2022
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Hon. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Member, U.S. Senate and Former President, Southwest Baptist University (MO) (News Release)
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2021
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No award given; COVID Pandemic
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2020
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Tina Bjarekull, Retired President, Maryland Independent College and University Association (MICUA) (News Release)
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2019
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David L. Warren, Ph.D., President, NAICU (News Release)
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2018
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John B. Wilson, President, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey (News Release)
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2017
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William E. "Bill" Trout, Ph.D., President, Rhodes College (TN) (News Release)
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2016
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John E. Bassett, Ph.D., President, Heritage University (WA) (News Release)
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2015
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Christopher B. Nelson, J.D., President, St. John's College (MD) (News Release)
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2014
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Legal Services Review Panel, NAICU (News Release)
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2013
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Bernard Fryshman, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools (News Release)
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2012
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Patricia A. McGuire, J.D., President, Trinity Washington University (DC)
(News Release)
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2011
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Rev. Charles L. Currie, S.J., President, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (News Release)
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2010
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Sister Kathleen Ross, SNJM, President, Heritage University (WA) (News Release)
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2009
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Morgan Odell, Executive Director, Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (News Release)
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2008
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Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame (IN) (News Release)
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2007
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Alexander W. (Sandy) Astin, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California (News Release)
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2006
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Clare Cotton, President, The Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts (News Release)
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2005
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Robert N. Kelly, Kansas Independent College Association
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2004
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Michael S. McPherson, Ph.D.,, Spencer Foundation, Macalester College (MN)
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2003
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James C. Ross, President, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities of New York (News Release)
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2002
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Allen P. Splete, President Emeritus, Council of Independent Colleges (News Release)
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2001
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No award given; NAICU 25th Anniversary recognized all previous winners
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2000
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Sr. Mary Andrew Matesich, O.P., President, Ohio Dominican College (News Release)
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1999
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David Irwin, Washington Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (News Release)
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1998
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Rev. William J. Sullivan, President, Seattle University (WA)
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1997
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James Whalen, Ph.D., President, Ithaca College (NY)
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1996
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John Frazer, Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities
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1995
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Richard F. Rosser, President, NAICU
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1994
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Sr. Dorothy Ann Kelly, OSU, President, College of New Rochelle (NY)
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1993
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Derek Bok, J.D.,, President, Harvard University (MA)
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1992
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No award given
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1991
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Francis "Mike" Michelini, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania
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1990
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The Hon. Silvio Conte, U.S. House of Representatives (R-MA)
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1989
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The Hon. Thomas H. Kean, Governor of New Jersey
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1988
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The Hon. William H. Natcher, U.S. House of Representatives (D-KY)
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1987
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Frank "Sandy" Tredinnick, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts
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1986
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James Ream, Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities
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1985
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Rev. Timothy S., Healy, S.J. President, Georgetown University (DC)
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