Awarded to that person or persons who, busy though they may be, takes time, consideration and cooperation in helping our assignments be more interesting and newsworthy.
1958 – Gen. Otis Whitney, Comr. Public Safety
1959 – Leo Sullivan, Comr. Boston Police
1960 – Clement Riley, Registrar of Motor Vehicles
1961- Col. John Blake, Mass State Police
1962 – E.W. Loew, Bay State Raceway
1963 – John Volpe, Past Governor
1964 – Mayor John Collins, Mayor of Boston
1965 – George Luciano, Comr. State Buildings
1966 – Pres Hobson, Bay State Raceway
1969 – Francis Sargent, Governor of Massachusetts
1970 – William Powers, Comr. Public Safety
1971- Dick O’Connell, Boston Red Sox
1972 – Elijah Adlow, Judge
1973 – Edward Sherry, Boston Police
1974 – James Kelley, Boston Fire Comr.
1975 – Edward Miller, PR Dir. Boston College
1976- Dr. William Reid, Headmaster S.B.H.
1977 – Jack Halloran, American Stock Exchange
1978 – Richard F. Bates, Boston Bureau, FBI
1979 – Francis X. Bellotti, Massachusetts Attorney General
1980 – Edward F. Connolly, Boston Police Dept
1981 – John R. Donovan, Massachusetts State Police
1982 – Chief Joseph E. Scanlon, Lynn Fire Department
1983 – Charles Fiske Family, Bridgewater
1984 – Raymond Flynn, Mayor of Boston
1985 – Paul Tsongas, United States Senator
1986 – Charlie Collins, USSS
1987 -William Bulger, Mass. Senate President
1988 – Michael S. Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts
1989 – Cardinal Bernard Law, Archbishop of Boston rescinded
1990 – Francis M. Roache, Boston Police Dept
1991 – Georgette Watson, Founder, Drop-A-Dime
1992 – Col. Charles Henderson Comr. Mass. State Police
1993 – Robert Barton, Judge
1994 – Joe Malone, State Treasurer
1995 – William and Lynn Sullivan
1996 -Travis Roy, BU Hockey
1996 – Aaron Feuerstein, Malden Mills Co.
1997 – Martin Pierce, Boston Fire Commissioner
1998 – Tom Reilly, Middlesex County DA
1999 – Chad Gifford, BankBoston
2000 – Worcester Fire Department
2001 – Joe Moakley, U.S. Congress
2002 – Martha Coakley, Middlesex County DA
2003 – Steve MacDonald, Boston Fire Department
2004 – Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston
2005- Kathleen O’Toole, Boston Police Commissioner
2006 – Richard A. Serino, Boston EMS Commissioner
2007 – Lt. Paul Maloney, Massachusetts State Police
2008 – Phil Orlandela, Logan Airport / MassPort
2009 – Edward Davis, Boston Police Commissioner
2010 – Senator Scott Brown
2011 – Colonel Marian J. McGovern, Massachusetts State Police
2012 – Stephen D. Coan, Mass State Fire Marshall
2013 – Cardinal Sean O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston
2014 – Victims and First Responders, 117th Boston Marathon
2016 – Carl Stevens, WBZ Radio
2017 – Jim Cole, Associated Press NH
2018 -William Gross, Boston Police Commissioner
2019 – Arthur Pollock, Boston Herald
2020 – Bob Howard, Boston Herald
2021- Gladys Vega, Executive Director, La Colaborativa
2022 – Jim Wilson, The Boston Globe
2023 – Jeff Twiss, Vice President of Media Services, The Boston Celtics