Save the date! Feb. 23. It's the black-tie gala Founders' Day Celebration and 104th birthday of the University Club. The club is giving the highly coveted William Howard Taft Public Service Award -- named in honor of the club founder, former president and Supreme Court justice -- to former defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
And there'll be "special entertainment by member Dan McDermott, Tony Snow and their band, Beats Workin'," all for only $70 per person for members and $80 for nonmembers.
This appears to be a general service award, encompassing more than just Rumsfeld's deeds in Iraq. (Those may be hailed at the Presidential Medal of Freedom award presentation later this year.) Rumsfeld, a new member himself -- we had thought he was looking more at the Metropolitan Club -- may not be the most popular guy among some folk, but he's big with club members. We hear the dinner sold out within 48 hours of the first announcement. (Check if there's a waiting list.) Of course, that might have been because of Snow's band. Maybe Rumsfeld's close friend, Vice President/Sen. Dick Cheney (R-Wyo.), will show?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202377.htmlHoly Crap.....I thought it said a Nobel Prize!