On February 2, Colonel Matthew Bogdanos received the $100,000 Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History for his lifelong dedication to recovering looted antiquities and his work to safeguard cultural artifacts. His extraordinary career sits at the unique intersection of military service, criminal prosecution, and cultural preservation. Bogdanos was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2005 for leading a multiagency team into the Iraq Museum in Baghdad to recover 9,000 antiquities from eight countries that had been looted. He currently serves as the assistant district attorney in New York City where he leads a task force to repatriate stolen artifacts. In accepting the Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History, Colonel Matthew Bogdanos declined the cash prize. The Vilcek Foundation will instead honor his request to donate the funds to nonprofit organizations of his choosing. (Photo courtesy of the Vilcek Foundation)