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The Jefferson Awards Foundation was created in 1972 by the
American Institute for Public Service .
[1]
[2] The Jefferson Awards are given at both local and national levels.
[3] Local winners are ordinary people who do extraordinary things without expectation of recognition. Local winners come from national networks of "Media Partners" and "Corporate Champions", from the associated "Students In Action", Lead360, and the GlobeChangers programs. The Jefferson Awards Foundation is led by its CEO, Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, its president, Sam Beard, and its chairman, Jack Russi, in conjunction with the Foundation's board of governors.
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National awards
The awards are presented each year during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. where a broad array of honorees are recognized. Also recognized are organizations – companies that represent the pinnacle in corporate citizenship and academic institutions that best reflect the Jeffersonian ideals of citizen involvement.
History
In 1972,
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis , U.S. Senator
Robert Taft Jr. , and
Samuel Beard founded the Jefferson Awards for Public Service to establish a prize for public and community service. The Jefferson Awards are led by the Board of Selectors who choose the national winners and oversee the activities of the organization. Co-founder, Sam Beard, is currently the President & CEO.[
citation needed ]
Jefferson Awards Foundation
The Jefferson Awards Foundation is a
non-profit organization that "recognizes, inspires and activates
volunteerism and
public service in communities, workplaces and schools across America."
List of all past national winners
Year
U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Outstanding Public Service By An Elected or Appointed Official
S. Roger Horchow Award for Outstanding Public Service by A Private Citizen
Outstanding Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged
Samuel S. Beard Award for Outstanding Public Service by An Individual 35 Years or Under
Outstanding Public Service in Professional Sports
Lifetime Achievement in Public Service
Outstanding National or Global Service by a Young American 25 Years or Under
Outstanding Public Service by a Corporation
1973
Henry Kissinger
John W. Gardner
Cesar Chavez
Joseph A. Yablonski
1974
Elliot Richardson
Ralph Nader
Thomas Szasz
Maynard Jackson
1975
Peter W. Rodino Jr.
Katharine Graham
Rev. Leon Sullivan
Emmett Tyrrell
1976
Arthur F. Burns ,
Alan Greenspan ,
William E. Simon
John D. Rockefeller, III
Rev. Theodore Hesburgh
Vilma S. Martinez
1977
Michael Mansfield
Art Buchwald
Howard Rusk
Max Cleland
1978
Hubert H. Humphrey
Paul Mellon
Jerry Lewis
Bernard Powell
1979
Kenneth Gibson ,
William Donald Schaefer ,
Coleman A. Young
Howard Jarvis
Jesse Jackson
Denis Hayes
1980
Cyrus R. Vance
Norman Borlaug
Allard Lowenstein
US Olympic Hockey Team
1981
Warren Christopher
Walter Cronkite
Marva Collins
David Stockman
1982
Howard H. Baker
Bob Hope
Claude Pepper
Henry Cisneros
1983
Paul A. Volcker
Kirk Douglas
Helen Hayes
Jan Scruggs
1984
William H. Webster
J. Peter Grace
Maude E. Callen
Sally Ride
1985
James A. Baker, III
Lee Iacocca
Betty Ford
Trevor Ferrell
Mary Beth Tober
1986
George P. Shultz
H. Ross Perot
Eugene Lang
Robert Hayes
1987
Justice William J. Brennan
Irving Brown
Ginetta Sagan
Steven Jobs
1988
C. Everett Koop
James W. Rouse
Fr. Bruce Ritter
Marlee Matlin
1989
Paul Nitze
Leo Cherne
Kimi Gray
Marc Buoniconti
1990
General Colin Powell
Jimmy Carter
Jaime Escalante
Anne Donahue
1991
Dick Cheney
Robert C. Macauley
Marian Wright Edelman
Wendy Kopp
1992
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Faye Wattleton
Eunice Shriver
Michael Brown and
Alan Khazei
1993
Carla Hills
James Burke
Arthur Ashe
Mary Taylor
1994
George Mitchell ,
Bob Michel
Jim and
Sarah Brady
Paul Newman and
Joanne Woodward
Wayne Meisel
1995
Justice Harry Blackmun
Walter H. Annenberg
Barbara Bush
Stacey Bess
1996
Sam Nunn
Brian Lamb
Rosalynn Carter
Andrea Jaeger
1997
Robert Dole
Nancy Brinker
Oseola McCarty
Michael Danziger
1998
Robert Rubin
Oprah Winfrey
Thaddeus S. Lott Sr.
Bobby Jindal
1999
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Elizabeth Dole
Millard Fuller
Anthony Shriver
2000
John Glenn
Elayne Bennett
Benjamin Carson, M.D.
Faith Hill
2001
Madeleine Albright
Ted Benna
Dorothy Height
Lance Armstrong
2002
Rudolph Giuliani
Lilly Tartikoff
Bill and
Melinda Gates
Chad Pregracke
Ray Chambers
2003
Condoleezza Rice
Anne Douglas
Mathilde Krim
Matthew Meyer
2004
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Ken Burns
Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Kristen Lodal and Brian Kreiter
2005
Lee H. Hamilton ,
Thomas Kean
Vartan Gregorian
Dave Pelzer
Benjamin Shuldiner
2006
John Lewis
Michael Feinberg and David Levin
I. King Jordan
Peyton Manning
2007
Richard Daley
Jeffrey Sachs
Geoffrey Canada
Lindsay Hyde
2008
Joe Lieberman
Edward Jagen
Darell Hammond
Ocean Robbins
2009
Edward Kennedy
Greg Mortenson , Pamela Hawley
William (Bill) E. Milliken
Jennifer Staple
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2010
Michael R. Bloomberg ,
Cory A. Booker
Paul Farmer, M.D.
