Friend of History Award - Wikipedia

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The Friend of History Award is an award given by the Organization of American Historians (OAH). The award was first presented in 2005.^[1] It is not a monetary award and is granted annually.^[2]

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."^[3][4]

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

• List of history awards