1966 SPEECH & DEBATE | JOEL PERWIN

For lawyer, life is a debate

The 1966 Silver Knight for speech and debate has worked as a prosecutor, speechwriter in Washington and ran for president in 1972

1985 JOURNALISM | JOHNITA DUE

CNN attorney gives power to those without voices

Johnita Due, daughter of civil rights activists John Due and Patricia Stephens Due, has come full circle. A Silver Knight award winner in journalism, she is now making sure the voices of people who often aren't heard get their say.

1973 SPEECH & DEBATE | PAULA RUBIN

Sticking up for the disabled

Paula Rubin is an attorney with the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where she works on behalf of people with disabilities. ''There is no amount of money and no corner office with lots of windows that beats out the satisfaction I get doing the work that I do,'' Rubin says.

SILVER KNIGHT AWARDS

Margate to Manhattan: Daniel Bernard Roumain's unique style blends classical, hip-hop and Haitian folk music

When he was growing up in Margate, Daniel Bernard Roumain, 36, did two things obsessively: He practiced his violin and he listened to his family's stories about life in their native Haiti. "I absorbed from that just as much as I did from the records I listened to," he said.

SILVER KNIGHT AWARDS

The art of wine: A Miami Beach collector's passions combine in a line of wines

If wine and art come together at all in most people's minds, it's probably in the plastic cups of cheap chardonnay poured at gallery openings. For Dennis Scholl, however, they are a sublime pairing that has taken the Miami Beach investor and art collector down a surprising path.

GOVERNOR'S MANSION

Miami artist's work hangs at Governor's Mansion

TALLAHASSEE -- The staid and somewhat old Governor's Mansion has a little Picasso-like flavor now that two new paintings from Miami artist Xavier Cortada are hanging in the entrance hall in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

1977 MATHEMATICS | MARK ADLER

Math wiz's job is out of this world

Rocket scientist Mark Adler was the lead mission engineer for the Cassini mission to Saturn. And he's the guy who made sure the Mars rover didn't drive off a cliff.

Silver Knight success stories: Where are they now?

For 49 years, the Silver Knight Awards Program has honored extraordinary high school seniors who are classroom and community standouts. Where are they now?

SILVER KNIGHT AWARDS

The amazing achievers: Fifteen standout students won Silver Knights for work in and out of the classroom

Daniel Lage helps poor patients figure out their healthcare options at a Little Havana clinic, and he has authored a medical-journal article about children's heart disease. Soon, he'll graduate from Gulliver Prep and head off to Harvard. Lage and 14 other Miami-Dade high school seniors won The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald 2007 Silver Knight Awards at a ceremony Tuesday night in Miami.

SILVER KNIGHT AWARDS

A shining night for the best and brightest

It wasn't enough for Jessica Idiculla to be at the top of her class. Or to be a soccer coach, dance teacher and chemistry and biology tutor. Jessica, a senior at Cooper City High, also spent hundreds of hours raising money for poor families in India after being struck by the poverty she saw during a visit to the northern part of that country. Jessica was one of 60 extraordinary high school seniors honored Tuesday night at The Miami Herald-El Nuevo Herald 2007 Silver Knight Awards. She was the winner in the general scholarship category.