Awards & Winners

August Heckscher

August Heckscher II was an American public intellectual and author whose work explored the American liberalism of political leaders including Woodrow Wilson. He was the grandson of capitalist August Heckscher. He served as President John F. Kennedy's Special Consultant on the Arts, the first White House cultural advisor, 1962–63, as well New York City Mayor John Lindsay's Parks Commissioner, 1967, amongst other highlights in a wide-ranging career and life.

Awards by August Heckscher

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1992


Ambassador Book Award for Biography & Autobiography
Honored for : Woodrow Wilson: A Biography