Hubert H. Humphrey Award
Hubert H. Humphrey Award
Nominations are closed.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Award honors notable public service by a political scientist.
The award is presented at the APSA Annual Meeting and carries a cash prize of $1,000.
Nomination Information
- Eligibility: Self-nominations are accepted. Nominees do not have to be members of APSA, affiliated with an institution in the United States, or an American citizen in order to be considered for an award.
In order to be eligible for the award, nominees must have completed a Ph.D. in political science.
Award Committee
Chair
Theda Skocpol, Harvard University
Member
Marion Orr, Brown University
Member
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, New York University
Member
Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College
Member
Jan Leighley, American University
Listing of Awardees
| Year | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Joseph Nye, Harvard University |
| 2024 | Colleen Shogan, National Archives |
| 2023 | Victor Cha, Georgetown University |
| 2022 | Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation |
| 2021 | Charles Kupchan, Georgetown University |
| 2020 | Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania |
| 2019 | Thomas E. Mann, The Brookings Institution |
| 2018 | Condoleezza Rice, Hoover Institution |
| 2017 | Lloyd Axworthy, University of Manitoba |
| 2016 | Edwin Dorn, University of Texas at Austin |
| 2015 | Beverly Scott |
| 2014 | Henry Cuellar, U.S. House of Representatives |
| 2013 | Susan E. Rice, Executive Office of the President |
| 2012 | Louis Fisher, The Constitution Project |
| 2011 | Michael Doyle, Columbia University |
| 2010 | General David Petraeus, Department of Defense |
| 2009 | Catherine McArdle Kelleher, University of Maryland, College Park |
| 2008 | Henry G. Cisneros, former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Executive Chairman of CityView |
| 2007 | Congressman David Obey, U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin |
| 2006 | William A. Galston, The Brookings Institution |
| 2005 | Richard Solomon, United States Institute of Peace |
| 2004 | David Dreier, U.S. House of Representatives, State of California |
| 2003 | Mark Hatfield, Former Senator, State of Oregon |
| 2002 | Parris N. Glendening, Governor of the State of Maryland |
| 2001 | Dennis Ross, Washington Near East Institute |
| 2000 | John Ruggie, Columbia University and Assistant Secretary General, United Nations |
| 1999 | Marjorie Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Britain |
| 1998 | Lee Herbert Hamilton, U.S. House of Representatives, State of Indiana |
| 1997 | Paul D. Wellstone, U.S. Senate, State of Minnesota |
| 1996 | Bruce C. Vladeck, Director, Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| 1995 | Madeleine Albright, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations |
| 1994 | Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| 1993 | Richard E. Neustadt, Harvard University |
| 1992 | Richard Cheney, Secretary of Defense |
| 1991 | Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and International Studies C. Payne Lucas, Africare |
| 1990 | David E. Price, U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1989 | Brent Scowcroft, Special Assistant to the President, National Security Affairs |
| 1988 | Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Georgetown University |
| 1987 | Max M. Kampelman, Head, U.S. Delegation, Negotiations on Nuclear and Space Arms |
| 1986 | No award given |
| 1985 | Robert C. Wood, Wesleyan University |
| 1984 | John Brademas, New York University |
| 1983 | Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senate, State of New York |