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...summer of 1988, nine years after they met as freshman year roommates, Alan A.A. Khazei ’83 and Michael H. Brown ’83 launched City Year, a non-profit community service organization that currently operates in 17 U.S. locations and in Johannesburg, South Africa. City Year began as a nine-week program for 50 volunteers, but by the next fall it was enlisting young people for a full year of service...
When they first entered the Yard, Khazei and Brown did not yet know they would go into the public sector, but soon after they met, a freshman class welcome speech delivered by then-University President Derek C. Bok inspired the friends to explore the world outside of the Ivory Tower. Both men took Bok’s advice to heart and found internships on Capitol Hill at different points in their Harvard careers. There, they became acutely aware of the need for public service...
...Although Khazei has since moved on to found another public service organization and serve as a fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics, Brown continues to lead City Year as its chief executive officer...
While City Year currently boasts an annual class of 1,400 youths between the ages of 17 and 24, it came from humble beginnings. When the program launched, Brown was still in his third year at Harvard Law School. Khazei, who had graduated the year before, relied on support from then-Currier House Masters Holly Davidson and Gregory Nagy to get the program started...
...addition to Armstrong and Hill, past winners of the award include last year’s honoree, Peyton Manning, as well as Steve Jobs, Max Cleland and the US Olympic Hockey Team. In 1992, Alan A. Khazei ’83—co-founder and CEO of City Year, a national service organization that promotes full-time volunteering—was a co-winner of the award...