Horace Mann Awards

Each year, Antioch University Seattle selects two individuals to receive the Horace Mann Award, honoring those who have won significant victories for humanity through their work or volunteerism. One recipient is a member of Antioch’s alumni. The other is someone in the community who shares the same values as Horace Mann and Antioch: a commitment to promote social justice, community engagement or lifelong learning.

For 2004, Antioch chose Steven Reed and the Infectious Disease Research Institute, which he founded and directs, and Marsha Botzer, progressive activist and pioneer for transgender rights. The event, presented in the Dome Room of the Arctic Bldg., raised $14,000 for Antioch's scholarship endowment.

In 2003, Horace Mann Award winners were attorney and civil rights activist Ken MacDonald and documentary filmmaker and children’s rights advocate Oliver Tuthill.