Past Honorees

2006

Steve Odland

Chairman and CEO, Office Depot, Inc.

2005

John L. Weinberg

Senior Chairman, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

2004

Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and The National Football League

2003

P. Anthony Ridder

Chairman and CEO, Knight Ridder, Inc.

2002

Gerard R. Roche

Senior Chairman, Heidrick & Struggles, Inc.

2001

Gene Upshaw

Executive Director, NFL Players Association and Chairman, NFL Players, Inc.

2000

Floyd Hall

Chairman, President & CEO, K-Mart Corporation

1998

General Barry R. McCaffrey

Director, White House Office for Drug Control Policy

The Honorable Newt Gingrich

Speaker of the House