Albert Einstein Peace Prize

Albert Einstein Peace Prize Foundation

Albert Einstein Peace Prize

The Albert Einstein Peace Prize was a peace prize awarded annually since 1980 by the Albert Einstein Peace Prize Foundation. The Foundation dates from 1979, the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein, and evokes the Russell–Einstein Manifesto which urges nuclear disarmament. It was established, with the sponsorship of the trustees of Einstein's estate, by William M. Swartz (1912–87) a wealthy businessman and the grandfather of activist Aaron Swartz. William M. Swartz was involved in the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and established the Foundation in part to support Pugwash. Prize winners, mainly active in nuclear disarmament, receive(d) $50,000.

Sl	Name	Country	Year	Awarded For
1	Alva Myrdal	Sweden	1980	For "her outspoken insistence on action by the great powers toward control over their nuclear competition and for her major contributions to the achievement of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1969, and agreements prohibiting the deployment of nuclear weapons on the seabed and in space."
2	George F. Kennan	United States	1981	"For his continuing efforts to reduce tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and the world in general." Kennan had not heard of the prize when informed he had won it. His conferral ceremony was attended by members of the Reagan administration and Anatoly Dobrynin.
3	McGeorge Bundy	United States	1982	Joint award for opposing pre-emptive nuclear strikes
4	Robert McNamara	United States	1982	Joint award for opposing pre-emptive nuclear strikes
5	Gerard C. Smith	United States	1982	Joint award for opposing pre-emptive nuclear strikes
6	Joseph Bernardin	United States	1983	for his part in drafting the U.S. bishops' pastoral letter calling for new arms agreements
7	Pierre Trudeau	Canada	1984	for working to promote disarmament
8	Willy Brandt	German	1985	widerange effort on behalf of peace.
9	Olof Palme	Sweden	1986	Awarded posthumously for "wide-ranging efforts on behalf of peace"
10	Andrei Sakharov	Russia	1988	Fearless commitment in upholding the fundamental principles for peace
11	Mikhail Gorbachev	Russia	1990	Contribution to peace and mutual understanding among people.
12	Joseph Rotblat	United Kingdom	1992	Conferred at a conference marking the fiftieth anniversary of Chicago Pile-1.
13	Hans Bethe	German	1992	Conferred at a conference marking the fiftieth anniversary of Chicago Pile-1.