Lone Sailor Award
The United States Navy Memorial presents a Lone Sailor Award to Sea Service veterans who have excelled with distinction in their respective careers during or after their service. The award recipients will join an impressive list of men and women who have distinguished themselves by drawing upon their military experience to become successful in their subsequent careers and lives, while exemplifying the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment. The Lone Sailor Award has been given out each year since the Navy Memorial was dedicated in 1987.
The Lone Sailor Awards Dinner is an annual gala hosted by the Navy Memorial to Honor, Recognize and Celebrate its constituents and award recipients.
It is held in September of each year at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.
Lone Sailor Award honorees
2017
- David Robinson
- Christopher Gardner
- Delbert Black & Ima Black
2016
- Daniel D’Aniello
- The Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr.
- Rear Admiral Robert H. Shumaker, USN (Ret.)
2015
- ADM James S. Gracey
- J. William Middendorf II
- Robert S. Morrison
- C. Michael Petters[1]
2014
2013
- Dan Akerson
- General Paul X. Kelley
- Ted Turner
2012
- Evertt Alvarez, Jr.
- John Paul DeJoria
- J. David Power III
2011
- Lloyd V. "Beau" Bridges III
- Jeffrey L. Bridges
- Lloyd V. Bridges, Jr.
- Gerald F. "Jerry" Coleman
- Robert W.A. "Bob" Feller
- Brian P. Lamb
2010
- Lanier W. Phillips
- Edward W. Lebaron, Jr.
2009
- Lawrence P. "Yogi" Berra
- Leonard A. Lauder
- Frederick W. Smith
2008
- A.G. Lafley
- John H. McConnell
- Arnold Palmer
2007
- Tom Benson
- Morgan L. Fitch, Jr., Esq.
- Stan Musial
- Senator John W. Warner, Jr.
2006
- Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr.
- Arnold "Red" Auerbach
2005
- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
- Senator John McCain
2004
- Benjamin Bradlee
- Admiral Stansfield Turner
2003
- Captain Dan A. Carmichael
- Joseph F. Cullman, III
- Captain James A. Lovell, Jr.
2002
- Gordon M. Bethune
- Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld
- Representative Floyd D. Spence
- Representative Bob Stump
2000
- Nickolas Davatzes
- Honorable Robert M. Morgenthau
- President Theodore Roosevelt
- Honorable John C. Whitehead
1999
- Charles Francis Adams
- Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr.
- President John F. Kennedy*
- Senator John F. Kerry
1998
- Eddie Albert
- Ambassador John Gavin
- Admiral Hyman G. Rickover*
- Esther L. Snyder
1997
- Ernest Borgnine
- Captain Winidred Quick Collins
- Senator Robert Kerrey
- Austin H. Kiplinger
- Edmund W. Littlefield
- Henry Trione
- Jonathan Winters
1996
- Dr. Robert Ballard
- Roger T. Staubach
- Dr. Kathryn Sullivan
1995
- President Richard M. Nixon
1994
- Tony Curtis
- Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
- Admiral E.R. Zumwalt, Jr.
1993
- James A. Michener
- Allen E. Murray
- Harold A. Poling
- Rear Admiral William Thompson