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Past Honorees

1999 - James W. Ellis

2000 - Mary Lou Breslin & Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF)

2001 - Stanley S. Herr*

2002 - Robert Perske

2003 - Disability Rights Advocates, Inc. (DRA)

2004 - Anil Lewis

2005 - Honorable Judge Rhonda J. Brown

2006 - Louise A. McKown

2007 - Laura Cooper-Fenimore

2008 - Lester T. Pritchard*

2009 - Claudia B. Center

2010 - Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC)

2011 - Dr. Marc Maurer & Daniel F. Goldstein

2012 - Honorable Judge Donovan W. Frank

2013 - Robert D. Dinerstein

2014 - Michael A. Stein

2015 - Honorable Chai R. Feldblum, US EEOC Commissioner

2016 - Arlene B. Mayerson

2017 - Laurence (Larry) W. Paradis (posthumously)*

2018 - Susan J. Horwitz

2019 - Matthew W. Dietz

2021 - Marjorie Rifkin

*deceased

For any questions about the Award, please contact:
Amy Allbright
202-662-1575 (phone)
[email protected]