Elie Wiesel declines invitation to Marshall Foundation dinner honoring Colin Powell

This document is a program for the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony held on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. in The Rotunda of the United States Capitol. The ceremony was held in honor of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso. The program outlines the sequence of events, including a prelude by The United States Air Force Strings, welcome remarks by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, presentation of colors, the national anthem sung by J. Mark McVey, an invocation by Reverend Barry Black, and remarks on the resolution by various members of Congress. Dignitaries such as Elie Wiesel, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid, and President George W. Bush were listed as speakers. The program concludes with the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal, acceptance and a word of thanks by the Dalai Lama, and a benediction by Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin. A brief history of the Congressional Gold Medal is also included.

A handwritten holiday greeting from Don and Chris Eastman apologizing for missing a dinner. They express gratitude for being included and wish the recipient a wonderful holiday season and a happy 2014, hoping to see them in January.

This is a formal invitation from the President of the United States, requesting the pleasure of the recipient's company at a reception celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month. The event is scheduled to be held at the White House on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at three o'clock, with guests entering via the Southeast Entrance. An accompanying note instructs recipients to respond to the Social Secretary at The White House, providing their date of birth and social security number, and includes a contact phone number.

This document is a confidential draft itinerary (Draft 2, dated December 9, 2013) detailing the schedule for "The Story and the Storyteller: A Week with Elie Wiesel," an event series held at Chapman University from April 6 to 13, 2014. Elie Wiesel, a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Distinguished Presidential Fellow, is the central figure, with the itinerary outlining his comprehensive engagements. The schedule includes his travel arrangements, welcome receptions, a variety of academic sessions (seminars, lectures, and conversations with students and faculty on topics such as Ecclesiastes, Holocaust literature, identity, and memory), press interviews, and private social events. The document specifies timings, locations within Chapman University (e.g., Leatherby Libraries, Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library, Wallace All Faiths Chapel), and lists participants like professors, administrators, and student groups involved in the week's activities. It reflects a detailed organizational plan for a significant academic and public engagement.

This is a letter from the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków, dated December 19, 2014, addressed to Professor Elie Wiesel. The letter informs Professor Wiesel that the University's Senate, following the motion of the Faculty of Philosophy and after receiving nihil obstat from the Congregation for Catholic Education and positive reviews from professors Andrzej Zoll and Łukasz Kamykowski, has decided to confer upon him the title of doctor honoris causa. The university expresses its pleasure and trust that Professor Wiesel will accept the honorary doctorate, and it looks forward to the official ceremony. The letter is signed by the Rector, Rev. prof. dr hab. Wojciech Zyzak, and the Vice Rector, Rev. prof. dr hab. Józef Stala.