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The Breukelein Institute announces
The 2026Gaudium Awards
- Monday, September 14 at 6:30 p.m.
- The Lotos Club
- 5 East 66th Street, Manhattan
About the Gaudium Awards
A tradition of joy, service and achievement
We hope you will join us on Monday, September 14, 2026, at the Lotos Club for our annual Gaudium Awards.
Since 1982, the Gaudium Awards have honored individuals whose lives have “illumined the horizon of human experience” through extraordinary achievement in the arts and public service.
Over the years, writers, clergy, actors, composers, journalists, politicians, singers, musicians, teachers, community organizers, philanthropists, physicians and dancers have accepted this honor for bringing us Gaudium—the Latin word for joy.
The Gaudium Award ceremony is not only honorific but through the generosity of those attending significant funds are raised which are distributed annually to worthwhile charitable organizations.
We're so grateful for your continued support and for being a part of our community. With your help, we continue to make a real impact.
The 2026 Gaudium Awards will honor
Ayad Akhtar
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tony Award-nominated screenwriter, actor, and novelist.
John Dickerson
Author, television news analyst and contributor, former White House correspondent, and co-anchor of the CBS Evening News.
Anne-Marie McDermott
Award-winning classical pianist, member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Artistic Director of the Bravo! Vail Music Festival.
Catherine McKenna
Noted Celtic scholar, former Margaret Brooks Robinson Research Professor of Celtic Languages and Literature at Harvard University.
Award of Merit Recipients
Mary Giudici and Nello McDaniel
Benefiting
Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow
Helping young people and adults build skills, careers and stronger futures.
Thank you for your generous support—we look forward to seeing you on September 14. If you are unable to attend but still wish to donate, you may do so here.