The Swiss Society Fellowship Program
The Swiss Society of New York is very proud to have introduced the annual Swiss Society Fellowship Prize & Program in 2008.
The annual Swiss Society Fellowship Prize is a financial grant in honor of the theme of each year’s Swiss Ball or Guest of Honor. Through the Prize the Swiss Society supports a deserving candidate or organizations in their pursuit of educational excellence, social awareness, and humanity’s general body of knowledge. The recognition of the prize grows with each year and it serves to increase interest in Switzerland with its rich culture and heritage and also recognizes the achievements of Swiss in the United States.
We wish to thank all of our sponsors, but in particular those that contribute to the Silent Auction held at the annual Swiss Ball. The Silent Auction is the source of funding which sustains our ability to award the Swiss Society Fellowship as well as our other cultural sponsorships and events.
To secure the future of the Swiss Society Fellowship Prize & Programs, the Swiss Society has established the Swiss Society Fellowship Endowment Fund in 2013.
History of the Fellowship Prize
2008 - Henry Haller, Chef to five Presidents of the United States
2009 - Dieter Meier, Artist, Business Owner
2010 - Clown DIMITRI
2011 - Albert Gallatin, America’s Swiss Founding Father
2012 - Professor Claude Nicollier
2013 - Hannes Schmid, artist and creator of the original Marlboro Man
2014 - Michael Haefliger, Artistic and Executive Director of the Lucerne Festival
2015 - Marthe Keller, Swiss Actress and Opera Director
2016 - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
2017 - Gerry Hofstetter, Swiss lighting artist and innovator
2018 - H.R. Giger, Artist of Fantastic Realism
2019 - Nico Hischier and Mirco Mueller, Swiss NHL Hockey Players
2020 - Daniele Finzi Pasca, creator, artist and director
2023 - Scott Messing, Youth for Understanding
Other Swiss Society sponsored events
Swiss Charity Concert 2015 benefiting Save the Children on April 2, 2015 at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Salome Scheidegger at Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in New York City on September 21, 2017
“In Disguise”, a dance performance by Simone Aughterlony and Antonija Livingstone.
New Amsterdam Singers on Sunday, March 13, 2016, at the Trinity Wall Street Church
Alexia Gardner’s debut concert at Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space in Manhattan on September 19, 2015
The translation of Swiss author Ludwig Hohl’s most accomplished work Bergfahrt (Ascent) by Donna Stonecipher