REGISTRATION OPEN NOW for unique night for Canterbury Medalist Prof. Robert P. George. TO REGISTER, PLEASE SEE BELOW (in RED).

HIGHLIGHTS for this JUNE 18 EVENING (black tie) at the Four Seasons... 

Canterbury Medalist and Keynote Speaker
ROBERT P. GEORGE
McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence
Princeton University

Canterbury Medal Presented by
Professor MARY ANN GLENDON
Learned Hand Professor of Law
Harvard Law School

DINNER - June 18, 2010
TIMING: 7 PM; RECEPTION at 6:30 PM.
2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20007

Details on the Becket Fund Summit (6/17/10)
will be available soon and will appear
on this webpage. To register, see below.

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QUOTING from "NEWS at PRINCETON" [University News] - CLICK for more...

Princeton legal philosopher and constitutional scholar Robert P. George on May
4 was awarded the Honorific Medal for the Defense of Human Rights of the
Republic of Poland, which recognizes outstanding achievement in the field
of human rights.

Marek Zubik, deputy ombudsman of the Office of the Commissioner for Civil
Rights Protection and a law professor at the University of Warsaw, bestowed
the medal in a ceremony May 4 at the University of Warsaw, after which
George delivered the 2010 Petrazycki Lecture in legal philosophy on "Natural
Law, God and Human Dignity." [Endquote/snip]

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ALUMNI: On June 18th, 2010 The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
honors McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of
the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions
at Princeton University, Robert P. George at the organization's
annual Canterbury Medal Dinner.  The dinner site: The Four Seasons
Hotel in Georgetown.

This extraordinary award recognizes courage in the defense of
religious liberty and is named for Canterbury Cathedral, where
Thomas à Becket was martyred by the knights of King Henry II
for his own defense of religious freedom. 

As many DC alumni may know, Robert George has championed
religious liberty and other fundamental human rights in the United
States and across the globe as a constitutional scholar as well as
a political philosopher, a member of the President’s Council on
Bioethics, and as presidential appointee to the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights.

Prof. George joins past honorees -- Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel,
Chuck Colson, Archbishop Chaput, Mary Ann Glendon, and Dr.
John M. Templeton -- in receiving this prestigious award.

Alumni who wish to join Professor George on this night should
REGISTER via the information below.

TO REGISTER for THIS EVENT --

THE "PRINCETON-ALUMNI-ONLY" charge for the dinner
is $150 -- covering the event at the Four Seasons Hotel.
This specially-subsidized rate for Tigers is offered by the
Becket Fund (Executive Director - Ms. Kristina Arriaga).

This is an annual, major event created by the Becket Fund.

If you plan to attend this special event, please reply to Ms.
Montserrat Alvarado, and mention that you are a Princeton
alumnus or alumna. Costs are payable by credit card/check.

NOTE: Event tickets are HIGHER for others.

The Becket Fund
3000 K Street, NW
Suite 220
Washington, D.C. 20007
Please make checks payable to:
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

CONTACT DETAILS: Ms. Montserrat Alvarado,
malvarado@becketfund.org.
OR: Please call her cell 202.590.6966.