1995 Ismail Merchant; James Ivory; Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

1996 E.L. Doctorow; Jean Marzollo

1997 Toshi and Pete Seeger; Floria Jean and Jerry Pinkney

1998 Spalding Gray; Rosemary Wells

1999 Robert H. Boyle; Susan Jeffers

2000 Julie Taymor; Jean Craighead George

2001 Samuel R. Berger; Mary Pope Osborne

2002 Tom Brokaw

2003 Arthur Miller; Simms Taback

2004 Toni Morrison; Elizabeth Winthrop; Patricia Adams

2005 William Kennedy; Jill and Daniel Pinkwater; William Mazzuca

2006 Jules Feiffer; Libby Healy

2007 Lewis Lapham; Andrew Revkin; David Lilburne

2008 Frank McCourt; Elizabeth Cody Kimmel; Sandra Nice

2009 Alice Waters; Irene O’Garden; Betty E. Green

2010 Calvin Trillin; Libby Pataki; Anne Impellizzeri

2011 Phil Donahue; Peter Gergely, MD; Art and Stacy Labriola

2012 Angela Lansbury; Nance Williamson and Kurt Rhoads; Pete Salmansohn

2013 Jacob Weisberg; Patricia M. Cloherty; Polly Townsend

2014 Eric Schlosser; Frederic C. Rich; Suzie Gilbert

2015 Judge Jed S. Rakoff; Bill Hicks and Bill Sadler; Pat Schories

2016 Salman Rushdie; Andrew Chmar; Kimberly Sabatini

2017 Candice Bergen; Shelley Boris; Deb Lucke

2018 Lesley Stahl; William Burback and Peter Hofmann; Gary Golio and Susanna Reich