Annenberg Award for Excellence in Diplomacy

The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Award for Excellence in Diplomacy is an annual award given by the American Academy of Diplomacy in recognition of an individual or group who has made exemplary contributions to the field of American diplomacy. Recipients of the award are recommended by the Academy's Executive Committee and approved by the AAD Board of Directors.{{cite news|url=http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/awards/diplomacy.html |title=Walter and Leonore Annenberg Award for Excellence in Diplomacy |work=American Academy of Diplomacy |accessdate=2010-12-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204213010/http://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/awards/diplomacy.html |archivedate=2011-02-04 }}

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NameYearDescription
Marie Yovanovitch2023U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
Thomas R. Pickering2022Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, U.S. Ambassador to India, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, U.S. Ambassador to Jordan
Foreign Service & Civil Service Personnel of the U.S. Government Who Served in the Viet Nam Evacuation and All U.S. Government Personnel Engaged in the Evacuation of Afghanistan2021Accepted by Ambassador Ross Wilson
Jimmy Carter202039th President of the United States of America
John Negroponte2019Deputy Secretary of State, Director of National Intelligence, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
James A. Baker III201813th and 19th White House Chief of Staff and 61st U.S. Secretary of State
William J. Perry201719th U.S. Secretary of Defense
Robert B. Zoellick2016Former World Bank Group President and U.S. Trade Representative
William J. Burns2015Former Under Secretary of State
Carla Anderson Hills2014Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
George Shultz2013Former U.S. Secretary of State
Richard Lugar2012Former U.S. Senator
Robert Gates2011Former United States Secretary of Defense
Harold H. Saunders2010Director of International Affairs at the Kettering Foundation
William L. Swing2009Director General, International Organization for Migration
Ryan Crocker2008Ambassador to Iraq
Christopher R. Hill2007Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Max Kampelman2006Head of the United States Delegation to the Negotiations with the Soviet Union on Nuclear and Space Arms
Men and Women of the Foreign and Civil Service2005Accepted by Under Secretary R. Nicholas Burns
Joseph J. Sisco2004Former Under Secretary of State
John Danforth2003Former United States Senator
Colin Powell2002United States Secretary of State
Kofi Annan2001Secretary-General of the United Nations
Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn2000U.S. Senators, architects of the Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction initiative
Stuart Eizenstat1999Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
George J. Mitchell1998Peace Negotiations on Northern Ireland
George F. Kennan1997Lifetime Contributions to Diplomacy
Dennis Ross1996Special Middle East Coordinator
Richard Holbrooke1995Dayton Peace Accords on Bosnia
Robert Gallucci1995Ambassador-at-Large; North Korean Negotiations
General John Vessey (USA, ret.)1994President Emissary to Hanoi for missing American servicemen
Robert B. Oakley1993Special Envoy to Somalia
no award1992
Vernon Walters1991Ambassador to Germany
Thomas R. Pickering1990Ambassador to the United Nations
Rozanne Ridgway1989Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs
no award1988
Stephen W. Bosworth1987Ambassador to the Philippines

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