Articles from John Templeton Foundation

Conway Morris Joins Past Laureates Freeman Dyson, the Dalai Lama, and Jane Goodall to Receive One of the World’s Largest Individual Lifetime Achievement Awards

West Conshohocken, PA, May 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The John Templeton Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Timothy Dalrymple as its new president and CEO after the culmination of a global search. A seasoned leader at the intersection of faith, media, and culture, Dalrymple brings an innovative spirit and a vision deeply aligned with the Foundation’s mission to support interdisciplinary research and catalyze conversations that inspire awe and wonder.

She Joins Past Laureates Desmond Tutu and Jane Goodall to Receive One of the World’s Largest Individual Lifetime Achievement Awards

Receives Largest International Award Ever Given to Individual African Woman for Her Work to Affirm the Dignity of Women

West Conshohocken, Oct. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Wednesday, November 2nd the Templeton Prize will host a special event at The Times Center in New York City to honor 2022 Templeton Prize laureate Dr. Frank Wilczek. A Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author, Dr. Wilczek received the Templeton Prize for his discoveries that have transformed our understanding of the forces that govern the universe. In a statement earlier this year announcing the 2022 Prize recipient, John Templeton Foundation president Heather Templeton Dill said of Dr. Wilczek’s achievements, “Throughout Dr. Wilczek’s philosophical reflections, there is a spiritual quality to his ideas. By uncovering a remarkable order in the natural world, Dr. Wilczek has come to appreciate different ways of thinking about reality, and through his written work, he has invited all of us to join him in the quest for understanding. When we come face to face with the beauty that Dr. Wilczek describes, we can’t help but wonder about humankind’s place and purpose in the universe.”