An individual or organization whose efforts, courage, litigation or innovative work result in the creation of a more just society.
Recipients
1980- Dr. Otis Bowen
1981- Senator Frank O'Bannon
1982- Senator Richard Lugar
1983- Edgar W. Bayliff
1984- Senator Robert Garton
1985- Representative John J. Thomas
1986- Prof. Robert I. Mendelsohn
1987- Representative Lee Hamilton
1988- Woodrow A. Myers
1989- Bill Groth & Barry Macey
1990- Michealle Wilson
1991- Speaker Michael Phillips
1992- Keith Daydon
1993- Senator Robert Hellmann
1994- Justice Randall T. Shepard
1995- Governor Evan Bayh
1996- Charles Deppert
1997- Terry L. Thurman
1998- Irwin B. Levin
1999- Representative Jessie Villalpando
2000- Carl Deal and Joanne Doroshow
2001- Bill Alexa
2002- Representative Brent Steele
2003 Ted Lockyear and Jim Kornblum
2004- Benjamin E. Giaquinta
2005- Don Ward
2006- Representative John Ulmer
2007- The Indiana National Guard
2008- Speaker B. Patrick Bauer
2009- Congressman Andre Carson
2010- No Award Given
2011- No Award Given
2012- Larry Landis
2013- No Award Given
2014- No Award Given
2015- Michealle B. Wilson
2016- State Senator John Broden
2017- Justice Robert D. Rucker
2018- Senator David C. Long
2019- No Award Given
2020- Richard Hailey