Distinguished Contribution to Child Advocacy Award

1983, Robert H. Mnookin (Attorney), Stanford University. AP Address: "Teenage Abortion Rights: Policy Making by Federal Courts".

1984, Michael Wald (Attorney), Stanford University Law School.

1985, Robert Haggerty, M.D. (Physician), W.T. Grant Foundation.

1986, Kenneth Wooden (Investigative Reporter). APA Address: "Weeping in the Playtime of Others."

1987, Mark Soler (Attorney), Youth Law Center. APA Address: "Horrors & Healers: New Directions for Child Advocacy."

1988, Robert Clampitt (Journalist), Founder of Children's Express. Robert Keeshan (Actor), "Captain Kangaroo", child advocate.

1989, Bill Harris, Director of KIDSPAC.

1990, Ira Schwartz, D.S.W. (Social Worker), University of Michigan Center for the Study of Youth Policy.

1991, Jule M. Sugarman, Ph.D., Executive Director and CEO, Special Olympics International. APA Address: "The Children's Trust Proposal."

1992, Irving Harris, Irving Harris Foundation.

1993, Richard Krugman, M.D. (Pediatrician), Dean, University of Colorado School of Medicine. APA Address: "Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect."

1994, Lenore Terr, M.D. (Psychiatrist), University of California at San Francisco. APA Address: " True Memory of Childhood Trauma -- The Quirks, Absences, and Returns."

1995, Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D. (Pediatrician), Dean, Florence Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University. APA Address: "New Challenges in Early Childhood Interventions."

1996, Howard A. Davidson, J.D. (Attorney), American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law. APA Address: "A New Paradigm for Legal Resolution of Child Protection Cases."

1997, Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D.; Professor of Public Health, Practice Department of Health Policy and Management, and Assistant Dean for Government and Community Programs, Harvard School of Public Health. APA Address: Untitled

1998, No award given

1999, T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. (Pediatrician); Brazelton Center for Infants and Parents, Children’s Hospital, Boston; APA Address: “Touch Points: Theory, Practice, and Training”.

1999, Beatrice Hamburg, M.D. and David Hamburg, M.D. 1140 5th Avenue, #134, New York, NY.

2000, John E. B. Myers, J.D. Professor of Law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. Sacramento

2003, Tom Birch, J.D., National Child Abuse Coalition