Arts & Humanities
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| 2007/08 |
Maggie DivelbissArts and art education advocate; Executive Director, Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center |
| 2006 |
John D. Anderson, FAIA Architect and pioneer in the field of sustainable design |
| 2005 |
Calvin M. Frazier, Ed.D.* Education advocate and Colorado State Commissioner of Education |
| 2004 |
Lewis I. Sharp, Ph.D. Director of the Denver Art Museum |
| 2003 |
Marin Alsop Music Director Laureate of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra |
| 2002 |
Rick J. Ashton, Ph.D. City Librarian, Denver Public Library |
| 2001 |
Morley BallantinePhilanthropist, Editor and Chairman of the Board of the Durango Herald newspaper |
| 2000 |
Jil RosentraterCultural Affairs Director for the City of Greeley, Advocate for arts and cultural awareness |
| 1999 |
Martin FredmannArtistic Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Colorado Ballet |
| 1998 |
Noël R. CongdonPhilanthropist; Arts and art education advocate |
| 1997 |
Lillian Covillo
and Freidann Parker*Co-founders of the Colorado Ballet |
| 1996 |
Albert C. Yates, Ph.D.Chancellor of Colorado State University System and President of Colorado State University |
| 1995 |
Robert W. Craig Mountaineer, Founder and President of the Keystone Center |
| 1994 |
Jan Perry Mayer and Frederick R.*Philanthropists and founders of the JFM Foundation |
| 1993 |
Daniel L. RitchieChancellor of the University of Denver |
| 1992 |
Bruce M. Rockwell*Advocate and community leader; President of The Colorado Trust |
| 1991 |
Duain WolfeArtistic Director, Colorado Children’s Chorale |
| 1989 |
Nathaniel Merrill* President and Director of Opera Colorado |
| 1988 |
Edward R. BaierleinActor, Director and Manager of Germinal Stage |
| 1987 |
Otto Karl Bach, Ph.D.* Director of The Denver Art Museum |
| 1986 |
Gordon Hardy President Emeritus, Aspen Music Festival and School |
| 1985 |
Cleo Parker RobinsonExecutive and Artistic Director, Cleo Parker Robinson’s New Dance Theatre, Inc. |
| 1984 |
Lloyd E. Worner, Ph.D.*President Emeritus, The Colorado College |
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Community Service
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| 2007/08 |
Harry T. Lewis, Jr.Business and community leader dedicated to economic and cultural improvement |
| 2006 |
Frederic C. HamiltonOilman, philanthropist, and community leader |
| 2005 |
Carol Gossard*Philanthropist, humanitarian and community advocate |
| 2004 |
Elaine Gantz Berman and Steve Berman, M.D.Advocates for children’s education and health |
| 2003 |
Noel CunninghamHumanitarian and community advocate |
| 2002 |
Nancy Gary, Ph.D and Sam GaryPhilanthropists and community leaders; Founders of The Piton Foundation |
| 2001 |
Anna Jo HaynesExecutive Director of Mile High Child Care; Advocate for children and families |
| 2000 |
Patricia D. KellyCommunity leader; Advocate for development of the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo |
| 1999 |
Marion R. Gottesfeld*Philanthropist and community volunteer; University of Denver Trustee |
| 1998 |
Anabel C. McHugh and Jerome P.Philanthropists; Education and leadership development sponsors |
| 1997 |
E. Atwill Gilman*Community leader; Fund raising volunteer and philanthropist |
| 1996 |
Dana H. CrawfordHistoric preservationist; Advocate for the redevelopment of Denver’s lower downtown |
| 1995 |
Katherine W. Schomp*Community Volunteer; Advocate for education, mental health and the arts |
| 1994 |
Nellie Mae DumanVolunteer leader and fundraiser for cultural and human service organizations |
| 1993 |
Edward A. Robinson and Richard L. RobinsonCommunity leaders and advocates |
| 1992 |
Edith M. Sherman, Ph.D.*Founder of Institute of Gerontology, University of Denver; Advocate for the poor, disadvantaged and elderly |
| 1991 |
Elizabeth H. Paepcke*Philanthropist and co-founder of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies |
| 1989 |
Sister Mary Andrew TalleChief Executive Officer, St. Joseph’s Hospital |
| 1988 |
Beatrice W. Vradenburg*General Manager, Colorado Springs Symphony |
| 1987 |
Ellen G. Harris*Community leader and volunteer |
| 1986 |
Richard D. LammGovernor of Colorado, 1975 to 1987 |
| 1985 |
John C. Mitchell II*Former President and Executive Director of the Boettcher Foundation |
| 1984 |
William H. McNichols, Jr.*
Mayor of Denver 1969 to 1983 |
