Past Awardees
The Municipal League’s Civic Awards program has been run annually since 196o below is a complete list of Awardees:
| Year | Award | Awardee |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Citizen of the Year | Andy Conner, Founder Genesis Project |
| 2012 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | West Seattle Blog |
| 2012 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Dow Constantine, King County Executive |
| 2012 | Organization of the Year | King County Library System |
| 2012 | Public Employee of the Year | John Starbard |
| 2012 | Public Official of the Year | Grant Degginger Former Bellevue City Council Member |
| 2012 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Sen. Ed Murray and Sen. Steve Litzow |
| 2011 | Business of the Year | Boeing Employees Credit Union |
| 2011 | Citizen of the Year | Paola Maranan, Executive Director of the Childrens Alliance |
| 2011 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Regional Transit Task Force |
| 2011 | Organization of the Year | Washington News Council |
| 2011 | Public Employee of the Year | Chis Williams,Acting Superintendent of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation |
| 2011 | Public Official of the Year | Sue Rahr, King County Sheriff |
| 2009 | Business of the Year | Force 10 Hoops LLC, Owners of the Seattle Storm |
| 2009 | Citizen of the Year | Cary Moon - People's Waterfront Coalition |
| 2009 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Brice Maryman (Open Space Seattle 2100 |
| 2009 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Joni Earl - CEO, Sound Transit and Mayor Greg Nickels - Chair, Sound Transit Board of Directors |
| 2009 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Bruce D. Carter and Norma Jean Hanson |
| 2009 | Organization of the Year | Seattle Works - Organization of the Year |
| 2009 | Public Employee of the Year | Allen Church - Fire Chief/Administrator, South King Fire & Rescue |
| 2009 | Public Official of the YearÊ | Ava Frisinger - Mayor, City of Issaquah |
| 2009 | Warren G. Magnuson AwardÊ | The Evans School of Public Affairs |
| 2008 | Citizen of the YearÊ | Lisa Macfarlane |
| 2008 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | David Postman |
| 2008 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | John Stanton & Norm Rice |
| 2008 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Sandra Driscoll |
| 2008 | Organization of the Year | Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle |
| 2008 | Public Employee of the Year | Dwight Dively |
| 2008 | Public Official of the Year | Connie Marshal |
| 2007 | Citizen of the Year | Walt Crowley |
| 2007 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | George Cheung |
| 2007 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Erica C Barnett |
| 2007 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Randy Revelle |
| 2007 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Kathy Elias |
| 2007 | Organization of the Year | Asian Counseling and Referral Service |
| 2007 | Public Employee of the Year | John Okamoto, |
| 2007 | Public Official of the Year | Fred Jarrett |
| 2007 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | William Ruckelshaus |
| 2006 | Business of the Year | Starbucks Coffee Company |
| 2006 | Citizen of the Year | Cheryl Scott |
| 2006 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Machat Lat |
| 2006 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Steve Scher, KUOW |
| 2006 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | John D. Spellman |
| 2006 | Organization of the Year | Intiman Theatre |
| 2006 | Public Employee of the Year | Bob Drewel |
| 2006 | Public Official of the Year | John Ladenburg |
| 2006 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Secretary of State Sam Reed |
| 2005 | Business of the Year | Dick's Drive-In |
| 2005 | Citizen of the Year | David Brewster |
| 2005 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Gabriel Galanda |
| 2005 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Gerald Johnson |
| 2005 | Organization of the Year | Real Change (Tim Harris) |
| 2005 | Organization of the Year | John Stanford Public Service and Social Action Academy |
| 2005 | Public Employee of the Year | Don W. Ding, Transportation Project Manager, King County |
| 2005 | Public Official of the Year | Jay Covington, CAO, City of Renton |
| 2004 | Business of the Year | U.S. Bank Corporation, Puget Sound Region |
| 2004 | Citizen of the Year | Beverly Harris |
| 2004 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Robert Mak of KING 5 News |
| 2004 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Gene Duvernoy |
| 2004 | Organization of the Year | King County Bar Association and Foundation |
| 2004 | Public Employee of the Year | ÊChief Ed Crawford, Kent Police Department |
| 2004 | Public Employee of the Year | Richard Yukubousky |
| 2004 | Public Official of the Year | Martha Choe |
| 2004 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Lois North |
| 2003 | Citizen of the Year | Sheila Espinoza, Pontiac By Symphony Orchestra |
| 2003 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Mary Larson, Pioneer Square Clinic |
| 2003 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Paul Guppy, Washington Policy Center |
