Accomplished painter, singer and humanitarian Tony Bennett and his wife, arts advocate Susan Benedetto, have been awarded the George Washington University President’s Medal, the highest honor the university president can bestow.
George Washington President Steven Knapp presented the award to honor Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Benedetto’s dedication to the arts at a ceremony in the Corcoran building, home to GW’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, on July 30.