Time With a Man". Wofford and Charlton married that year. On January 21, 2019, Wofford died at age 92 in Washington, D.C., of complications from a fall. Approximately 1,000 people attended his memorial service held on March 3, 2019, in Cramton Auditorium at Howard University. The Howard University Choir performed and speakers included his husband, his brother, his children, Wayne A.I. Frederick, Tom Wolf, Timothy Shriver, Bob Casey Jr., Bill Clinton (via video), Paul Begala, Ghebre Selassie Mehreteab and Peter Yarrow (via video), among others. Awards In 2002, Wofford was the recipient of the John W. Gardner Leadership Award. In 2011, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, the National Peace Corps Association created the Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award. It is given annually to an outstanding global leader who grew up and lives in a country where Peace Corps Volunteers served and whose life was influenced by the Peace Corps. The leader should be a person whose life's work has made a significant contribution to the world in a way that reflects the core Peace Corps values of service, peace, development, human rights, health, and understanding. In 2012, Wofford received the Presidential Citizens Medal. In 2015, Wofford was an honored speaker at the Memorial Tribute to Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., 1917–2015, President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross and former chairperson of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. See also List of LGBT members of the United States Congress References External links Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award Peace Corps biography of Harris Wofford Trailer for upcoming documentary on Harris Wofford with Harris Wofford by Stephen McKiernan, Binghamton University Libraries Center for the Study of the 1960s, September 21, 1996 |- |- |- |- |- 1926 births 2019 deaths 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American politicians Accidental deaths from falls Accidental deaths in Washington, D.C. United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II American legal scholars American LGBT military personnel Bisexual men Bisexual military personnel Bisexual politicians Catholics from New York (state) CEOs of the Corporation for National and Community Service Converts to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism Democratic Party United States senators from Pennsylvania Howard University School of Law alumni Lawyers from New York City LGBT members of the United States Congress LGBT people from New York (state) LGBT people from Pennsylvania LGBT Roman Catholics Military personnel from