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Founded
in
1964,
the
White
House
Fellows
program
is
America's
most
prestigious
program
for
leadership
and
public
service.
White
House
Fellowships
offer
exceptional
young
men
and
women
first-hand
experience
working
at
the
highest
levels
of
the
federal
government.
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White
House
Fellows
typically
spend
a
year
working
as
full-time,
paid
special
assistants
to
senior
White
House
Staff,
the
Vice
President,
Cabinet
Secretaries
and
other
top-ranking
government
officials.
Fellows
also
participate
in
an
education
program
consisting
of
roundtable
discussions
with
renowned
leaders
from
the
private
and
public
sectors,
and
trips
to
study
U.S.
policy
in
action
both
domestically
and
internationally.
Fellowships
are
awarded
on
a
strictly
non-partisan
basis.
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<br />
Read
about
the
<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/fellows/2008-2009/">
current
White
House
Fellows
</a>
and
the
<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/White-House-Announces-National-Finalists-for-the-2009-2010-Class-of-White-House-Fellows/">
National Finalists
</a>
for next year's class.
<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Appoints-2009-2010-Class-of-White-House-Fellows-6-25-09/ ">
2009-2010 class of Fellows
</a>
.
<br />
<br />
Read about the members of the
<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-Appointments-to-the-Presidents-Commission-on-White-House-Fellowships/ ">
President's Commission on White House Fellowships
</a>
.
<br />
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<h3>
Purpose
</h3>
<p>
Adopted
in
1965
by
the
President's
Commission
on
White
House
Fellowships:
</p>
<p>
The
purpose
of
the
White
House
Fellows
program
is
to
provide
gifted
and
highly
motivated
young
Americans
with
some
first-hand
experience
in
the
process
of
governing
the
Nation
and
a
sense
of
personal
involvement
in
the
leadership
of
society.
</p>
<p>
It
is
essential
to
the
healthy
functioning
of
our
system
that
we
have
in
the
non-governmental
sector
a
generous
supply
of
leaders
who
have
an
understanding
--
gained
first
hand
--
of
the
challenges
that
our
national
government
faces.
In
a
day
when
the
individual
feels
increasingly
remote
from
the
centers
of
power
and
decision,
such
leaders
can
help
their
fellow
citizens
comprehend
the
process
by
which
the
Nation
is
governed.
</p>
<p>
In
this
country
today,
we
produce
a
great
number
of
skilled
professionals.
But
too
few
of
this
intellectual
elite
provide
the
society
with
statesmanlike
leadership
and
guidance
in
public
affairs.
If
the
sparsely
settled
American
colonies
of
the
late
18th
century
could
produce
Washington,
Jefferson,
Adams,
Monroe,
Madison,
Hamilton,
Franklin,
and
others
of
superlative
talent,
breadth
and
statesmanship,
should
we
not
be
able
to
produce
in
this
generation
ten
times
that
number?
We
are
not
doing
so.
</p>
<p>
Surely
the
raw
material
is
still
there.
And
just
as
surely
more
must
be
done
in
the
development
of
our
ablest
young
people
to
inspire
and
facilitate
the
emergence
of
such
leaders
and
statesmen.
Their
horizons
and
experience
must
be
broadened
to
give
them
a
sense
of
personal
involvement
in
the
leadership
of
society,
a
vision
of
greatness
for
the
society,
and
a
sense
of
responsibility
for
bringing
that
greatness
to
reality.
</p>
<p>
The
White
House
Fellows
Program
is
designed
to
give
superbly
qualified
young
Americans
precisely
those
experiences.
<br />
</p>
<h3>
History
</h3>
<p>
Declaring
that
"a
genuinely
free
society
cannot
be
a
spectator
society,"
President
Lyndon
B.
Johnson
announced
the
establishment
of
the
White
House
Fellows
Program
in
the
East
Room
of
the
White
House
in
October
1964.
Prompted
by
the
suggestion
of
John
W.
Gardner,
then
President
of
the
Carnegie
Corporation,
President
Johnson's
intent
was
to
draw
individuals
of
exceptionally
high
promise
to
Washington
for
one
year
of
personal
involvement
in
the
process
of
government.
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White
House
Fellowship
was
created
as
a
non-partisan
program.
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has
strictly
maintained
this
tradition
during
both
Republican
and
Democratic
administrations
and,
through
the
cross-fertilization
of
ideas
and
experience,
has
enriched
the
practice
of
public
policy
for
more
than
three
decades.
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<p>
The
mission
of
the
non-partisan
White
House
Fellows
Program,
as
envisioned
by
President
Johnson,
was
in
his
words,
"to
give
the
Fellows
first
hand,
high-level
experience
with
the
workings
of
the
Federal
government
and
to
increase
their
sense
of
participation
in
national
affairs."
In
return
for
the
Fellowship
year,
President
Johnson
expected
the
Fellows
to
"repay
that
privilege"
when
they
left
by
"continuing
to
work
as
private
citizens
on
their
public
agendas."
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hoped
that
the
Fellows
would
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to
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