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Dr. John Ruffin, Director of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, was honored with the King Legacy Award for National Service, on January 14, 2007, Washington, D.C. The King Legacy Award is presented for service at both the national and international level, and recognizes the distinguished leadership and contributions of individuals who have positively impacted the global community. Dr. Ruffin joins the ranks of past recipients including General Colin Powell, former U.N. Secretary Kofi Annan, the late Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, the Honorable Louis Stokes, Senator Bob Dole, former HHS Secretary Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher, and a host of international ambassadors including this year’s recipient of the King Legacy Award for International Service, Alexandros P. Mallias, ambassador of Greece. In his acceptance remarks, at the sixteenth annual International Salute to The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ruffin urged the audience to think about what Dr. King would say about global health disparities were he alive today. He encouraged the group to dream of a pathway to optimal health for all people in all nations. In the words of Dr. King, he reminded the audience that: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” This is a well-deserved and esteemed honor. Congratulations to Dr. Ruffin and much more continued success!!
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