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*Current titles of past Prize recipients
+Deceased
2006
Norman R. Augustine
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Retired
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Wendy Kopp
President and Founder
Teach For America
Robert Moses
Founder and President, The Algebra Project, Inc.
2003
Mark A. Edwards, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Henrico County Public Schools,
Richmond, Virginia
Dean of Education,
Vice President of Business Development, Harcourt Assessment*
Kati Haycock
President and Executive Director, The Education Trust
Carol A. Twigg, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Academic Transformation,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2002
Dennis Littky, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Director, The MET;
Director, Principal Residency Network, The Big Picture Company
Libia Socorro Gil, Ph.D.
Superintendent, Chula Vista Elementary School District, California
Senior Fellow, American Institutes for Research*
Eric Smith, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools, North Carolina
Senior Advisor, The College Board*
2001
Carl Cohn, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Long Beach Unified School District, California
Superintendent, San Diego Unified School District, California*
The Honorable Rod Paige
Superintendent, Houston Independent School District, Texas
Former U.S. Secretary of Education
Chairman, Chartwell Education Group*
Sanford I. Weill
Chairman and CEO, Citigroup, Inc.
Chairman Emeritus, Citigroup, Inc.*
1999
John I. Goodlad, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Educational Renewal, University of Washington;
President, Institute for Educational Inquiry*
Gerry House, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Memphis City Public Schools
President and CEO, Institute for Student Achievement*
The Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor of North Carolina
Founder and Chairman, The James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy*
1998
Arthur Greenberg, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools, Community School District 25, Flushing, New York;
President, Institute for Educational Inquiry
Vice President for Strategic Planning, Institute for Student Achievement*
Elliot W. Eisner, Ph.D.
Professor of Education and Art, Stanford University
Lee L. Jacks Professor of Child Education, School of Education, Stanford University*
Paul A. Elsner, Ph.D.
Chancellor, Maricopa Community College District
Chancellor Emeritus, Maricopa Community College District*
Alfredo de los Santos, Jr.
Vice Chancellor for Student and Educational Development, Arizona's Maricopa Community College District
Research Professor, Arizona State University*
1997
Barbara Bush
Founder, Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
JW Carmichael, Jr.
Professor, Xavier University
Diana Natalicio, Ph.D.
President, The University of Texas at El Paso
Vera M. White
Principal, Jefferson Junior High School
Associate Superintendent, District of Columbia Public Schools*
1996
Yvonne Chan, Ed.D.
Principal, Vaughn Next Century Learning Center
Donald W. Ingwerson, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools, Los Angeles County, California
Director, National Field Operations, Community Training and Assistance Center*
The Honorable Roy Romer
Governor of Colorado
Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District, California*
1995
James E. (Gene) Bottoms, Ed.D.
Director, High Schools That Work program, Southern Regional Education Board
Senior Vice President, Southern Regional Education Board*
Ernest L. Boyer, Ph.D. +
Former U.S. Commissioner of Education
President, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Mary E. Diez, Ph.D.
Dean of Education, Alverno College
1994
Patricia M. Bolaños +
Principal, Key and Renaissance Schools, Indianapolis, Indiana
The Honorable Harold Howe II +
Former U.S. Commissioner of Education
Alicia Thomas
Principal, Jackson-Keller Elementary School, San Antonio, Texas
Associate Superintendent for Instruction, North East ISD, San Antonio, Texas*
1993
Sister Mary Brian Costello, R.S.M.
Chief of Staff, Archdiocese of Chicago
Sharon Darling
President and Founder, National Center for Family Literacy
The Honorable Booth Gardner
Governor of Washington
Chairman Emeritus, Northwest Parkinson Foundation*
1992
Shirley A. Hill, Ph.D.
Curators' Professor of Education and Mathematics, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Kansas*
Thomas W. Payzant, Ed.D.
Superintendent, San Diego Schools, California
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education*
Edward Zigler, Ph.D.
Sterling Professor of Psychology, Yale University
Director Emeritus, Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy*
1991
Judith Taack Lanier, Ph.D.
Dean of Education, Michigan State University; President, Michigan Partnership for New Education
President, Michigan Partnership for New Education*
Robert H. McCabe, Ph.D.
President, Miami-Dade Community College District
Director, The Bridge Partnership*
Theodore R. Sizer, Ph.D.
Professor of Education, Brown University; Chairman Emeritus, Coalition of Essential Schools
Chairman Emeritus, Coalition of Essential Schools*
1990
James P. Comer, M.D.
Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry, Yale University Child Study Center
Associate Dean, Yale School of Medicine, Yale Child Study Center*
Clark Kerr +
President Emeritus, University of California
Richard C. Wallace, Jr., Ed.D.
Superintendent, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Pennsylvania Clinical Professor and Co-Director, Superintendents Academy, University of Pittsburgh
Clinical Professor and Co-director, Superintendents Academy, University of Pittsburgh*
1989
Kenneth B. Clark, Ph.D. +
Distinguished Professor of Psychology Emeritus, City University of New York
The Honorable Richard W. Riley
Governor of South Carolina
Former U.S. Secretary of Education*
Kathleen A. Ross, SNJM, Ph.D.
President, Heritage College
1988
The Honorable Terrel H. Bell +
Former U.S. Secretary of Education
Former President, Literacy Volunteers of America*
Helen "Jinx" Crouch
President, Literacy Volunteers of America
The Honorable Claiborne Pell
United States Senator (D-RI)
Former U.S. Senator*
2006 
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