Past Honorees
The National Arts Awards

■ 2001 ■

The Honorable Schuyler Chapin
 Arts Education
Robert H. Benmosche
 Corporate Citizenship in the Arts
Richard Meier
  Lifetime Achievement
Peter Martins
 Artistic Leadership
Michael Greene
  Arts Advocacy

■ 2000 ■

Frank Gehry
Thomas Krens
Wendy Wasserstein
Jo Carole Lauder
Peter I. Bijur
Uma Thurman

■ 1999 ■

First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Mrs. Vincent Astor
Agnes Gund
Jacob Lawrence
Sanford I. Weill

■ 1998 ■

Isaac Stern
Midori Goto
Alec Baldwin
Hugh McColl

■ 1997 ■

The Honorable Amory Houghton
Gerald M. Levin
Arthur Mitchell
The Honorable Jerrold L. Nadler
Beverly Sills