Civil rights leader, presidential advisor and corporate director Vernon Jordan hosted Institute juniors at the Dupont Circle office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP, where Jordan serves as counsel.  He greeted each of the scholars individually, noting that the Institute selected its first scholar from his alma mater, DePauw University, this year and paying particular attention to the scholars from his hometown, Atlanta.  After extending personal greetings, he shared with the scholars insights that he has learned from his roles as collegiate chauffeur to a white Atlanta business executive in the 1950s, college intern, president of the National Urban League, head of the United Negro College Fund, presidential advisor, lawyer, and Wall Street executive.  Following his talk, Summer Fellows Christopher Binns, Bernard Holloway and Fred Jones presented Jordan with the Institute’s 2006 Award for the American Ideal.  Recipients of the award are selected each year by the senior class and announced at graduation.