Obama Joins Presidential Ranks of Nobel Prize Winners

9 October, 2009

Have you watched any of the Dish Network news programs today? Once you do, you’re sure to hear all about President Obama’s most recent noteworthy accomplishment; his award of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Not the first president to garner such lofty recognition, Barack Obama shares the distinction with three previous U.S. leaders. Teddy Roosevelt was the first American President to win when, in 1906, he received the Nobel Peace Prize following his successful negotiation to end the Russo-Japanese war. Woodrow Wilson’s 1919 creation of the League of Nations, which also shaped the Treaty of Versailles, earned him a Nobel Prize.

After an extended Nobel drought, former President Jimmy Carter earned his Peace Prize in 2002 for his ongoing efforts to create peaceful solutions amidst international conflict while advancing democracy, respecting human rights and promoting both economic and social development.

Former VP Al Gore commented that Obama’s Prize is “…extremely well deserved.” I doubt many would argue with this consensus.