• Elton John appears at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 15th Annual An Enduring Vision Benefit in New York in 2016. The 70-year-old singer will be awarded the Harvard Foundation's Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award for his philanthropic efforts to fight HIV and AIDS, on Monday afternoon at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | GREG ALLEN / INVISION / VIA AP
    Elton John appears at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 15th Annual An Enduring Vision Benefit in New York in 2016. The 70-year-old singer will be awarded the Harvard Foundation's Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award for his philanthropic efforts to fight HIV and AIDS, on Monday afternoon at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | GREG ALLEN / INVISION / VIA AP

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NEW YORK – British musician Elton John will receive an award on Monday from the prestigious Harvard Foundation for his contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS, the group said.

John will join the likes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai as a recipient of the Harvard University-based organization’s Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award.

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