James Bryant Conant Award
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 -
- 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 -
- 2006 - Nancy S. Grasmick
- 2007 - Gaston Caperton
- 2008 -
- 2009 -
- 2010 - Linda Darling-Hammond
- 2011 -
- 2012 - Eric Donald Hirsch
- 2013 -
- 2014 - Marc Tucker
- 2015 - William Sanders
- 2016 -
- 2017 - Lowell Milken
- 2018 - Bill Haslam
Sources[]
- ECS Award Winners (Education Commission of the States)
Categories:
- American education awards
- Awards established in 1977