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President Will interviewed by WCBS-TV at Lincoln Prize Dinner

05/02/2007

Gettysburg College President Katherine Haley Will was interviewed by WCBS-TV in New York on April 30 regarding the presentation of the $50,000 Lincoln Prize to historian Douglas L. Wilson for his book, "Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words." Wilson serves as co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. Will was pleased to honor Wilson with the prize, as it is the "most prestigious award for history scholarship in the country."

The Lincoln Prize, endowed by philanthropists Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman and created in 1990 with Gettysburg College Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies Gabor Boritt, is administered by Gettysburg College. It is the nation's most generous award in the field of American history. The Gilder Lehrman Institute has amassed one of the nation's greatest private collections of American historical documents and devotes itself to education by supporting magnet schools, teacher education, curriculum development, exhibitions, and publications.
 
Past Lincoln Prize winners include Ken Burns in 1991 for his documentary "The Civil War," James M. McPherson in 1998 for his book "For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War," and Allen Guelzo in 2000 for his book "Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President" and in 2005 for his book "Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America." Last year's winner was Doris Kearns Goodwin for her book, "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln."