Originally from Dispute Resolution Journal

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I am honored to receive this significant award from the American Arbitration Association, an organization for which I have high regard and with which I was long associated prior to assuming public office.

The American Arbitration Association is a voluntary organization dedicated to the cause of voluntary arbitration. Throughout the years, it has rendered invaluable service to the public interest by promoting arbitration of commercial disputes, both domestic and international, and labor controversies. In encouraging and in providing facilities for such arbitrations, the Association, as a private organization, has implemented the declared public policy of our country. In the United States Arbitration Act, the Labor Management Relations Act and in numerous state statutes, our legislative bodies have voiced their conviction that voluntary arbitration of disputes is favored and has an important role in a society which seeks the peaceful, prompt and just disposition of controversies involving our citizens.