Friend of History Award

Friend of History Award "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: Organization of American Historians • 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 • 2016: NASA Johnson Space Center History Office • 2017: Lonnie G. Bunch III, National Museum of African American History and Culture • 2018: Civil War Trust • 2019: Natasha Trethewey, Northwestern University • 2020: Ulysses S. Grant Association • 2021: Refusing to Forget • 2022: Made by History • 2023: Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation • 2024: National History Day • 2025: John E. Pepper Jr. ==See also==