The Historic Trust is seeking nominations for the 2018 leadership awards honoring Gen. George C. Marshall.
Recipients of the Marshall Adult Leadership Award and Marshall Youth Leadership Award will be honored on March 21 at the Providence Academy.
The event’s keynote speaker is Kim Wyman, Washington’s 15th secretary of state, and the second woman to hold that position. Returning as special guest is the 2017 keynote speaker, Cyrus Habib, lieutenant governor.
A nominee for the adult Marshall Leadership award must be a resident of Clark County, 35 years or younger, with a four-year college degree. Criteria include leadership ability, commitment to public service, academic achievement and potential for an ongoing active role in public service.
The award includes $2,200 toward a trip to the Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Va., Colonial Williamsburg and Washington, D.C.; opportunities to work with community leaders; and a scholarship for the Leadership Clark County Program.
Marshall Youth Leadership nominees must be Clark County residents in the 12th grade. Criteria include activities and projects demonstrating the values represented by Marshall.
The youth award includes a $2,500 college scholarship; a $500 paid summer internship in The Historic Trust administrative offices; a chance to meet local elected officials; and opportunities to participate in Celebrate Freedom events.
Nominations may be made by organizations or individuals and must be submitted by 5 p.m., Feb. 16.
People who nominate themselves must submit their applications by 5 p.m., Feb. 23.
Nomination forms are available at thehistorictrust.org/marshall-awards/ and at the Trust’s offices in the General O.O. Howard House, 750 Anderson St., Vancouver.
The event is presented by Riverview Community Bank.
For more information, go to thehistorictrust.org/marshall-awards or call 360-992-1800.
From 1936 to 1938, Marshall commanded the Army’s 5th Infantry Brigade at Vancouver Barracks. He was Army chief of staff during World War II.
Marshall was awarded the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize for the Marshall Plan, which helped rebuild the economies of Europe and the Pacific nations after WWII.
