpetuate the Stratton Prize and through the Stratton Prize Committee.
Upcoming Award Dinner
The 2025 Stratton Prize Dinner will be held in Boston, at the Samberg Conference Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology on October 9th at 6 p.m. EDT. Please contact info@americanswiss.org for more information.
Stratton Laureates
The Stratton Laureate Prize has been awarded to a distinguished list of Swiss or Americans across a wide range of disciplines in the fields of diplomacy, business, science and medicine, the visual arts, music, academics, and more. Five Stratton Laureates were at one time, or still are, Board members of the ASF. The Stratton Prize was awarded to the late Ambassador Faith Whittlesey, who founded the American Swiss Foundation’s flagship Young Leaders Conference and served as Chair Emeritus. Former ASF Board Members Doug Sears, Ambassador Suzi LeVine, and Eric LeVine; and current ASF Chair Emeritus Steven G. Hoch (YL 1990). A list of awardees can be found below.
2024 Larry Grob, Fine Artist
2019 Martin Dahinden, Former Swiss Ambassador to U.S.
2018 Suzi Levine, Former U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland
2018 Eric Levine, Ambassador's Spouse
2016 Armin Hofmann, Swiss Graphic Designer
2016 Chris Pullman, Designer and Artist
2016 Philip Burton, Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
2015 Renata von Tscharner, Founder, Charles River Parklands
2014 Steven G. Hoch, Partner, Brown Advisory
2013 Marc Redlich, Attorney, Redlich Law
2012 Iris Bohnet, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
2011 Josef H. von Rickenbach, Co-Founder, Parexel
2010 Hansjörg Wyss, Enviromenalist and Philanthropist, Founder of Synthes
2009 Douglas Sears, Professor, School of Education, Boston University
2008 John A. Shane
2007 Jeno C. A. Staehelin, First Swiss Permanent Representative to he United Nations in New York, Diplomat, and Lawyer
2006 Angelo M. Codevilla, Political Philospoher and Professor, School of Global Studies, Boston University
2005 Catherine N. Stratton, Formed MIT's Art Committee (Later Council for the Arts at MIT)
2004 Daniel Vasella, Former CEO and Chairman, Novartis AG
2003 Jane Swift, 69th Lieutnant Governor of Massachusetts, Acting Governor of Massachusetts (2001-2003), First woman to perform the duties of Governor of Massachusetts
2003 Ralph Lewin, American Biologist
2002 Faith Whittlesey, Former U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland
2001 Ernst Jost, Former Honorary Consul of Switzerland in Boston
2001 Max Steinmann, Former Honorary Counsel of Switzerland for New England
2000 Alfred Defago, Swiss Journalist, Senior Civil Servant, and Diplomat
1999 Ruth Ruprecht, Pioneer in AIDS-Related Research and Vaccines, and in Breast Cancer
1998 Mary Davenport
1997 Hans J. Bär, Swiss Banker, Former Partner, President and Chairman, Julius Bär Group
1996 George Alessandria, Launched Operations in both Boston and Washington D.C., Swissair
1995 James H. Hutson, American Historian
1994 Charles E. Ziegler, Professor & University Scholar, Director, Department of Polical Science, University of Louisville
1993 William J. Curran, "Father of Legal Medicine", Legal Expert on the International Commission of Jurists and the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Science
1992 Roman Totenberg, Legendary Master Violinist and Professor, Boston University
1991 Freddy Homburger, Swiss-born Oncologist
1990 Blanche Honegger Moyse, Swiss-born American Conductor
1989 Bruno Thurlimann, Swiss Civil and Structural Engineer and Professor, ETH Zürich
1988 Irene Vischer Honegger
1987 Oscar Handlin, American Historian
1986 John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American Economist, Diplomat, and Public Official
1985 Philip J. McNiff, Librarian, Boston Public Library
1985 Yen-Tsia Feng, First Roy E. Larsen Librarian, Boston Public Library
1984 Victor E. Weisskopf, Theorestical Physicist
1983 Bernard Brauchli, Swiss Musicologist, Organist, Clavichordist, and Educator
1982 Carl Einsele, Swiss Publisher
1982 Thomas Karger, Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Karger Publishers
1981 Conrad H. Biber, Successful Innovator, Polaroid Corporation
1981 George H. Büchi, Swiss Organic Chemist and Professor, M.I.T.
1981 Roger W. Jeanloz, Swiss-American Biochemist
1980 Randall Thompson, American Composer
1979 William D. Carter, Former Director of the Department of Internatonal Exchanges, Unesco
1978 Agnes Mongan, American Art Historian
1977 Charles S. Draper, American Aeronautical Engineer, Educator, and Science Administrator
1976 Alain B. Rossier, Former President and Medallist, The International Medical Society of Paraplegia
1975 Ernst Huber, Olympic Shooter
1974 Charles E. Mongan, First Chairman of The New England Obstetrical and Gynecologic Society (NEOGS)
1973 Georges F. Doriot, Professor, Military Man, and Entrepreneur
1972 Michael Stettler, Swiss Architect, Art Historian, Museum Director, and Writer
1971 Werner Imhoof, Former Washington Correspondent for Neue Zürcher Zeitung
1970 Bradford Washburn, American Explorer, Mountaineer, Cartographer, and Photographer
1969 Jerome C. Hunsaker, American Naval Officer and Aeronautical Engineer
1968 George W. Thorne, Former Chief of Medicine, Boston's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
1966 Julius Adams Stratton, Founder of the Statton Prize for Intercultural Achievement