Forum Archive

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The Dick Thornburgh Prize for Legal Service - 2018

The Dick Thornburgh Forum Disabilty Service Award

Applications are now being accepted for this annual $4000 award!

Samantha Varela - 2017

Project title of study: "Responses to Three Miles Island: How Public Officials Kept Pennsylvania Together After this Nuclear Incident."

Assistive Technology is a Form of Advocacy

October 18, 2017. Rory Cooper, Founding Director and VA Senior Research Career Scientist of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh.

"On the Field or in the Stands: Civic Engagement in a Cynical Time"

Sept. 11, 2017. Christine Todd Whitman, President of the Whitman Strategy Group and former Governor of New Jersey.

Dick Thornburgh celebrates 85 years!

Share your good wishes, reminiscences, anecdotes, or actions that may have been inspired by Dick on his 85th birthday.

"Pittsburgh - The Resilient City"

April 13, 2017. Mayor William Peduto presented, Pittsburgh - The Resilient City.

"Watchdog of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Ensuring Effective Services for Veterans and Proper Spending of Taxpayer Dollars."

February 22, 2017. Michael Missal, Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Thornburgh Family Lecture 2007: Ruth Colker

Thornburgh Family Disability