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Science & Medicine
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| 2007/08 |
David J. Wineland, Ph.D.Atomic physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Leader in the field of low temperature atomic physics |
| 2006 |
Deborah S. Jin, Ph.D.Physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Expert in the field of ultracold Fermionic gases |
| 2005 |
John L. Hall, Ph.D.Scientist emeritus of National Institute of Standards and Technology; 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics; Leading laser experimentalist |
| 2004 |
Philippa Marrack, Ph.D. and John Kappler, Ph.D.Research scientists at the National Jewish Medical Center; First to isolate the T-cell receptor |
| 2003 |
Stephen J. Withrow, D.V.M.Director of the Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University; Pioneer in veterinary surgical oncology |
| 2002 |
David W. Talmage, M.D.Professor of Microbiology, University of Colorado; Internationally renowned immunologist |
| 2001 |
Robert W. Schrier, M.D.Professor and Department Chairman, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Renowned biomedical investigator, medical educator and expert on renal diseases |
| 2000 |
Susan Solomon, Ph.D.Scientist and researcher, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Leading expert on the Antarctic ozone “hole” |
| 1999 |
Warren M.
Washington, Ph.D.Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Pioneered the creation of computer models to study the earth’s climate |
| 1998 |
Robert T. Schooley, M.D.Professor and Department Head, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Leading specialist in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) treatment |
| 1997 |
Carl E. Wieman, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado, Helped create the form of matter predicted by Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose; 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 1996 |
Victor M. Spitzer, Ph.D.Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Created the world’s first computerized anatomy database programs |
| 1995 |
John E. Repine, M.D.President of Webb-Waring Institute for Biomedical Research; Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Leading expert on Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome |
| 1994 |
Marvin H. Caruthers, Ph.D.Chairman, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado; Developed a technique to produce synthetic DNA which accelerated the creation of insulin and other new drugs |
| 1993 |
Randi J. Hagerman, M.D.Associate Director, Denver Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Pioneer in Fragile X Syndrome research |
| 1992 |
David Patterson, Ph.D.President, Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Cancer Research; Pioneered the development of somatic cell genetics and identified a gene associated with Lou Gehrig’s disease |
| 1991 |
Geno Saccomanno, Ph.D.*Founder of School of Cytotechnology at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction; Leading pulmonary cytologist who developed a methodology for early diagnosis of lung cancer |
| 1989 |
Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.Investigator for Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Laboratories; Established a link between RNA and the evolutionary chain of life; 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| 198 |
Gilbert F. White, Ph.D.*Gustavson Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado; Leading advocate for water resource protection and floodplain management |
| 1987 |
Gordon Meiklejohn, M.D.*Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Pioneer in research on infectious diseases; including influenza |
| 1986 |
Arthur Robinson, M.D.*Senior Staff of National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine; Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Leading researcher on human birth defects and founder of the first birth defect clinic |
| 1985 |
Walter Orr Roberts, Ph.D.*President Emeritus, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder; Pioneer in modern climate studies |
| 1984 |
Theodore T. Puck, Ph.D.*Director, Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Cancer Research; Invented a method for growing cells that revolutionized the study of human genetics |
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