Past Recipients of the Tax Foundation’s Distinguished Service Awards

Since 1941, the Tax Foundation has honored public figures for their efforts to advance sound tax policy. See a full list of award recipients in the table below.

YearAwardee(s)
2023

  • U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH)

  • Jon Moeller, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble
2022U.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
2019Thomas 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
2017Vice 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
2015

  • U.S. Senator Rob Portman

  • Robert Stack, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs
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)

2013




  • U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch

  • U.S Senator Max Baucus

  • Russell Sullivan, Staff Director for the Senate Finance Committee

2012




  • U.S. Rep. Dave Camp, Chairman, Ways and Means Committee

  • The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page, award accepted by Dan Henninger, Deputy Editor

2011




  • U.S. Rep. John A. Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives

  • David M. Cote, chairman and CEO of Honeywell

2010




  • U.S. Rep. Paul D. Ryan

  • U.S. Rep. John S. Tanner

  • James W. Owens, Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar Inc.

2009




  • 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

2008




  • U.S. Rep. Jim McCrery

  • U.S. Rep. Richard E. Neal

2007




  • Bernard M. (Bob) Shapiro, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • Mark McConaghy, Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • Nina Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate

2006




  • U.S. Senator Connie Mack III

  • U.S. Senator John Breaux

2005




  • Sidney Taurel, Chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly and Co.

  • Charles Rossotti, former IRS Commissioner

2004




  • Lee R. Raymond, Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil

  • U.S. Senator Don Nickles

2003




  • J.T. Battenberg III, Chairman, President and CEO, Delphi Corporation

  • U.S. Rep. Ben Cardin

2002




  • U.S. Rep. Dick Armey

  • U.S. Rep. Bill Thomas

  • President George W. Bush

2001




  • U.S. Senator Max Baucus

  • Robert Perlman, Vice President, Tax, Licensing and Customs, Intel Corporation

2000




  • U.S. Rep. Jennifer Dunn

  • Charles Koch, Chairman and CEO, Koch Industries, Inc.

1999




  • U.S. Senator Robert Kerrey

  • Martin Feldstein, President, National Bureau of Economic Research

1998




  • U.S. Rep. Bill Archer

  • John W. Snow, Chairman and CEO, CSX

1997




  • U.S. Senator John B. Breaux

  • Charles R. Lee, Chairman and Co-CEO, Verizon

1996




  • U.S. Rep. Philip M. Crane

  • Norman B. Ture, President, IRET

1995




  • U.S. Senator Sam Nunn

  • Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Texaco

1994




  • U.S. Senator William Roth

  • John A. Young, President, Hewlett-Packard

1993




  • U.S. Rep. Sam M. Gibbons

  • Charles A. Corry, Chairman, USX Corporation

1992




  • Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank

  • Allen E. Murray, CEO, Mobil Corporation

1991




  • U.S. Senator Max Baucus

  • Paul H. O'Neill, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa

1990




  • U.S. Senator Bob Packwood

  • William S. Kanaga, Chairman, Arthur Young & Co.

1989




  • U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen

  • David Roderick, Chairman, U.S. Steel Corporation

1988



U.S. Rep. Bill Archer

1987



U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan

1986



U.S. Senator Pete V. Domenici

1985



James A. Baker III, Secretary, U.S. Treasury

1984



John F. McGillicuddy, CEO, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company

1983



Martin Feldstein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers

1982



U.S. Rep. James R. Jones

1981



Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense

1980



Paul Volcker, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank

1979



U.S. Rep. Barber B. Conable, Jr.

1978



U.S. Rep. Al Ullman

1977



Reginald H. Jones, Chairman and CEO, General Electric

1976



U.S. Senator Russell B. Long

1975



William E. Simon, Secretary, U.S. Treasury

1974



George P. Schultz, Secretary, U.S. Treasury

1973



U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

1972



Richard C. Gerstenberg, Chairman and CEO, General Motors

1971



Paul W. McCracken, Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisers

1970



U.S. Senator Wallace F. Bennett

1969



Arthur F. Burns, Chief Economic Advisor to the President

1968



U.S. Rep. Wilbur Mills

1967



Frederick R. Kappel, Chairman, AT&T

1966



Henry H. Fowler, Secretary, U.S. Treasury

1965



U.S. Senator Everett M. Dirksen

1964



John J. McCloy, Special Advisor to President John F. Kennedy

1963



U.S. Rep. John W. Byrnes

1962



Colin F. Stam, Chief of Staff, Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation

1961



William McChesney Martin, Jr., Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank

1960



President Dwight D. Eisenhower

1959



Maurice H. Stans, Director, Bureau of the Budget

1958



U.S. Rep. Wilbur Mills

1957



U.S. Senator John McClellan

1956



Sherman Adams, Assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower

1955



U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd

1954



Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary, U.S. Agriculture Department

1953



U.S. Rep. Daniel A. Reed

1952



John J. McCloy, U.S. military governor and high commissioner for Germany

1951



Lewis W. Douglas, Director, General Motors

1950



General Dwight D. Eisenhower

1949



U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft

1948



President Herbert C. Hoover

1947



Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University

1946



U.S. Rep. Clarence J. Brown

1945




  • Lewis H. Brown, President, Johns-Manville Corporation

  • U.S. Senator Walter F. George

1944



Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University

1943



John W. Hanes, Undersecretary, U.S. Treasury

1942



Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University

1941




  • George S. Benson, President, Harding College

  • Henry M. Wriston, President, Brown University

  • U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd