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Year Recipient
1995 Beverly Bunn Cleary '38

Adrian A. Kragen '31, J.D. '34

Sadako Ogata, Ph.D. '63

Alice L. Waters '67
1996 Gordon Moore ‘50

Gregory Peck ‘42

Maxine Hong Kingston '62

Larry W. Sonsini ‘63

Kathryn Mickle Werdegar ’62
1997 William B. Baker ’58

Gregory Boyd ’73

Rachelle B. Chong ’81

Brian R. Van Camp ’62
1998 George A. Brown ’40

Richard N. Goldman ’41

Rhoda Haas Goldman ’45
1999 Judith Heumann ‘75

Kevin Johnson ’97

Mary Bray Pipher ’69

Henry Trione ‘41
2000 Roger J. Baccigaluppi ‘56

Theoni Pappas ’66

Barclay Simpson ’43

Samuel Smith ’64
2001 Norman Abrahamson ’81

Maria Echaveste J.D. ’80

James Schamus ’82
2002 Bruce Del Mar ‘37

Peter Raven ‘57

Heidi Kuhn ‘79
2003 David Goldstein, ’73, ‘78

Barbara Lee M.S.W. ‘75

Ronald Takaki Ph.D. ‘67
2004 Julie Gerberding M.P.H. ‘90

Oren Jacob ’92 M.S. ‘95

Arabella Martinez ’59 M.S.W. ‘66
2005 N/A
2006 Steven Chu Ph.D. ‘76

Peter Walker ‘55
2007 Leroy Chiao ‘83

Susan Solomon M.S. ’79, Ph.D. ‘81

C. Daniel Mote ‘59
2008 Lawrence Crooks ’71, M.S. ’73, Ph.D. ’79

Lee Merriam Talbot ’52, M.A. ’63, Ph.D. ’63

Caroline Tanner M.D. Ph.D. ’98
2009 Chris Boskin ’67

Terry McMillan ’86

Douglass North ’42, Ph.D. ’52
2010 Joan Blades ’77

John "Steve" Cook ’69

Carol Galante, M.C.P. ’78

Gary Matkin, M.B.A. ’70, Ph.D. ’89

Renee Montagne ’73
2011 Charles Thacker ’67

Andrew Frank ’55, M.S. ’58

Ananya Roy, MCP ’94, Ph.D. ’99
2012 Julia Chang Bloch ’64

Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MPH ’88

Barbara Staggers ’76, MPH ’80
2013 Michael McGinnis ’66

Carol Liu ’65, C.EAS '82
2014 Laurence M. Baer '80

Bob Epstein '74, M.S. '76, Ph.D. '80

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm '84
2015 Peter Chernin '73

David Tom Cooke '94

Yoky Matsuoka '93
2016 Bruce Beasley M.A. '62

Ginger Ehn Lew J.D. '74

Johnathan Rodgers '67
2017 Vanessa Morrison ’90

Margaret Murnane Ph.D. ’89

James Schamus ’82, M.A. ’87, Ph.D. ’03
2018 Elizabeth Hausler M.S. ’98, Ph.D. ’02

Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa ’94

Amy Trask ’82

Cher Wang ’82
2019 William Dudley M.A. ’80, Ph.D. ’82

Diane Greene M.S. ’88

Michael Gideon Marmot M.P.H. ’72, Ph.D ’75

Virginia Phillips J.D. ’82

Year Recipient
1995 Beverly Bunn Cleary ’38

Adrian A. Kragen ’31, J.D. ’34

Sadako Ogata, Ph.D. ’63

Alice L. Waters ’67

1996 Gordon Moore ‘50

Gregory Peck ‘42

Maxine Hong Kingston ’62

Larry W. Sonsini ‘63

Kathryn Mickle Werdegar ’62

1997 William B. Baker ’58

Gregory Boyd ’73

Rachelle B. Chong ’81

Brian R. Van Camp ’62

1998 George A. Brown ’40

Richard N. Goldman ’41

Rhoda Haas Goldman ’45

1999 Judith Heumann ‘75

Kevin Johnson ’97

Mary Bray Pipher ’69

Henry Trione ‘41

2000 Roger J. Baccigaluppi ‘56

Theoni Pappas ’66

Barclay Simpson ’43

Samuel Smith ’64

2001 Norman Abrahamson ’81

Maria Echaveste J.D. ’80

James Schamus ’82

2002 Bruce Del Mar ‘37

Peter Raven ‘57

Heidi Kuhn ‘79

2003 David Goldstein, ’73, ‘78

Barbara Lee M.S.W. ‘75

Ronald Takaki Ph.D. ‘67

2004 Julie Gerberding M.P.H. ‘90

Oren Jacob ’92 M.S. ‘95

Arabella Martinez ’59 M.S.W. ‘66

2005 N/A
2006 Steven Chu Ph.D. ‘76

Peter Walker ‘55

2007 Leroy Chiao ‘83

Susan Solomon M.S. ’79, Ph.D. ‘81

C. Daniel Mote ‘59

2008 Lawrence Crooks ’71, M.S. ’73, Ph.D. ’79

Lee Merriam Talbot ’52, M.A. ’63, Ph.D. ’63

Caroline Tanner M.D. Ph.D. ’98

2009 Chris Boskin ’67

Terry McMillan ’86

Douglass North ’42, Ph.D. ’52

2010 Joan Blades ’77

John “Steve” Cook ’69

Carol Galante, M.C.P. ’78

Gary Matkin, M.B.A. ’70, Ph.D. ’89

Renee Montagne ’73

2011 Charles Thacker ’67

Andrew Frank ’55, M.S. ’58

Ananya Roy, MCP ’94, Ph.D. ’99

2012 Julia Chang Bloch ’64

Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MPH ’88

Barbara Staggers ’76, MPH ’80

2013 Michael McGinnis ’66

Carol Liu ’65, C.EAS ’82

2014 Laurence M. Baer ’80

Bob Epstein ’74, M.S. ’76, Ph.D. ’80

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm ’84

2015 Peter Chernin ’73

David Tom Cooke ’94

Yoky Matsuoka ’93

2016 Bruce Beasley M.A. ’62

Ginger Ehn Lew J.D. ’74

Johnathan Rodgers ’67

2017 Vanessa Morrison ’90

Margaret Murnane Ph.D. ’89

James Schamus ’82, M.A. ’87, Ph.D. ’03

2018 Elizabeth Hausler M.S. ’98, Ph.D. ’02

Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa ’94

Amy Trask ’82

Cher Wang ’82

2019 William Dudley M.A. ’80, Ph.D. ’82

Diane Greene M.S. ’88

Michael Gideon Marmot M.P.H. ’72, Ph.D ’75

Virginia Phillips J.D. ’82

2020 Fred Blackwell M.C.P. ’96

Nadine Burke Harris ’96

Elizabeth M.S.W. ’75, Ph.D. ’82 and Lawrence M.P.H. ’76 Marum

2021 Timothy Guertin ’72

Maureen Orth ’64

Aaron Rodgers ’07