Executives of PHBJ participated in ceremonies honoring Harris Wofford at the Park Hyatt (Bellevue) Hotel in Center City.

Members of PHBJ's editorial team took part in ceremonies honoring Harris Wofford at the Hyatt (Bellevue) in Center City. The former Pennsylvania Senator was honored by City Year for his leadership and inspiration to that agency.

Harris Wofford has been very involved in some of the major events of the past century. He began the journey as a teenage in Scarsdale, New York, during World War II, when he formed the Student Federalists, a national organization preparing for the anticipated world government. While serving as a private in the U.S. Army Air Force early in 1945 he met Clare Lindgren at a White House tea. Harris and Clare married in 1948, a union that produced three children and continued until her death in January 1996. The Woffords became involved in the Civil Rights movement in the late 1950's and he served in the U.S. Senate, representing the state of Pennsylvania.

His résumé lists a number of achievements including helping to launch the Peace Corps in 1961, then serving as its Special Representative to Africa in 1963-64 and as its Director from 1964 to 1966. He held the post of Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy, as well as Chairman of the White House Sub-Cabinet group on Civil Rights from 1961 to 1962. He also served as counsel for the U.S. Committee on Civil Rights, Trustee to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change and many other high profile jobs, always willing to work for the benefit of his country.

Harris Wofford has dedicated his career to citizen service, and believes that service should be expected and experienced by all Americans. He has built a legacy and epects that every American will emulate his spirit of sacrifice. that is one of the main reasons he was honored by City Year, with the participation of Michael McGinnis President of La Salle Univeristy, Ken Trujillo former City Solicitor, Nelson Diaz who occupies that position today, and addressed the gatehring organized byt the AJC.

Today he heads the Corporation for National Service, an organization created by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, landmark legislation Wofford helped launch. As CEO of the Corporation, he helped develop and organize the President¹s Summit for America¹s Future, held in Philadelphia in the spring of 1997. He has also pledged the support and participation of the Corporation for National Service in the post-Summit campaign--America¹s Promise: The Alliance for Youth, led by General Colin Powell. City Year honored himn for all those accomplishments and for the inspiration and leadership he brought to that organization.

These achievements make Harris Wofford of America¹s most prominent leaders placing him alongside of historic Civil Rights figures and other distinguished Americans.