Jefferson Awards

American Institute for Public Service Jefferson Awards

"Since 1973, the Jefferson Awards have been presented in five categories. The categories were created by the Board to reflect the full range of service to America - from top elected officials to neighborhood volunteers. They range from "Greatest Public Service by An Elected Official" to "Outstanding Public Service Benefiting Local Communities.""

U.S. Senator John Heinz Award: Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official

• 1973 Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
• 1974 Elliot Richardson
• 1975 Peter W. Rodino, Jr.
• 1976 Arthur F. Burns, Alan Greenspan, William E. Simon
• 1977 Michael Mansfield
• 1978 Hubert H. Humphrey
• 1979 Kenneth Gibson, William Donald Schaefer, Coleman A. Young
• 1980 Cyrus R. Vance
• 1981 Warren Christopher
• 1982 Howard H. Baker, Jr.
• 1983 Paul A. Volcker
• 1984 William H. Webster
• 1985 James A. Baker III
• 1986 George P. Shultz
• 1987 Justice William J. Brennan
• 1988 Dr. C. Everett Koop
• 1989 Paul Nitze
• 1990 General Colin Powell
• 1991 Dick Cheney
• 1992 Justice Thurgood Marshall
• 1993 Carla Hills
• 1994 George Mitchell, Bob Michel
• 1995 Justice Harry Blackmun
• 1996 Sam Nunn
• 1997 Robert Dole
• 1998 Robert Rubin
• 1999 Daniel Patrick Moynihan
• 2000 John Glenn
• 2001 Madeleine Albright
• 2002 Rudolph Giuliani
• 2003 Dr. Condoleezza Rice
• 2004 Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
• 2005 Lee H. Hamilton, Thomas H. Kean
• 2006 U.S. Congressman John Lewis

S. Roger Horchow Award: Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen

• 1973 John W. Gardner
• 1974 Ralph Nader
• 1975 Katharine Graham
• 1976 John D. Rockefeller III
• 1977 Art Buchwald
• 1978 Paul Mellon
• 1979 Howard Jarvis
• 1980 Dr. Norman Borlaug
• 1981 Walter Cronkite
• 1982 Bob Hope
• 1983 Kirk Douglas
• 1984 J. Peter Grace
• 1985 Lee Iacocca
• 1986 H. Ross Perot
• 1987 Irving Brown
• 1988 James W. Rouse
• 1989 Leo Cherne
• 1990 Jimmy Carter
• 1991 Robert C. Macauley
• 1992 Faye Wattleton
• 1993 James Burke
• 1994 Jim and Sarah Brady
• 1995 Walter H. Annenberg
• 1996 Brian Lamb
• 1997 Nancy Brinker
• 1998 Oprah Winfrey
• 1999 Elizabeth Dole
• 2000 Elayne Bennett
• 2001 Ted Benna
• 2002 Lilly Tartikoff
• 2003 Anne Douglas
• 2004 Ken Burns
• 2005 Vartan Gregorian
• 2006 Michael Feinberg & David Levin

Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged

• 1973 Cesar Chavez
• 1974 Dr. Thomas Szasz
• 1975 Rev. Leon Sullivan
• 1976 Rev. Theodore Hesburgh
• 1977 Dr. Howard Rusk
• 1978 Jerry Lewis
• 1979 Jesse Jackson
• 1980 Allard Lowenstein
• 1981 Marva Collins
• 1982 Claude Pepper
• 1983 Helen Hayes
• 1984 Maude E. Callen
• 1985 Betty Ford
• 1986 Eugene Lang
• 1987 Ginetta Sagan
• 1988 Fr. Bruce Ritter
• 1989 Kimi Gray
• 1990 Jaime Escalante
• 1991 Marian Wright Edelman
• 1992 Eunice Shriver
• 1993 Arthur Ashe
• 1994 Paul Newman
• 1995 Barbara Bush
• 1996 Rosalynn Carter
• 1997 Oseola McCarty
• 1998 Thaddeus S. Lott, Sr.
• 1999 Millard Fuller
• 2000 Benjamin Carson, M.D.
• 2001 Dr. Dorothy Height
• 2002 Bill & Melinda Gates
• 2003 Mathilde Krim, Ph.D.
• 2004 Rev. Fred L. Shuttleworth
• 2005 Dave Pelzer
• 2006 Dr. I King Jordan

Samuel S. Beard Award: Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Younger

• 1973 Joseph A. Yablonski
• 1974 Maynard Jackson
• 1975 R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
• 1976 Vilma S. Martinez
• 1977 Max Cleland
• 1978 Bernard Powell
• 1979 Denis Hayes
• 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team
• 1981 David Stockman
• 1982 Henry Cisneros
• 1983 Jan Scruggs
• 1984 Sally Ride
• 1985 Trevor Ferrell
• 1986 Robert Hayes
• 1987 Steven Jobs
• 1988 Marlee Matlin
• 1989 Marc Buoniconti
• 1990 Anne Donahue
• 1991 Wendy Kopp
• 1992 Michael Brown, Alan Khazei
• 1993 Mary Taylor
• 1994 Wayne Meisel
• 1995 Stacey Bess
• 1996 Andrea Jaeger
• 1997 Michael Danziger
• 1998 Bobby Jindal
• 1999 Anthony Shriver
• 2000 Faith Hill
• 2001 Lance Armstrong
• 2002 Chad Pregracke
• 2003 Matthew Meyer
• 2004 Kirsten Lodal, Brian Kreiter
• 2005 Ben Shuldiner
• 2006 Peyton Manning

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award: Outstanding Public Service Benefiting the Local Community

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