Previous International Citizen of the Year Recipients
The International Citizen of the Year Award was established in 1985 to honor a foreign-born or Indiana resident who has made an outstanding contribution to Indiana and the world in the fields of business, culture, education, government, medicine, research, sports, media and/or community service. The first International Citizen of the Year was the late Riad Shaheen, native of Lebanon, President of Long Electric Company, and President of the Center's Board of Directors.
Since that time, the International Center has gone on to recognize many distinguished recipients of the award. Those recipients are:
1985 Riad Shaheen
1986 The Honorable Richard G. Lugar
1987 The Honorable Robert D. Orr
1989 George Mikelsons
1989 The Honorable William H. Hudnut
1990 Sr. Marie Pierre Buttell
1990 The Honorable Lee H. Hamilton
1991 Maestro Raymond Leppard
1993 Dr. Geoffrey Bannister
1993 Margaret Sheridan
1995 K.P. Singh
1996 Kai and Tom Binford
1997 Lawrence H. Einhorn, M.D.
1998 Bret Waller
1999 Jeff Smulyan
2000 Tony George
2001 Sidney Taurel
2002 Rev. Fr. Boniface Hardin, O.S.B.
2003 30th Anniversary Award: The Honorable Richard G. Lugar
2004 Christel DeHaan
2005 James T. Morris
2006 Ambassador Randall L. Tobias
2007 Dr. Martin C. Jischke
2008 IU-Kenya Partnership
2010 Gov. Mitchell Elias Daniels, Jr.