Past Honorees

2018
H.E. Dr. Armen Sarkissian, President of the Republic of Armenia

2017
Antony J. Blinken, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, 2015-2017
Dean Kamen, Inventor, Entrepreneur and Founder, FIRST® Global

2016
C.H. Tung, Former Chief Executive Hong Kong Special Administrative Region People's Republic of China
Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer C. V. Starr & Co. Inc. 

2015
Martti Ahtisaari, Former President of Finland and 2008 Nobel Peace Prize recipient

2014
William J. Burns, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State 

2013 
William S. Cohen, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense 

2012 
Koichiro Gemba, Foreign Minister of Japan

2010
H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, United Arab Emirates

2008 
Henry Kissinger, Former U.S. Secretary of State 

2005 
Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, British Prime Minister

2005 
Sanford I. Weill, Chairman, Citigroup Inc.

2004 
Anna Lindh, Foreign Minister of Sweden

1999
Helmut Kohl, Former German Chancellor 

1997
Vaclav Havel, Czech President

1996 
Donald M. Kendall, Former Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo., Inc.

1995
George H.W. Bush, Former U.S. President