James Bryant Conant Award

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The James Bryant Conant Award is a US education award. The most prestigious award made by the Education Commission of the States (ECS), it has been awarded annually since 1977. It was established and named in honour of US chemist and educator James Bryant Conant, one of the co-founders of the ECS.

Recipients

1977 - Benjamin Mays

1978 - Joan Ganz Cooney

1979 - Francis Keppel

1980 - Ralph Tyler

1981 - Terry Sanford

1982 - John Brademas

1983 - Carl D. Perkins

1984 - James B. Hunt Jr.

1985 - Terrel H. Bell and David P. Gardner

1986 - Harold Howe II

1987 - Marian Wright Edelman

1988 - Lamar Alexander

1989 - Fred M. Hechinger

1990 - No award given

1991 - James P. Comer

1992 - Theodore R. Sizer

1993 - Wilhelmina Delco

1994 - Ernest L. Boyer

1995 - Richard W. Riley

1996 - John W. Gardner

1997 - Claiborne Pell

1998 - Robert Slavin

1999 - Frank Newman

2000 - John Goodlad

2001 - Fred Rogers

2002 - Robert P. Moses

2003 - Roy Romer

2004 - Thurgood Marshall and John H. Stelle (both posthumously)

2005 - Sharon Lynn Kagan

2006 - Nancy S. Grasmick

2007 - Gaston Caperton

2008 - Ron Wolk

2009 - Kati Haycock

2010 - Linda Darling-Hammond

2011 - Ted Kolderie

2012 - Eric Donald Hirsch

2013 - Gene Wilhoit

2014 - Marc Tucker

2015 - William Sanders

References

James Bryant Conant Award Wikipedia

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