In this special evening, Justice O’Connor receives the fourth annual Benjamin Franklin Creativity Award. After the ceremony, she reflects on her distinguished career and the role the creative process has played in her extraordinary life.
Born in El Paso, Texas, in 1930, Justice O’Connor grew up on her family’s Arizona cattle ranch, graduated from Stanford University magna cum laude in economics, and went to Stanford Law School, where she married fellow law student John Jay O’Connor. In Phoenix, she created her own successful law practice and became involved in civic affairs, working for several state committees and serving as chair of the district Republican Party.
She was Arizona’s assistant attorney general and then a state senator and majority leader. She served as a judge on the Arizona Superior Court and on the Arizona Court of Appeals before her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Smithsonian Associates is proud to present Justice Sandra Day O’Connor with the Benjamin Franklin Creativity Laureate award, which recognizes and celebrates some of the world’s most creative thinkers, innovators, and catalysts in the arts, humanities, and sciences, both in traditional and emerging disciplines. Previous recipients were Yo-Yo Ma, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Eric Kandel. The award is made possible by the Creativity Collaboration, a joint program of The Smithsonian Associates and the Creativity Foundation.
Remarks were provided by Barbara Tuceling (Acting Director, Smithsonian Associates) and Jim Pruett (member of the Executive Committee of the Benjamin Franklin Junto), the award was presented by B. Franklin Kahn (President, Benjamin Franklin Creativity Foundation), and the interview of the justice was done by Andrea Mitchell.
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