1982 John G. Phillips, LL&E 1983 Martin C. Miller, Hibernia National Bank 1984 James R. Moffett, Freeport-McMoRan 1985 H.D. ‘Von’ Graham, Jr., Arthur Andersen 1986 Tom Benson, New Orleans Saints 1987 E.L. “Chick” Williamson, LL&E 1988 R. Thomas Fetters, Jr., CNG 1989 Frank B. Stewart, Jr., Stewart Enterprises 1990 L. Ronald Forman, Audubon Institute 1995 John P. Laborde, Tidewater 1996 H. Leighton Steward, LL&E 1997 Governor M.J. “Mike” Foster, Jr., State of Louisiana 1998 Herschel L. Abbott, Jr., BellSouth 1999 John J. Cordaro, Entergy Corporation 2000 Donald “Boysie” Bollinger, Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. 2001 Waldemar S. Nelson, Waldemar S. Nelson and Company, Inc. 2002 James E. Fitzmorris, Jr., Fitzmorris & Associates | 2003 Senator John Breaux, United States Senator 2004 Corinne “Lindy” Claiborne Boggs 2006 Lt. General Russel L. Honore’, United States Army 2007 Sheriff Harry Lee, Jefferson Parish Sheriff* 2008 Governor Bobby Jindal, State of Louisiana 2009 William A. Oliver, AT&T 2010 Jim Letten, U.S. Attorney 2011 Mrs. Phyllis Taylor 2012 Ashton Ryan – First NBC Bank 2013 John Georges – Georges Enterprises 2014 Robert W. Merrick – Latter and Blum 2015 William H. Hines – Jones Walker Law Firm 2016 José Suquet – Pan American Life 2017 Warner L. Thomas – Ochsner 2018 Raymond J. Brandt – Ray Brandt Automotive Group 2019 Greg Rusovich - Transoceanic Development 2020 Michael Hecht - Greater New Orleans Inc. *Posthumous award |