For his bold, enlightened initiatives to counteract poverty, ignorance, and the racial, ethnic, and religious prejudices that are barriers to peace and justice throughout the world, the Fulbright Association awarded the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding to William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd president of the United States of America, on April 12, 2006. The Fulbright Prize recognized President Clinton's vision of empathy, cooperation, and dialogue in service of humanity and his continued work to meet the challenges of global interdependence.
