Wallenberg Tribute
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Budapest Jews from the Nazis during the last year of WWII. He was taken into Soviet custody just days after Budapest was liberated and was never again accounted for by Western sources; some Soviet reports put his death in 1947 in a Moscow prison. Each year since 1984, Muhlenberg College and the Institute have paid tribute to Raoul Wallenberg by honoring one or more individuals who are recognized for their courageous moral action on behalf of others.
The annual Wallenberg Tribute includes a public lecture and reserved seating dinner. If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive an invitation, please email us at religionandculture@muhlenberg.edu.
| Past Honorees | |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Jewish Family Services of Delaware, Refugee Integration Support Effort (RISE) |
| 2021 | Lehigh Valley Sikhs |
| 2020 | Krista Tippett |
| 2019 | The Rev. Dr. Jesper Svartvik |
| 2018 | Deacon Elizabeth Miller |
| 2017 | Rabbi Ambassadaor David N. Saperstein |
| 2016 | Rabbi Allen Juda |
| 2015 | Alan Jennings |
| 2014 | 25th Anniversary Celebration (no honorees) |
| 2013 | Ilene Wood |
| 2012 | The Rev. Dr. Walter Wagner |
| 2011 | Rabbi Dr. Irving R. Greenberg |
| 2010 | The Rev. Christine Nelson |
| 2009 | Patty Carlis |
| 2008 | The Rev. Daniel Gambet |
| 2007 | Cerf & Lee Berkley and Ralph & Roberta Longsworth |
| 2006 | The Rev. Dr. John Reumann |
| 2005 | Alvin Mishkin |
| 2004 | The Rev. Dr. Franklin Sherman |
| 2003 | Jeanette & William Seaman |
| 2002 | Jeanette Eichenwald |
| 2001 | Arthur R. & Kathryn P. Taylor |
| 2000 | Bernard Frank, Esq. and Dr. Jonathan Tenzer |
| 1999 | The Rev. Dr. William P. Barker |
| 1998 | Joseph & Rita Scheller |
| 1997 | The Rev. Edward Flannery |
| 1996 | Drs. Alice & Roy Eckardt |
| 1995 | Dr. Eugene J. Fisher |
| 1994 | The Rev. Harold S. Weiss and Irvin J. Borowsky |
| 1993 | Dr. Darrell Jodock |
| 1992 | Ira Born |