| 2023 |
- U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Jon Moeller, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble
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| 2022 | U.S. Senator Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA) |
| 2021 |
- Mark J. Mazur, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy in the U.S. Department of Treasury
- Michael J. Graetz, Columbia Alumni Professor of Tax Law
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| 2019 | Thomas A. Barthold, Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation |
| 2018 |
- Mark Weinberger, Global Chairman and CEO of EY
- Barbara Angus, Chief Tax Counsel for the Committee on Ways and Means
- Stephen Entin, Senior Fellow at Tax Foundation and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Department of the Treasury
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| 2017 | Vice President Mike Pence |
| 2016 |
- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX)
- Janice Mays, former Democratic staff director for the House Ways and Means Committee
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| 2015 |
- U.S. Senator Rob Portman
- Robert Stack, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs
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| 2014 |
- Pat Tiberi, Representative of Ohio’s 12th District
- John Engler, President of Business Roundtable and former Governor of Michigan
- Mark Prater, Chief Tax Counsel and Deputy Staff Director to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (minority)
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2013
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- U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch
- U.S Senator Max Baucus
- Russell Sullivan, Staff Director for the Senate Finance Committee
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2012
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- U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, Chairman, Ways and Means Committee
- The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page, award accepted by Dan Henninger, Deputy Editor
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2011
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- U.S. Rep. John A. Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives
- David M. Cote, chairman and CEO of Honeywell
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2010
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- U.S. Rep. Paul D. Ryan
- U.S. Rep. John S. Tanner
- James W. Owens, Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar Inc.
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2009
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- Eric Solomon, Director of National Tax, Ernst & Young LLP, and Former Treasury Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy
- John Samuels, Vice President and Senior Counsel for Tax Policy and Planning, GE
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2008
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- U.S. Rep. Jim McCrery
- U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal
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2007
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- Bernard M. (Bob) Shapiro, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Mark McConaghy, Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Nina Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate
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2006
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- U.S. Senator Connie Mack III
- U.S. Senator John Breaux
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2005
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- Sidney Taurel, Chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly and Co.
- Charles Rossotti, former IRS Commissioner
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2004
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- Lee R. Raymond, Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil
- U.S. Senator Don Nickles
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2003
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- J.T. Battenberg III, Chairman, President and CEO, Delphi Corporation
- U.S. Rep. Ben Cardin
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2002
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- U.S. Rep. Dick Armey
- U.S. Rep. Bill Thomas
- President George W. Bush
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2001
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- U.S. Senator Max Baucus
- Robert Perlman, Vice President, Tax, Licensing and Customs, Intel Corporation
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2000
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- U.S. Rep. Jennifer Dunn
- Charles Koch, Chairman and CEO, Koch Industries, Inc.
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1999
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- U.S. Senator Robert Kerrey
- Martin Feldstein, President, National Bureau of Economic Research
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1998
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- U.S. Rep. Bill Archer
- John W. Snow, Chairman and CEO, CSX
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1997
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- U.S. Senator John B. Breaux
- Charles R. Lee, Chairman and Co-CEO, Verizon
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1996
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- U.S. Rep. Philip M. Crane
- Norman B. Ture, President, IRET
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1995
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- U.S. Senator Sam Nunn
- Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Texaco
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1994
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- U.S. Senator William Roth
- John A. Young, President, Hewlett-Packard
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1993
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- U.S. Rep. Sam M. Gibbons
- Charles A. Corry, Chairman, USX Corporation
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1992
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- Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank
- Allen E. Murray, CEO, Mobil Corporation
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1991
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- U.S. Senator Max Baucus
- Paul H. O'Neill, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
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1990
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- U.S. Senator Bob Packwood
- William S. Kanaga, Chairman, Arthur Young & Co.
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1989
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- U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen
- David Roderick, Chairman, U.S. Steel Corporation
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1988
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U.S. Rep. Bill Archer
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1987
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U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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1986
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U.S. Senator Pete V. Domenici
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1985
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James A. Baker III, Secretary, U.S. Treasury
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1984
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John F. McGillicuddy, CEO, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company
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1983
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Martin Feldstein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
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1982
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U.S. Rep. James R. Jones
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1981
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Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense
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1980
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Paul Volcker, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank
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1979
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U.S. Rep. Barber B. Conable, Jr.
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1978
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U.S. Rep. Al Ullman
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1977
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Reginald H. Jones, Chairman and CEO, General Electric
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1976
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U.S. Senator Russell B. Long
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1975
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William E. Simon, Secretary, U.S. Treasury
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1974
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George P. Schultz, Secretary, U.S. Treasury
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1973
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U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
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1972
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Richard C. Gerstenberg, Chairman and CEO, General Motors
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1971
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Paul W. McCracken, Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisers
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1970
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U.S. Senator Wallace F. Bennett
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1969
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Arthur F. Burns, Chief Economic Advisor to the President
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1968
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U.S. Rep. Wilbur Mills
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1967
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Frederick R. Kappel, Chairman, AT&T
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1966
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Henry H. Fowler, Secretary, U.S. Treasury
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1965
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U.S. Senator Everett M. Dirksen
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1964
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John J. McCloy, Special Advisor to President John F. Kennedy
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1963
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U.S. Rep. John W. Byrnes
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1962
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Colin F. Stam, Chief of Staff, Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation
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1961
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William McChesney Martin, Jr., Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank
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1960
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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1959
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Maurice H. Stans, Director, Bureau of the Budget
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1958
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U.S. Rep. Wilbur Mills
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1957
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U.S. Senator John McClellan
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1956
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Sherman Adams, Assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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1955
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U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd
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1954
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Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary, U.S. Agriculture Department
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1953
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U.S. Rep. Daniel A. Reed
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1952
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John J. McCloy, U.S. military governor and high commissioner for Germany
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1951
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Lewis W. Douglas, Director, General Motors
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1950
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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1949
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U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft
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1948
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President Herbert C. Hoover
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1947
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Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University
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1946
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U.S. Rep. Clarence J. Brown
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1945
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- Lewis H. Brown, President, Johns-Manville Corporation
- U.S. Senator Walter F. George
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1944
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Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University
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1943
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John W. Hanes, Undersecretary, U.S. Treasury
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1942
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Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University
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1941
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- George S. Benson, President, Harding College
- Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University
- U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd
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