2025 Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service Ceremony: David Rubenstein

Eisenhower Fellowships will award its highest honor, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service, to business leader and philanthropist David Rubenstein for his extraordinary public service to support higher education and the arts, advance economic empowerment in disadvantaged communities and preserve America’s historical legacy to deepen global understanding.

The Chairman of Eisenhower Fellowships (EF), former U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates, will present the prestigious medal to Rubenstein at the organization’s 2025 Annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, May 14 at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

The Eisenhower Medal, established in 1988 by EF’s Board of Trustees, is awarded annually to a distinguished states person, business leader or other public figure who has achieved, through direct person-to-person international dialogue, advances toward President Eisenhower’s goal of peace, prosperity and justice.