Distinguished Service Award

What is the Distinguished Service Award?

The ABA Section of Taxation Distinguished Service Award was established in 1995 to underscore the Section's respect for and support of professionalism within the tax bar. The Distinguished Service Award Committee annually selects one Section member to receive the Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service to the profession.

Award Guidelines

View this PDF for more information regarding the Distinguished Service Award criteria.

2019 Distinguished Service Award Presentation

Read more about 2019 DSA Recipient Emily A. Parker in ABA Tax Times.

Past Award Recipients

• 2018    Susan P. Serota
• 2017    Nina E. Olson
• 2016    Kenneth W. Gideon*
• 2015    Stefan F. Tucker
• 2014    Lawrence B. Gibbs
• 2013    Christine A. Brunswick*
• 2012    Phillip L. Mann*
• 2011    N. Jerold Cohen
• 2010    Ronald A. Pearlman
• 2009    Irwin L. Treiger*
• 2008    M. Carr Ferguson, Jr. (Acceptance Remarks)
• 2007    Loretta Collins
• 2006    Martin D. Ginsburg* (Acceptance Remarks)
• 2005    Jere D. McGaffey
• 2004    K. Martin Worthy*
• 2003    M. Bernard Aidinoff*
• 2002    James P. Holden
• 2001    Sherwin P. Simmons*
• 2000    Frederick G. Corneel*
• 1999    Boris Kostelanetz*
• 1998    Judge Theodore Tannenwald*  
• 1997    Edwin S. Cohen*
• 1996    Randolph W. Thrower*
• 1995    John S. Nolan*

* deceased