Presented each year in recognition of notable public service by a political scientist.
| Year |
Recipient |
Affiliation |
| 1983 |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
U.S. Senate, State of New York |
| 1984 |
John Brademas |
New York University |
| 1985 |
Robert C. Wood |
Wesleyan University |
| 1986 |
No award given |
| 1987 |
Max M. Kampelman |
Head, U.S. Delegation, Negotiations on Nuclear and Space Arms |
| 1988 |
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick |
Georgetown University |
| 1989 |
Brent Scowcroft |
Special Assistant to the President, National Security Affairs |
| 1990 |
David E. Price |
U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1991 |
Zbigniew Brzezinski |
Center for Strategic and International Studies |
|
C. Payne Lucas |
Africare |
| 1992 |
Richard Cheney |
Secretary of Defense |
| 1993 |
Richard E. Neustadt |
Harvard University |
| 1994 |
Donna E. Shalala |
Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| 1995 |
Madeleine Albright |
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations |
| 1996 |
Bruce C. Vladeck |
Director, Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| 1997 |
Paul D. Wellstone |
U.S. Senate, State of Minnesota |
| 1998 |
Lee Herbert Hamilton |
U.S. House of Representatives, State of Indiana |
| 1999 |
Marjorie Mowlam |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Britain |
| 2000 |
John Ruggie |
Colubmia University and Assistant Secretary General, United Nations |
| 2001 |
Dennis Ross |
Washington Near East Institute |
| 2002 |
Parris N. Glendening |
Governor of the State of Maryland |
| 2003 |
Mark Hatfield |
Former Senator, State of Oregon |
| 2004 |
David Dreier |
U.S. House of Representatives, State of California |
2005
|
Richard Solomon
|
United States Institute of Peace
|
| 2006 |
William A. Galston |
The Brookings Institution |
