Established in 1983, this award is presented to an individual - member or non-member - who has improved the field of education and/or the way students are served.
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2010 Awards Nomination Form
Excellence In Education Award Winners:
2009 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
2008 Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
2007 Loren Pope
2006 Hugh O'Brian
2005 Irving Fradkin
2004 Rep. David Obey (D-WI)
2002 Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-OH)
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Rep. Betty McCullum (D-MN)
2001 Lee C. Bollinger
2000 Richard Riley
1999 William G. Bowen
Derek Bok
1998 Tom Joyner
1997 Dr. Benjamin Carson
1996 Peggy Cooper Cafritz
1995 David L. Boren
1994 Eugene Lang
1993 Arnold Mitchem
1992 Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-WI)
Sen. Thomas Sawyer (D-OH)
1991 Theodore Sizer
1990 Augustus F. Hawkins
1989 Harold L. Hodgkinson
1988 Oluf Davidsen
George Hanford
1987 Ernest L. Boyer
1986 William D. Ford
Samuel L. Meyers
Paul Simon
1985 Alexander W. Astin
1984 Fred Hargadon
1983 Francis Keppel