#6 Is is Possible?
To establish all Portland State Traditions with the same sense of class and prestige as the Simon Benson Awards?
2017 Speaker: Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger
Simon Benson Award for Philanthropy: Pete Nickerson
Simon Benson Award for Alumni Achievement: Barre Stoll '89, '92
2016 Speaker: Jay Leno
Simon Benson Award for Philanthropy: Drs. Keren Brown Wilson & Michael DeShane
Simon Benson Award for Alumni Achievement: Tom Fink '71
2015 Speaker: Arianna Huffington
Simon Benson Award for Philanthropy: The Schlesinger Family
Simon Benson Award for Alumni Achievement: Greg Ness, MBA '87
2014 Speaker: Leon E. Panetta
Simon Benson Award for Philanthropy: Earle M. Chiles
Simon Benson Award for Philanthropy: Christine & David Vernier
Simon Benson Award for Alumni Achievement: Ramon S. Torrecilha, Ph.D., PSU: '84, M.S. '86
2013 Speaker: Anderson Cooper
Simon Benson Award for Philanthropy: Rick Miller MBA '94 & Erika Miller
Simon Benson Award for Alumni Achievement: Bill Stoller MBA '79
2012 Speaker: Diane Keaton
Simon Benson Award: Irving Levin & Stephanie Fowler, Arlene Schnitzer HD '04 & Jordan Schnitzer
Simon Benson Award for Alumni Achievement: Travis Knight '98
2011 Speaker: Condoleezza Rice
Simon Benson Award: Melvin Mark Family, William Furman Family
2010 Speaker: Charles Gibson
Simon Benson Award: Mark & Ann Edlen, Jim & Shirley Rippey
2009 Speaker: Rosalynn Carter
Simon Benson Award: Fariborz Maseeh '80 MS '84
2008 Speaker: John Glenn
Simon Benson Award: Sam Wheeler, Gwen Burns & Family
2007 Speaker: Magic Johnson
Simon Benson Award: Robert Morrow '63 & Jane Morrow '65 MS '77, Robert & Sharon Miller
2006 Speaker: Queen Noor of Jordan
Simon Benson Award: Gary Ames '67 HD '94 & Barbara Ames '68 HD '13, Marta Thrasher '90 & Ken Thrasher HD '13
2004 Speaker: Walter Cronkite
Simon Benson Award: Thomas Stoel & Caroline Stoel MA '73, Patricia Wessinger
2003 Speaker: Madeleine Albright
Simon Benson Award: Elizabeth Johnson, James Miller
2002 Speaker: Rudolph Giuliani
Simon Benson Award: Jeannine Cowles, Ernest Swigert
2001 Speaker: Bob Dole
Simon Benson Award: Peter Stott HD '11 & Julie Stott, Duncan & Cindy Campbell
2000 Speaker: Mario Cuomo
Simon Benson Award: Maurie & Mary Clark, Don Frisbee
1999 Speaker: Colin Powell
Simon Benson Award: Paul Bragdon, Jean Vollum