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 - 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
• 2016 - Sal Kahn
• 2017 - Lowell Milken
• 2018 - Bill Haslam

Sources

• ECS Award Winners (Education Commission of the States)