Murphy to Receive Kennedy Award

Kudos to Congressman Patrick Murphy. From the inbox:

CAROLINE KENNEDY TO HONOR RECIPIENTS OF THE 2009 NEW FRONTIER AWARD

Cambridge, MA – Monday, November 23, Caroline Kennedy will present the sixth annual John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award to U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania, the first veteran of the Iraq War to serve in Congress, and Rebecca Onie, co-founder of Project HEALTH, a national organization that mobilizes college students to provide assistance to low-income patients at urban hospitals and health centers.

The ceremony will take place at 4:00 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at Harvard University ’s Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

The John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards were created by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) to honor Americans under the age of 40 who are changing their communities and the country with their commitment to public service. The awards are presented annually to two exceptional individuals whose contributions in elective office, community service, or advocacy demonstrate the impact and the value of public service in the spirit of John F. Kennedy.

Caroline Kennedy, President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and member of the IOP’s Senior Advisory Committee, will present Murphy and Onie each with a ship’s navigational compass in a wooden box bearing the inscription: “We stand today on the edge of a New Frontier…. I believe the times demand new invention, innovation, imagination, decision. I am asking each of you to be pioneers on that New Frontier.” – John F. Kennedy.”