Friend of History Award

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The Friend of History Award is an award given by the Organization of American Historians. It "recognizes an individual, who is not a professional historian, or an institution or organization for outstanding support for the pursuit of historical research, for the public presentation of history, or for the work of the OAH."

Recipients

Source: Organization of American Historians

2005: Seymour G. Sternberg, New York Life Insurance Company

2005: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

2006: Geoffrey C. Ward, Independent Scholar

2007: Senator Robert C. Byrd

2007: Libby O'Connell and The History Channel

2008: Ruth J. Simmons, President, Brown University

2009: Brian P. Lamb, Founder and CEO, C-SPAN, host of Booknotes

2010: Newberry Library

2011: Jay S. Goodgold, Independent Investor

2012: No award given

2013: The almost 85,000 participants in the U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching American History Program

2014: Stephen A. Briganti, President and Chief Executive Officer, Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation

2015: Colin G. Campbell, Chairman Emeritus, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

References

Friend of History Award Wikipedia

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