Previous Government Honorees
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2018
Randal K. Quarles
Vice Chair for Supervision
Federal Reserve System
Partner and CEO
Perella Weinberg -
2017
Robert K. Steel
Partner and CEO
Perella Weinberg Partners
Former Deputy Mayor for Economic Development
New York City
Former Under Secretary for Domestic Finance
United States Department of the Treasury -
2015
General Jack Keane (Ret.)
Former Vice Chief of Staff
United States Army -
2014
Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor
The State of New York -
2013
Erskine B. Bowles ’69
President Emeritus
The University of North Carolina -
2012
Janet L. Yellen
Vice Chair of the Board of Governors
US Federal Reserve System -
2011
Mitchell E. Daniels Jr.
Governor
The State of Indiana -
2010
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
United States of America -
2009
Cory A. Booker
Mayor
The City of Newark -
2008
Ben S. Bernanke
Chairman of the Board of Governors
US Federal Reserve System -
2007
Joel I. Klein
Chancellor
New York City Department of Education -
2006
Robert B. Zoellick
Deputy Secretary of State
United States of America -
2005
Frank R. Lautenberg ’49
US Senator
The State of New Jersey -
2003
John Whitehead
Chairman
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation -
2002
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Professor
Columbia Business School
2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics
Former Chairman
Council of Economic Advisers
Former Chief Economist
World Bank -
2001
Rudolph W. Giuliani
Mayor
The City of New York -
2000
Lawrence H. Summers
Secretary of the Treasury
United States of America -
1999
Charles E. Schumer
US Senator
The State of New York -
1998
William J. McDonough
President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of New York -
1997
George E. Pataki
Governor
The State of New York -
1996
Robert E. Rubin
Secretary of the Treasury
United States of America -
1995
Christine Todd Whitman
Governor
The State of New Jersey -
1994
Sam Nunn
US Senator
The State of Georgia -
1993
Richard B. Cheney
Former Secretary of Defense
United States of America -
1992
L. William Seidman
Former Chairman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation -
1991
Alan Greenspan
Chairman of the Board of Governors
US Federal Reserve System -
1990
Richard G. Darman
Director
Office of Management and Budget -
1989
E. Gerald Corrigan
President
Federal Reserve Bank of New York -
1988
Thomas H. Kean
Governor
The State of New Jersey -
1987
Robert J. Dole
US Senator
The State of Kansas -
1986
Paul A. Volcker
Chairman of the Board of Governors
US Federal Reserve System -
1985
Mario M. Cuomo
Governor
The State of New York -
1984
Edward I. Koch
Mayor
The City of New York -
1983
Alden W. Clausen
President
World Bank -
1982
Drew Lewis
Secretary of Transportation
United States of America -
1981
George H. W. Bush
Vice President
United States of America -
1980
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
US Senator
The State of New York -
1979
G. William Miller
Chairman of the Board of Governors
US Federal Reserve System -
1978
Robert S. Strauss
President’s Special Ambassador for Trade Negotiations
United States of America -
1977
Arthur F. Burns
Former Chairman of the Board of Governors
US Federal Reserve System
Professor Emeritus
Columbia University