2009 Medal Recipients
Michael R. Bloomberg is the 108th mayor of the City of New York. Elected to office in 2001, in his first term, Mayor Bloomberg
cut crime 20 percent; created jobs by supporting small businesses; unleashed a building boom of affordable housing; expanded parks
and worked to revitalize the waterfront; implemented ambitious public health strategies, including the successful ban on smoking
in restaurants and bars; expanded support for community arts organizations; and improved the efficiency of government...
The Koç family’s extraordinary legacy in Turkey began 83 years ago with the work of patriarch Vehbi Koç. An entrepreneur and
humanitarian, Koç established a corporate philanthropic empire that supported the growth of the country. Today, the Koç Group is
the leading conglomerate in Turkey and ranks among the largest 200 companies in the world. Along with this business success has
come a tremendous sense of obligation to the country...
Betty Irene Moore was born in Los Gatos, California. At the age of two, her father passed away and she and her mother joined
Betty’sgrandparents at their Los Gatos area fruit ranch. Betty attended Campbell Elementary School and Los Gatos High School,
then went on to receive her BA in Journalism from San Jose College. Betty worked for the U.S. Rubber Company in San Francisco
until her marriage to Gordon in 1950. Soon after they were married, the young couple moved to Pasadena where Gordon attended...
Gordon E. Moore and his wife Betty established the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in September 2000, which seeks to
develop outcome-based projects that will improve the quality of life for future generations. The Foundation focuses its work in three
areas of interest to the Moore’s: environmental conservation, science, and the San Francisco Bay Area.Gordon co-founded Intel
in 1968, serving initially as Executive Vice President. He became President and Chief Executive Officer in 1975...
As a tireless supporter of several cultural, philanthropic and civic endeavors, Joan H. Weill commits a great deal of her life to public
service and education. Mrs. Weill serves as Chairman of the Board of Alvin Ailey American Dance Foundation, and has been a key
organizer of the effort to raise funds and construct in New York City an expanded dance facility – the largest in our nation dedicated
to dance – that has had enormous benefits for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater...
Mr. Weill is Chairman Emeritus of Citigroup. He retired as CEO of Citigroup in October 2003, and served as Chairman until April
2006 Mr. Weill was a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2001-2006; served as a Director on the boards of
United Technologies from 1999-2003, AT&T from 1998-2002, and E. I. Du Pont Nemours and Company from 1998-2001.
He is currently a Director of Koç Holding, one of the most significant enterprises in Turkey...