| 2003 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | William Gates Sr. |
| 2003 | Organization of the Year | Page Ahead ChildrenÕs Literacy Program |
| 2003 | Public Employee of the Year | Joy Sakamoto BarkerÊis Dean of Basic Education at Renton Technical College |
| 2002 | Business of the Year | Pioneer Human Services |
| 2002 | Business of the Year | Chevrolet of Issaquah |
| 2002 | Citizen of the Year | Lindsay Palmer, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center |
| 2002 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | KUOW Radio |
| 2002 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Senator Dan McDonald, 48th Legislative District |
| 2002 | Public Employee of the Year | Graham Johnson, Washington State Redistricting Commission |
| 2002 | Public Official of the Year | Representative Ida Ballasiotes, 41st Legislative District |
| 2002 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Representative Helen Sommers, 36th Legislative District |
| 2001 | Business of the Year | Washington Mutual |
| 2001 | Citizen of the Year | ÊAssunta Ng, Publisher, Northwest Asian Weekly and the Seattle Chinese Post |
| 2001 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | LaiLani Ovalles & Norma Straw, Co-Directors, |
| 2001 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Margaret Pageler, Seattle City Council |
| 2001 | Organization of the Year | Providence Mount Saint Vincent |
| 2001 | Public Employee of the Year | Jim Diers, Director, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods |
| 2001 | Public Official of the Year | Larry Phillips, Metropolitan King County Council |
| 2001 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Richard Thompson |
| 2000 | Citizen of the Year | Douglas P. Beighle,ÊSr. Vice President (Retired) The Boeing Company |
| 2000 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Joni Balter, Editorial Writer & Columnist, Seattle Times |
| 2000 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Robert White, Executive Director, SoundTransit |
| 2000 | Organization of the Year | Homesight |
| 2000 | Organization of the Year | kids.health.200 |
| 2000 | Public Employee of the Year | Sue Carlson, Director of Economic Development and Strategic Planning, City of Renton. |
| 2000 | Public Official of the Year | Joseph Tovar, Growth Management Hearings Board for Central Puget Sound |
| 1999 | Citizen of the Year | Scott Oki, Chairman and CEO, Oki Developments |
| 1999 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Bob Drewel, Ron Sims and Doug Sutherland, County Executives of Snohomish, King and Pierce Counties and Co-Chairs of the Tri-County ESA Response Effort |
| 1999 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Donna Gordon, Municipal League volunteer |
| 1999 | Organization of the Year | Alliance for Education |
| 1999 | Public Employee of the Year | Deborah Jacobs, City Librarian and CEO, Seattle Public Library |
| 1999 | Public Official of the Year | Michael N. Riley, Superintendent of Bellevue Public Schools |
| 1999 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Brian Sonntag, Washington State Auditor |
| 1998 | Citizen of the Year | Carol James |
| 1998 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | TVW |
| 1998 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Reverend Dr. Samuel B.Ê McKinney |
| 1998 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Cynthia Rekdal |
| 1998 | Organization of the Year | Leadership Tomorrow |
| 1998 | Public Employee of the Year | Dennis McLerran |
| 1998 | Public Official of the Year | Jean Floten |
| 1998 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Terry Husseman |
| 1997 | Citizen of the Year | George C. Corcoran, Micki & Bob Flowers |
| 1997 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Ken Griffey, Jr. |
| 1997 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Barry Mitzman |
| 1997 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Bob Drewel |
| 1997 | Organization of the Year | Harborview Medical Center |
| 1997 | Public Employee of the Year | David Towne |
| 1997 | Public Official of the Year | Mary McCumber |
| 1996 | Citizen of the Year | C. David Hughbanks |
| 1996 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | The Benefit Gang |
| 1996 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | James Bush |
| 1996 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Terry Lukens |
| 1996 | Organization of the Year | The Seattle Foundation |
| 1996 | Public Employee of the Year | Virginia Anderson, Janice Corbin |
| 1996 | Public Official of the Year | Dave Russell |
| 1996 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Bob Santos |
| 1995 | Citizen of the Year | J. Shan Mullin |
| 1995 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Forrest G. Coffey |
| 1995 | Organization of the Year | Zion Preparatory Academy |
| 1995 | Public Employee of the Year | Phillip K. Kushlan |
| 1995 | Public Official of the Year | William P. Gerberding, Ph.D. |
| 1994 | Citizen of the Year | Mary Gates |
| 1994 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Domico Curry |
| 1994 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Dick Lilly |
| 1994 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Aubrey Davis |