Jim Gibbons
Tad Skylar Agoglia
Nnamdi Asomugha ,
Tyrus Thomas ,
Curtis Granderson ,
Stuart Holden ,
Dwight Howard ,
Dirk Nowitzki ,
Justin Tuck ,
Lauryn Williams ,
Venus Williams ,
Ryan Zimmerman
Marlo Thomas ,
[6]
Benjamin F. Griffith
[7]
Ellie Duke, Katherine Foronda, Ted Gonder, Dallas Jessup, Emma Lindle, Tristan Love, Kristen Lowman, Jessie Mintz, Zoe Ridolfi-Starr, Joe Tigani, Kelly Voigt
2011
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Bill Shore
Jerry M. Reinsdorf
Brittany and Robbie Bergquist
Drew Brees ,
Tamika Catchings ,
Stephen Curry ,
Warrick Dunn ,
Brad Davis ,
Ernie Els ,
Ryan Hall ,
Paul Pierce ,
CC Sabathia ,
Brian Westbrook
MARLO THOMAS, ST JUDE CANCER HOSPITAL
Sicomac Elementary School - Student Council, Sashin Choksh, Morgan Hartley, Greg Nance, Nick Hebert, Patrick Ip,
Talia Leman , Sarah Nuss, Mordecai Scott, Jessica Singer, Tyrone Stevenson, Vanessa Strickland
Prudential Financial ,
Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
2012
David H. Petraeus
Harry Connick Jr . and
Branford Marsalis
Richard Proudfit
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Amber Lynn Coffman
Marty Lyons ,
Troy Vincent
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Robert De Niro
Pfizer
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2013
Tom Coburn ,
Patrick Leahy
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Elie Wiesel
[12]
Dolores Huerta
[13]
Neilesh Patel
[14]
Mark Ein
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General Electric
[16]
2014
Gabby Giffords
[17]
Charles Best ,
[18] |
Andrew Shue
[19]
Pedro Jose Greer
[20]
Jack Andraka , Ryan Patrick
[21]
Mariano Rivera ,
[22]
James Thrash
[23]
Tom Brokaw
[24]
Maria Keller ,
[25] Lillian Pravda
Weyerhaeuser
2015
Sonia Sotomayor
[26]
Jeffrey Skoll ,
[27] | Ivan Hageman
[28]
Adam Braun
[29]
Lauren Bush
[30]
Fred Jackson ,
[31]
Robby Novak & Brad Montague of Kid President
[32] Corinne Hindes & Katrine Kirsebom of Warm Winters
[33]
Target Corporation
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2016
Arne Duncan
[35]
Sean Parker
[36]
Kyle Zimmer
[37]
The Young American Soldier
[38]
Eric Decker
[39]
Billie Jean King
[40]
Sophia Sánchez-Maes
[41]
Salesforce
2017
Deval Patrick
[42]
Peter Diamandis ,
Sheila Johnson
[43]
Patrisse Cullors ,
Alicia Garza ,
Opal Tometi
[43]
Joe Torre
[43]
Harry Belafonte
[43]
Laurie Hernandez
[43]
Warby Parker
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2018
Elaine Wynn
Bryan Stevenson
Alexis Jones
Pia Phillips ,
Abbie Nelson
Chris Long ,
Shaquille O'Neal
Master Card
2019
Scooter Braun
Mariska Hargitay
Morgan Guess
Von Miller ,
Shaquille O'Neal
Patagonia
2020
Owen Colley
Larry Fitzgerald ,
Dawn Staley
Local awards partners (partial listing)
In 1977, the Jefferson Awards began partnering with local newspapers and television stations.
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See also
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U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Outstanding Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official
S. Roger Horchow Award for Outstanding Public Service by a Private Citizen
Outstanding Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged
Samuel S. Beard Award for Outstanding Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under
Outstanding Public Service in Professional Sports
Nnamdi Asomugha ,
Tyrus Thomas ,
Curtis Granderson ,
Stuart Holden ,
Dwight Howard ,
Dirk Nowitzki ,
Justin Tuck ,
Lauryn Williams ,
Venus Williams ,
Ryan Zimmerman
Drew Brees ,
Tamika Catchings ,
Stephen Curry ,
Warrick Dunn ,
Brad Davis ,
Ernie Els ,
Ryan Hall ,
Paul Pierce ,
CC Sabathia ,
Brian Westbrook
Jeremy Affeldt ,
Dereck Faulkner ,
Julie Foudy ,
Jeff Karstens ,
Jim Kelly ,
Charlie Kimball ,
Pat LaFontaine ,
Hannibal Navies ,
Jeff Saturday ,
Troy Vincent ,
Marty Lyons
Mark Ein
Mariano Rivera ,
James Thrash
Fred Jackson
Eric Decker
Joe Torre
Lifetime Achievement in Public Service
Outstanding National or Global Service by a Young American 25 Years or Under
Ellie Duke ,
Katherine Foronda ,
Ted Gonder ,
Dallas Jessup ,
Emma Lindle ,
Tristan Love ,
Jessie Mintz ,
Zoe Ridolfi-Starr ,
Joe Togani ,
Kelly Voigt
Sicomac Elementary School Student Council ,
Sashin Choksh ,
Morgan Harley ,
Greg Nance ,
Nick Hebert ,
Patrick Ip ,
Talia Lemon ,
Sarah Nuss ,
Mordecai Scott ,
Jessica Singer ,
Tyrone Stevenson ,
Vanessa Strickland
Lillian Pravda ,
Maria Keller
Corinne Hindes ,
Katrine Krisebom ,
Kid President
Sophia Sánchez-Maes
Laurie Hernandez
Outstanding Public Service by a Corporation