D.C. in August: Exit lawmakers, enter Pat Boone

Pat Boone, the second biggest charting artist of the late 1950s and the silky smooth voice behind a killer collection of heavy-metal covers in 1997, comes to town this weekend to receive a Silver Bowl award from the International Platform Association at a luncheon Friday at the Army and Navy Club. Boone, who has become no stranger to politics, is receiving the award for his lifetime achievements in the entertainment industry.

The IPA was first formed in 1831 by American diplomat Daniel Webster and Josiah Holbrook, when it was called The American Lyceum Association. From 1950 to 1999, IPA Silver Bowl Awards have been given to famous faces ranging from John F. Kennedy to Bob Hope, Winston Churchill to William F. Buckley, and Ralph Nader to Wolf Blitzer.

A posthumous award will go to Bishop Atticus Haygood, a 19th-century president of Emory University who was an agent for The Slater Fund, which gave millions of dollars to historically black colleges and universities. Haygood’s family will accept the award and presidents of some historically black colleges will be present for the ceremony. Deward Publishing will also re-issue Haygood’s 1881 book, “Our Brother in Black,” at the lunch.