Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Presented with FAU’s Making Waves Award

Florida Atlantic University recently presented Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. with the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Making Waves Award. The award, which was presented during a lecture with Mr. Kennedy, recognizes his significant record of public activism and civic engagement. Kennedy is an American environmental attorney, author and activist. He serves as president of the board of Waterkeeper Alliance, a nonprofit environmental group that he helped found in 1999. His books include “American Values, Lessons I Learned from My Family,” “Crimes Against Nature,” and “The Riverkeepers.” ”This award recognizes the incredible impact Mr. Kennedy’s environmental activism has had on our society,” said Michael Horswell, dean of FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. “Kennedy represents the values we cherish in our democracy and that we hope to instill in our students as active citizens in our country.”

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