"Sally will always be an inspiration for my work in threat reduction and disarmament. At a critical juncture leading up to the Senate's consideration of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Ploughshares Fund provided grant support that enabled me to pound the Hill on the treaty's behalf, working closely with the U.S. chemical industry and many of America's esteemed military leaders. That ratification battle was truly a tough one, just the sort of situation to draw Sally Lilienthal's attention and to benefit from her touch. As I worked with Ploughshares over the years, I found Sally to be ever willing to confront the obstacles to peace and security head-on and always eager to learn, two of many qualities that I greatly admired in her."

- Amy Smithson, Senior Fellow, International Security Program
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Washington, DC

"Ploughshares is a generous supporter of CSIS' efforts to find ways of heading off an Iranian nuclear weapons capability. It has encouraged us to be imaginative and resourceful in reaching out to various audiences - Russian, European, and Iranian - to explore peaceful, cooperative solutions. Our Iran project has also given me an occasional opportunity, by phone or in person, to interact with Sally and some of the wonderful members of her Board. I am constantly in touch with members of the non-governmental arms control and nonproliferation community who have benefited so much from Sally's and Ploughshares' strong commitment to our field and our work and who share with me an enormous debt of gratitude to her and her foundation."

- Robert Einhorn, Senior Advisor
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Washington, DC

"We are grateful to Sally and to Ploughshares for making a continued dialogue with North Korean specialists possible. At a time when State and DOE grants were revised to prohibit spending funds on North Koreans, and the Asia Foundation program of bringing personnel from the DPRK to the U.S. and elsewhere was winding down, Ploughshares came through with a key grant to the Pacific Forum which allowed us to bring North Koreans to several international meetings in 2005/2006 to discuss countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; discussions that were not being conducted elsewhere and would not have taken place without Ploughshares support."

- Ralph Cossa, President
Center for Strategic & International Studies, Pacific Forum
Washington, DC

"It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of Sally Lilienthal - a warrior, petite in size, but of tremendous stature in the campaign for international peace and security. May we find inspiration in her good example as we continue to work collaboratively in addressing the most complex global challenges. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all."

- John Hamre
President & CEO
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Washington, DC