Past Recipients of the Tax Foundation's Distinguished Service Awards
Lee R. Raymond, Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil 2004 U.S. Senator Don Nickles
J.T. Battenberg III, Chairman, President and CEO, Delphi Corporation 2003 U.S. Rep. Ben Cardin
U.S. Rep. Dick Armey
2002 U.S. Rep. Bill Thomas
President George W. Bush
U.S. Senator Max Baucus 2001 Robert Perlman, Vice President, Tax, Licensing and Customs, Intel Corporation
U.S. Rep. Jennifer Dunn 2000 Charles Koch, Chairman and CEO, Koch Industries, Inc.
U.S. Senator Robert Kerrey 1999 Martin Feldstein, President, National Bureau of Economic Research
U.S. Rep. Bill Archer 1998 John W. Snow, Chairman and CEO, CSX
U.S. Senator John B. Breaux 1997 Charles R. Lee, Chairman and CoCEO, Verizon
U.S. Rep. Philip M. Crane 1996 Norman B. Ture, President, IRET
U.S. Senator Sam Nunn 1995 Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Texaco
U.S. Senator William Roth 1994 John A. Young, President, HewlettPackard U.S. Rep. Sam M. Gibbons 1993 Charles A. Corry, Chairman, USX Corporation
Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank 1992 Allen E. Murray, CEO, Mobil Corporation
U.S. Senator Max Baucus 1991 Paul H. O'Neill, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
U.S. Senator Bob Packwood 1990 William S. Kanaga, Chairman, Arthur Young & Co.
U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen 1989 David Roderick, Chairman, U.S. Steel Corporation
1988 U.S. Rep. Bill Archer
1987 U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
1986 U.S. Senator Pete V. Domenici
1985 James A. Baker III, Secretary, U.S. Treasury
1984 John F. McGillicuddy, CEO, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company
1983 Martin Feldstein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
1982 U.S. Rep. James R. Jones
1981 Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense
1980 Paul Volcker, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank
1979 U.S. Rep. Barber B. Conable, Jr.
1978 U.S. Rep. Al Ullman
1977 Reginald H. Jones, Chairman and CEO, General Electric
1976 U.S. Senator Russell B. Long
1975 William E. Simon, Secretary, U.S. Treasury
1974 George P. Schultz, Secretary, U.S. Treasury
1973 U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1972 Richard C. Gerstenberg, Chairman and CEO, General Motors
1971 Paul W. McCracken, Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisers
1970 U.S. Senator Wallace F. Bennett
1969 Arthur F. Burns, Chief Economic Advisor to the President
1968 U.S. Rep. Wilbur Mills
1967 Frederick R. Kappel, Chairman, AT&T
1966 Henry H. Fowler, Secretary, U.S. Treasury
1965 U.S. Senator Everett M. Dirksen
1964 John J. McCloy, Special Advisor to President John F. Kennedy
1963 U.S. Rep. John W. Byrnes
1962 Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
1961 William McChesney Martin, Jr., Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank
1960 President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1959 Maurice H. Stans, Director, Bureau of the Budget
1958 U.S. Rep. Wilbur Mills
1957 U.S. Senator John McClellan
1956 Sherman Adams, Assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1955 U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd
1954 Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary, U.S. Agriculture Department
1953 U.S. Rep. Daniel A. Reed
1952 John J. McCloy, U.S. military governor and high commissioner for Germany
1951 Lewis W. Douglas, Director, General Motors
1950 General Dwight D. Eisenhower
1949 U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft
1948 President Herbert C. Hoover
1947 Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University 1946 U.S. Rep. Clarence J. Brown
Lewis H. Brown, President, JohnsManville Corporation 1945 U.S. Senator Walter F. George
1944 Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University
1943 John W. Hanes, Undersecretary, U.S. Treasury
1942 Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University
George S. Benson, President, Harding College
1941 Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University
U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd