| 2010 |
Raynard Kington, M.D., Ph.D. Deputy Director, NIH |
| 2009 |
Congressman David Obey, former Chairman of the Appropriations Committee |
| 2006 |
Michael Castle, U.S. Representative |
| 2005 |
Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of Representatives and
Dianne Feinstein, U. S. Senator
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| 2000 |
Connie Mack, U.S. Senator |
| 1999 |
Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator and
Tom Harkin, U. S. Senator
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| 1997 |
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, Former U.S. Senator and
Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Representative
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| 1996 |
Mark Hatfield, U.S. Senator and
John Porter, U.S. Representative
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| 1994 |
Dr. Howard Schachman, University of California
Berkeley Biochemist and Spokesman for Bench Scientists
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| 1993 |
Dr. Ruth L. Kirschstein, Deputy Director of NIH |
| 1992 |
Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, Speaker of the House and
Silvio Conte, U.S. Representative (posthumous)
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| 1991 |
Katie McCabe, Author |
| 1990 |
Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, ADAMHA Director and
Dr. C. Everett Koop, U.S. Surgeon General
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| 1989 |
Dr. James Wyngaarden, NIH Director |
| 1988 |
Dr. Lewis Thomas, Physician and Writer and
Dr. James A. Shannon, NIH Director
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| 1987 |
Ann Landers, Columnist and
Mary Lasker, Philanthropist
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| 1986 |
Lowell P. Weicker, U.S. Senator and
William Natcher, U.S. Representative
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