SPECIAL EVENTS

Athens Awards Dinner

Former Greek President, AHI-Athens President Emeritus Feted at Athens Awards Dinner

The 18th Annual AHI-Athens Hellenic Heritage Achievement and Public Service Awards Dinner was held at The Grande Bretagne, May 3. 2022.

Former President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos received the AHI Hellenic Heritage Public Service Award and President Emeritus of the AHI-Athens Chapter George C. Economou received the AHI Hellenic Heritage Appreciation Award.

AHI recognized former President Pavlopoulos for his remarkably successful public service as well as a distinguished academic career and numerous lifetime achievements. In acceptance, he commended the work of AHI, and the AHI Foundation, to educate policymakers as well as the citizenry, about Hellenic issues, especially concerning the need to find a just resolution to the Cyprus tragedy.

AHI recognized AHI-Athens Chapter President Emeritus Economou for his professional accomplishments in the global shipping sector and for his outstanding service as AHI-Athens Chapter president. Economou noted the reverence with which Odysseus is held reflects the symbolic power of the ‘journey’ in life, and his own journey started in his native Cyprus to Athens via a distinguished career as a maritime attorney and eventual service to Hellenism through organizations like AHI.

AHI President Nick Larigakis and AHI-Athens Chapter President retired Vice Admiral Vasileios Kyriazis delivered remarks and commended the honorees. Olga Bornozi of Capital Link served as Master of Ceremonies. More than 200 people attended. Among the honored guests were Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff Konstantinos Floros and several high-ranking Greek government and military officials and officials representing the American Embassy in Athens.