Good Neighbor Award
Former Honorees
2023-1973
In 2022, in celebration of its 50th Anniversary, the Truman Foundation’s Annual Luncheon featured remarks from a trio of past honorees: retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (2020), former Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (2014) and General Richard B. Myers (2006).
1999
John Hope Franklin
Historian
1998
Tom Clancy, Writer
Frederick M. Franks, Jr., General, United States Army
1997
Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker
United States Senator
1996
Bill Mauldin
World War II Cartoonist
1995
Rev. Robert H. Meneilly
Pastor Emeritus, Village Presbyterian Church
1994
John C. Danforth
United States Senator
1993
David McCullough
Historian and Biographer
1992
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Historian, Writer, Educator
1991
Ewing M. Kauffman
Businessman and Philanthropist
1990
Jim Lehrer, Journalist
Robert MacNeil, Journalist
1989
Howard H. Baker, Jr.
United States Senator & White House Chief of Staff
1988
Paul Volcker Chairman
Federal Reserve System
1987
Elliot L. Richardson
Attorney General
1986
Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr.
Speaker – U.S. House Of Representatives
1985
Kenneth D. Taylor
Canadian Ambassador to Iran 1977- 1980
1984
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1983
Dr. Jonas Salk
Scientist
1982
Barry M. Goldwater
United States Senator
1981
Eric Sevareid
Journalist
1980
Averell Harriman
Governor & Diplomat
1979
David M. Noyes, Truman Advisor
Omar N. Bradley, General, United States Army
Hyman G. Rickover, Admiral, United States Navy
1978
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Governor & Vice President
1977
Gerald R. Ford
President of the United States
1976
Clarence M. Kelley
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
1975
Louis W. Truman
Lt. General, United States Army
1974
Thomas F. Eagleton
United States Senator
1973
Earl Warren
United States Chief Justice