Friend of History Award
The Friend of History Award is an award given by the Organization of American Historians. It "recognizes an individual, who is not a professional historian, or an institution or organization for outstanding support for the pursuit of historical research, for the public presentation of history, or for the work of the OAH."Recipients
Source:
- 2005: Seymour G. Sternberg, New York Life Insurance Company
- 2005: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- 2006: Geoffrey C. Ward, Independent Scholar
- 2007: Senator Robert C. Byrd
- 2007: Libby O'Connell and The History Channel
- 2008: Ruth J. Simmons, president, Brown University
- 2009: Brian P. Lamb, founder and CEO, C-SPAN, host of Booknotes
- 2010: Newberry Library
- 2011: Jay S. Goodgold, Independent Investor
- 2012: No award given
- 2013: The almost 85,000 participants in the U.S. Department of Education’s Teaching American History Program
- 2014: Stephen A. Briganti, president and chief executive officer, Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
- 2015: Colin G. Campbell, chairman emeritus, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
