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. 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 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 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 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