| 1994 | Mary Skelton Memorial Award | Joseph L. McGavick |
| 1994 | Organization of the Year | Neighborhood Business Council |
| 1994 | Public Employee of the Year | Patricia McInturff |
| 1994 | Public Official of the Year | Charles V. Johnson |
| 1994 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | William L. Dwyer |
| 1993 | Citizen of the Year | Larry Gossett |
| 1993 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Michael K. Vaska |
| 1993 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Constantine Angelos and Adam Worcester |
| 1993 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Daniel J. Evans |
| 1993 | Mary Skelton Memorial Award | Cynthia Curreri |
| 1993 | Organization of the Year | KIRO, Inc. |
| 1993 | Public Employee of the Year | Chuck Mize |
| 1993 | Public Official of the Year | Cary Bozeman |
| 1993 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Lorraine Hine |
| 1992 | Citizen of the Year | Roberto Maestas |
| 1992 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Mark Funk |
| 1992 | Mary Skelton Memorial Award | Betty Jane Narver |
| 1992 | Organization of the Year | Conference Committee Diversion Program |
| 1992 | Public Employee of the Year | Patty Whisler |
| 1992 | Public Official of the Year | Paul Kraabel |
| 1991 | Citizen of the Year | Richard Ford |
| 1991 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Rob McKenna |
| 1991 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Mary Rothchild, Don Williamson |
| 1991 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | Mayor Norman B. Rice |
| 1991 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Phyllis Lamphere, Honorable Mention to David Snedeker |
| 1991 | Public Employee of the Year | Diana Gale |
| 1991 | Public Official of the Year | Mayor Doreen Marchione |
| 1990 | Citizen of the YearÊ | Debra Ertel |
| 1990 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Brock Mansfield |
| 1990 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Rebecca Boren |
| 1990 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | George Duff |
| 1990 | Organization of the Year | Bellevue Downtown Park Committee |
| 1990 | Public Employee of the Year | Harborview Hospital Trauma Team |
| 1989 | James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award | James R. Ellis |
| 1989 | Organization of the Year | Seattle King County Economic Development Council |
| 1989 | Public Official of the Year | Mayor Charles Royer |
| 1988 | Business of the Year | C142M Hill |
| 1988 | Citizen of the YearÊ | James A. Thorpe |
| 1988 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Karl Thunernann |
| 1988 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Carol James and Mary Williams |
| 1988 | Organization of the Year | Resource Center for the Handicapped |
| 1988 | Public Employee of the Year | Lee Springgate |
| 1988 | Public Official of the Year | Bruce C. Laing |
| 1987 | Business of the Year | Puget Sound Power & Light |
| 1987 | Citizen of the Year | Charles E. Odegaard |
| 1987 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Frank Chopp, Jr. and Nancy Long |
| 1987 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Bob Lane |
| 1987 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Philip B. Swain |
| 1987 | Organization of the Year | The Market Foundation |
| 1987 | Public Employee of the Year | Richard W. Clark |
| 1987 | Public Official of the Year | Doris Cooper |
| 1987 | Special Award | Northwest Renewable Resource Center |
| 1986 | Business of the Year | Pacific Northwest Bell |
| 1986 | Citizen of the Year | Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda |
| 1986 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | J. Thomas Ranken |
| 1986 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | KING TV's Top Story |
| 1986 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Marian Hoffman Ursic |
| 1986 | Organization of the Year | Boeing Employee Good Neighbor Fund and Woodland Park Zoo Commission |
| 1986 | Public Employee of the Year | William B. Stafford |
| 1986 | Public Official of the Year | Norm Maleng |
| 1986 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Ernesta Barnes |
| 1985 | Business of the Year | Washington Roundtable |
| 1985 | Citizen of the Year | Solomon Katz |
| 1985 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Gary Locke |
| 1985 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Frank Wetzel |
| 1985 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Jack Sweek |
| 1985 | Organization of the Year | Citizen's Education Center Northwest |
| 1985 | Public Employee of the Year | Allen Lecke |
| 1985 | Public Official of the Year | Sam Smith |
| 1985 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Helen Sommers |
| 1984 | Citizen of the Year | John Ellis |
| 1984 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Jeanne Thorsen |
| 1984 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | David Horsey |
| 1984 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Jonathan Whetzel |
| 1984 | Organization of the Year | Downtown Seattle Association |
| 1984 | Public Employee of the Year | Ewen Dingwall |
| 1984 | Public Official of the Year | Tim Hill |
| 1984 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Joel Pritchard |
| 1983 | Business of the Year | SAFECO |
| 1983 | