The Annenberg Public Policy Center mourns the loss of the gracious woman who, with her husband, defined our mission in 1993 and inspired our work in the years that followed. Student Voices, Justice Learning, FactCheck.org, the National Annenberg Election Survey, the APPC Adolescent Communication Institute and the APPC Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics are among the byproducts of the Annenbergs’ commitment to improving the well-being of the nation and its children.
This summer, as we install the portraits of Walter and Lee Annenberg in our elegant new building and place the Annenberg motto “citizenship is a person’s most important calling” in its agora, we will remember their words of encouragement with fondness and rededicate ourselves to meeting the high expectations they had for our work at the policy center that bears their name.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Statements on the Death of Ambassador Leonore Annenberg
Statement by Former President George H. W. Bush on the death of Ambassador Leonore Annenberg:
Barbara and I were saddened to hear of the death of our dear friend Lee Annenberg. We send our most sincere condolences to her family. She and her late husband, Walter, exemplified service to others and were two of God's very special people. She will be sorely missed.
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