International Platform Association

IPA SILVER BOWL AWARDS For much of the 20th Century, IPA Silver Bowl awards have recognized a rich, diverse galaxy of political leaders, authors, performers, scientists, journalists, musicians, business leaders and philosophers who have made significant contributions to the intellectual life of America. Some of the Silver Bowl winners, both living and departed, have included such luminaries as Lowell Thomas, John F. Kennedy, Bob Hope, Henry Kissinger, Victor Borge, Jack Anderson, Glenn T. Seaborg, Winston Churchill, William F. Buckley, John Wayne, Pearl Bailey, Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Brokaw, Edwin Newman, Robert C. Byrd, David Brinkley, Malcolm S. Forbes, Art Linkletter, Erma Bombeck, Barbara Walters, Art Buchwald, Danny Kaye, Ann Landers, Hyman Rickover, Ralph Nader, Ted Turner, George Gallup, Jr, Arthur Goldberg, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert Dole, John Denver, Dick Cavett, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, William Safire, Harry Reasoner, Justin Dart, Carl Sagan, Drew Pearson, Seymour Hersh, Earl Warren, Isaac Asimov, James D. Feldman, Richard M. Nixon, Claude Pepper, MarioCuomo, Larry King, Howard Jarvis, Leon Jawarski, Jean Michael Cousteau, Minnie Pearl, Jose Grego, Rod McKuen, C. Everett Koop, Jean Sheppard, F. Lee Bailey, Harry Blackstone, Jr, Hal Bruno, Lawrence Spivak, Wolf Blitzer, George Plimpton, William Proxmire, Alexander Haig, William E. Simon, J. Peter Grace, Tom Bradley, William H. Webster, James Schlesinger. Warren B. Rudman, Edwin Meese, William French Smith, Penn and Teller, Hal Holbrook, Stephen J. Gould, J.W. Marriott and Pat Boone.