Liberty Medal Presented To Dalai Lama

FROM LEFT, Vince Stango, COO of the National Constitution Center, and Richard Davidson, PhD, meet up with Richard Gere, after the Liberty Medal ceremony Monday night. Gere was a stand-in for the Dalai Lama who received the award in absentia. Photo by Bonnie Squires

FROM LEFT, Jeffrey Rosen, CEO of the National Constitution Center, thanks Bill Sasso, Esq., of Stradley Ronon, for sponsoring once again the President’s Reception, prior to the Liberty Medal ceremony. Photo by Bonnie Squires

JEFFREY ROSEN presents the medal to Dr. Thupten Jinpa, the Dalai Lama’s chief translator, who accepted the award on behalf of His Holiness the Daili Lama. Photo by Bonnie Squires

THE DALAI LAMA was seen on video, thanking Philadelphia and the Liberty Medal award committee. Photo by Bonnie Squires

LOCKHEED MARTIN, one of the sponsors of the event, was represented by (left to right) Jim Waddington, Gerard and Patty Fasano, and Patty and Benjamin Dove. Photo by Bonnie Squires

SUPPORTERS OF THE National Constitution Center included (left to right) Bob Lowery, Carole Haas Gravagno, Stevie Wolf and Majid Alsayegh. Photo by Bonnie Squires

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE included, from left, Lusang Samten and Jeffrey Granett, MD. Photo by Bonnie Squires

THE TIBETAN Children’s Choir of Philadelphia sang and played instruments to start the ceremony. Photo by Bonnie Squires