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