Past Honorees

Artist Award (formerly Arts and Humanities)

2019 Senga Nengudi
2018 Carlos Frésquez
2017 Marina Mosina
2016 Curtis W. Fentress, FAIA, RIBA
2015 Dianne Reeves
2014 Eleanor “Ellie” Caulkins
2013 Pelham G. Pearce, Jr.
2012 Patricia Nelson Limerick, Ph.D.
2011 Dianne Perry Vanderlip
2010 Hal Gould
2009 Hugh A. Grant
2007/08 Maggie Divelbiss
2006 John D. Anderson, FAIA
2005 Calvin M. Frazier, Ed.D.*
2004 Lewis I. Sharp, Ph.D.
2003 Marin Alsop
2002 Rick J. Ashton, Ph.D.
2001 Morley Ballantine*
2000 Jil Rosentrater*
1999 Martin Fredmann
1998 Noël R. Congdon
1997 Lillian Covillo* and Freidann Parker*
1996 Albert C. Yates, Ph.D.
1995 Robert W. Craig*
1994 Jan Perry Mayer and Frederick R. Mayer*
1993 Daniel L. Ritchie
1992 Bruce M. Rockwell*
1991 Duain Wolfe
1989 Nathaniel Merrill*
1988 Edward R. Baierlein
1987 Otto Karl Bach, Ph.D.*
1986 Gordon Hardy*
1985 Cleo Parker Robinson
1984 Lloyd E. Worner, Ph.D.*

Community Service in the Arts Award

2019 Anthony J. Garcia
2018 Arlene and Barry Hirschfeld
2017 Stephen W. Seifert
2016 Merle C. Chambers
2015 Adele Phelan
2014 David E. Greenberg
2013 Tim Gill
2012 Robert G. Tointon
2011 Bruce and Marcy Benson
2010 Patricia A. Gabow, M.D.
2009 Hank Brown
2007/08 Harry T. Lewis, Jr.
2006 Frederic C. Hamilton
2005 Carol Gossard*
2004 Elaine Gantz Berman and Steve Berman, M.D.
2003 Noel Cunningham*
2002 Nancy Gary, Ph.D and Sam Gary
2001 Anna Jo Haynes
2000 Patricia D. Kelly
1999 Marion R. Gottesfeld*
1998 Anabel C. and Jerome P. McHugh
1997 E. Atwill Gilman*
1996 Dana H. Crawford
1995 Katherine W. Schomp*
1994 Nellie Mae Duman
1993 Edward A. Robinson and Richard L. Robinson
1992 Edith M. Sherman, Ph.D.*
1991 Elizabeth H. Paepcke*
1989 Sister Mary Andrew Talle*
1988 Beatrice W. Vradenburg*
1987 Ellen G. Harris*
1986 Richard D. Lamm
1985 John C. Mitchell II*
1984 William H. McNichols, Jr.*

Arts and Society Award (formerly Science and Medicine)

2019 Damon McLeese
2018 Susan Jenson
2017 Arts and Humanities in Healthcare Program at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities
2016 Children’s Hospital Colorado
2015 Kristi Anseth, Ph.D.
2014 David A. Schwartz, M.D.
2013 Leslie Leinwand, Ph.D.
2012 Temple Grandin, Ph.D.
2011 Marion Downs*
2010 Charles A. Dinarello, M.D.
2009 Henry N. Claman, M.D.*
2007/08 David J. Wineland, Ph.D.
2006 Deborah S. Jin, Ph.D.*
2005 John L. Hall, Ph.D.
2004 Philippa Marrack, Ph.D. and John Kappler, Ph.D.
2003 Stephen J. Withrow, D.V.M.
2002 David W. Talmage, M.D.*
2001 Robert W. Schrier, M.D.
2000 Susan Solomon, Ph.D.
1999 Warren M. Washington, Ph.D.
1998 Robert T. Schooley, M.D.
1997 Carl E. Wieman, Ph.D.
1996 Victor M. Spitzer, Ph.D.
1995 John E. Repine, M.D.
1994 Marvin H. Caruthers, Ph.D.
1993 Randi J. Hagerman, M.D.
1992 David Patterson, Ph.D.
1991 Geno Saccomanno, Ph.D.*
1989 Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.
1988 Gilbert F. White, Ph.D.*
1987 Gordon Meiklejohn, M.D.*
1986 Arthur Robinson, M.D.*
1985 Walter Orr Roberts, Ph.D.*
1984 Theodore T. Puck, Ph.D.*

*Deceased