Lindy Boggs honored with foundation's Lifetime of Caring Award

Published: 2003-10-31

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Corinne "Lindy" Boggs, former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, received the fourth annual Lifetime of Caring Award Oct. 27 from the American Geriatrics Society's Foundation for Health in Aging. The award pays "tribute to individuals who, through extraordinary personal example or exemplary public service, philanthropy or research, have made a significant contribution to care, not only for older loved ones, but also for ourselves as we age," said a foundation statement. Boggs, 87, served nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before retiring in 1990. She succeeded her husband, House Majority Leader Hale Boggs, after the plane carrying him disappeared over Alaska in October 1972. She was a founding member of the Women's Congressional Caucus, the first woman to chair the national Democratic Party convention and the first woman to serve as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, a post she held under President Clinton from 1997 to early 2001.

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