Three Outstanding Leaders Recognized for Pioneering Efforts in Telecommunications and Consumer Access

The Alliance for Public Technology Presents the 2007 Susan G. Hadden Awards

Washington, D.C., February 9, 2007 – The Alliance for Public Technology (APT) presented the 2007 Susan G. Hadden Awards today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to the following recipients:

• The Honorable Edward Markey (D-MA), United States House of Representatives, for his dedication to improving access to telecommunications and television technologies for people with disabilities.


• Charles Benton, Chairman and Trustee of the Benton Foundation, for his leadership in promoting digital opportunities across the social spectrum.


• The SeniorNet organization in recognition of its twenty years of connecting older adults to information technology.

The Hadden Awards are given annually to those whose efforts in pioneering telecommunications access embody the words and the spirit of the late Chair of APT’s Public Policy Committee. Until her passing in 1995, Professor Susan G. Hadden dedicated her career to the principle of “connecting each to all,” defining not only APT, but a national vision for technology access. 

“On the eleventh anniversary of the Hadden Awards, we could not have found three more deserving individuals to exemplify the vision and commitment of Susan Hadden,” said Kenneth R. Peres, Ph.D., President of APT.   “The Alliance is proud to honor the recipients’ many unique contributions to our nation’s vision of universal availability of advanced technologies.”

Past recipients of the Hadden Award include Congressmen Bobby Rush, Silvestre Reyes, Rick Boucher and Major Owens, Senator Conrad Burns, former FCC Chairman William Kennard, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, former CWA President Morton Bahr, Raul Yzaguirre of NCLR, Carolyn Breedlove of the National Education Association and Paul Schroeder of the American Foundation for the Blind. 

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About APT
The Alliance for Public Technology is a nonprofit membership organization based in Washington, D.C., which was founded in 1989 to foster public policies that ensure access to advanced telecommunications technologies for all Americans.