The Explorers Club Lowell Thomas Awards Weekend – AUCTION DESCRIPTION
The PDF below contains a catalogue of auction items for the Explorers Club Lowell Thomas Awards Weekend Mayflower Hotel Washington DC.
EXCURSION INFORMATION – Lowell Thomas Awards Weekend
Contact: Debbie Bell, LTAW Vice Chair at 202-744-8700 (phone or text)
Friday, October 11
- 2:30 – 4:00 pm EXCURSION
The U.S. Capitol BRUMIDI CORRIDORS TOUR (Fully booked.) [Meet @ 2:15pm at NORTH DOOR OF U.S. CAPITOL. NOT the Capitol Visitor Center.]
Saturday, October 12
- 12:30 – 4:00 pm VIP TRIBUTE AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Open to VIP Ticket Holders; reservations required.
Must be on van departing from the Desales St. entrance of The Mayflower, @ 12:30 pm. Visit Explorers’ Grave Sites and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Returning to Mayflower by 4:00 pm. - 1:30 – 3:45 pm EXCURSIONS
Open to all. Reservations required. Transportation on your own. - 1:30 – 2:20pm National Museum of Natural History ‘Narwhal’
Meet @1:25pm beneath the trunk of the Elephant in the Rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History, located between 10th St. & 12th St. NW, enter through either the Constitution Ave. or the National Mall side. - 2:00 – 3:00pm National Museum of Natural History ‘Entomology’
Time changed to 2:30 – 3:30pm (see below) - 2:00 – 3:00 pm Holocaust Museum – Meet at 2 pm Just south of Independence Ave SW, between 14th & 15th Str. Use 15th St. entrance, go through Security. Meet on other side.
- 2:00 – 3:00pm National Gallery of Art ‘Masterpiece’ Tour
Meet @ 1:50pm in the Rotunda of WEST building of the National Gallery of Art by the center fountain with Mercury atop. Use any entrance to the West building of the NGA, located between 5th and 7th St. NW with the National Mall (Jefferson Dr.) on one side and Constitution Ave. NW on other the other. - 2:00 – 3:30pm Library of Congress Map Collection (Fully booked.)
Meet @ 1:50 pm at the main entrance of the Madison Building located between First and Second Streets SE on Independence Avenue. - 2:15 – 3:45 pm National Air & Space Museum ‘Highlights’ (Canceled.)
- 2:30 – 3:30 pm National Museum of Natural History ‘Entomology’
Meet @ 2:25pm beneath the trunk of the Elephant in the Rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History, located between 10th St. & 12th St. NW, enter through either the Constitution Ave. or the National Mall side. - 2:30 – 3:30pm National Museum of Natural History ’Human Origins’
Meet @ 2:25pm beneath the trunk of the Elephant in the Rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History, located between 10th St. & 12th St. NW, enter through either the Constitution Ave. or the National Mall side.
Sunday, October 13
- 1:00 – 5:00 pm VIP TRIBUTE AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY (Fully booked.)
Open to VIP Ticket Holders; reservations required. Must be on van departing The Cosmos Club at 1 pm from the main entrance, Massachusetts Ave. Returning to The Mayflower by 5 pm. - 2:15 – 3:45 pm EXCURSIONS – Open to all. Reservations required.
Transportation on your own. - 2:15 – 3:45 pm National Air & Space Museum ‘Highlights’
Meet at 2:05 inside Mall entrance to the National Air & Space Museum, located between 4th St. and 7th St., on Jefferson Drive. - 2:30 – 3:30 pm Holocaust Museum (Canceled.)
- 2:30 – 3:30 pm National Gallery of Art ‘Wilderness Tour’
Meet @ 2:15 pm in the Rotunda of WEST building of the National Gallery of Art by center fountain, with Mercury atop. Can be reached by any of the entrances to the West building of the NGA, located between 5th and 7th St. NW with the National Mall (Jefferson Dr.) on one side and Constitution Ave. NW on other the other. - 2:30 – 3:30 pm National Museum of Natural History ‘Entomology’
Meet @ 2:25pm beneath the trunk of the Elephant in the Rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History, located between 10th St. & 12th St. NW, enter through either the Constitution Ave. or the National Mall side.
2019 LOWELL THOMAS AWARDS WEEKEND
Ambassador Alan Wood Lukens ME’78
Obituary published in The Washington Post from Jan. 8 to Jan. 9, 2019 and courtesy of RAPP Funeral and Cremation Services:
Alan W. Lukens, a former diplomat and active member of the DC community for 68 years, died January 5, at his home in Chevy Chase, MD. Cause of death was congestive heart failure.
Ambassador Lukens’ public service spanned four decades. He was born in Philadelphia and attended Episcopal Academy. He interrupted his university studies at Princeton and served with the 10th Mountain Division and the 20th Armored Division in Europe, where his unit liberated the concentration camp at Dachau. In 2015 the German Government invited Amb. Lukens to return for the 70th anniversary of the liberation and he joined Chancellor Merkel at the podium, representing US troops. Mr. Lukens graduated from Princeton University with honors as part of the class of 1946, finishing in 1948, and he remained active in Princeton alumni affairs his entire life, including serving as class Secretary and President.
Mr. Lukens joined the Foreign Service in 1951 and served for 36 years. He served in Istanbul, Ankara, Martinique, and Paris, then in 1960 he represented the US at independence ceremonies for Chad, Central African Republic, Gabon, and Congo and opened the US Embassy in Brazzaville. He returned to Brazzaville as US Ambassador from 1984-1987. In the intervening years he served in Bangui, Paris, Rabat, as Deputy Chief of Mission in Dakar, Nairobi, and Copenhagen, and Consul General Cape Town.
In Washington he ran the Junior Officer Division in the Bureau of Personnel and worked on Western European Affairs. Amb. Lukens was co-chairman of the Peace Commission of the National Cathedral from 1997-2002. He served as President of DACOR, the retired diplomats foundation and club. He belonged to the Washington Institute of Foreign Affairs, the American Foreign Service Association, the Explorers Club, and the Woodrow Wilson House Council. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the Chevy Chase Club and President of the American Friends of Turkey.
Amb. Lukens is survived by his wife of 56 years, Susan Atkinson Lukens, and by his four children, Lewis (and Andrea) Lukens, Francie (and Jeff) Bennett, Susie Lukens, and Timothy (and Jenny) Lukens, and ten grandchildren.
2018 Nominations & Articles of Procedure Voting
ECWG will hold voting for both nominations for the ECWG Board of Directors and amendments to the ECWG Articles of Procedure (also known as By-Laws) at 6:30 PM sharp at our annual membership meeting, at the start of our black-tie event on December 1, 2018. Specifics are provided in the following documents: