Past Honorees

2023

William J. McCarthy, Jr.
Executive Director
Catholic Charities of Baltimore

2022

Barry F. Rosen
Chairman and CEO
Gordon Feinblatt LLC

2019

Marilynn Duker
Chief Executive Officer
Brightview Senior Living

2018

Thomas S. Bozzuto
Chairman and Co-Founder
The Bozzuto Group

2017

Michael D. Hankin
President and CEO
Brown Advisory

2016

Ronald R. Peterson
President
Johns Hopkins Health System
Executive Vice President
Johns Hopkins Medicine

2015

Joseph A. Sullivan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Legg Mason Inc.

2014

Sister Helen Amos, RSM
Executive Chair of the board of Trustees
Mercy Healthy Services

2013

Alan Wilson
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
McCormick & Company

2012

Brian Rogers
Chairman of the Board and Chief Investment Officer
T. Rowe Price Group

2011

Randall M. Griffin
Chief Executive Officer
Corporate Office Properties Trust.

2010

Eddie C. Brown
Founder and President
Brown Capital Management

2009

Ellen J. Kullman
Chief Executive Officer
DuPont

2008

Gerard E. Holthaus
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Algeco Scotsman

2007

Mayo A. Shattuck III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Constellation Energy

2006

John C. Erickson
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
Erickson Retirement Communities

2005

George A. Roche
Chairman and President
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

2004

William R. Roberts
President, Verizon-Maryland

2003

Gino J. Gemignani, Jr., Senior Vice President
and the Leadership of The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

2002

John Paterakis, Sr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
H & S Bakery

2001

Robert J. Lawless
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
McCormick & Company, Inc.

2000

William L. Jews
President and Chief Executive Officer
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

1999

Raymond A. "Chip" Mason
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Legg Mason, Inc.

1998

Frank P. Bramble, Sr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Allfirst Financial

1997

Charles M. Cawley
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
MBNA America

1996

George J. Collins
President and Chief Executive Officer
T. Rowe Price Associates

1995

Lawrence A. Bossidy
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Allied Signal

1993

Norman R. Augustine
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Martin Marietta Corporation

1992

Michael D. Sullivan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Merry-Go-Round Enterprises

1991

George B. Harvey
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Pitney Bowes

1990

Jack Moseley
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
USF&G Corporation

1989

August A. Busch, III
Chairman and President
Anheuser-Busch Companies

1987

Alan P. Hoblitzell, Jr.
Chairman
MNC Financial

1986

William Reed Howard
President and Chief Executive Officer
Piedmont Aviation

1985

Hays T. Watkins
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
CSX Corporation

1984

Thomas G. Pownall
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Martin Marietta Corporation

1983

J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Marriott International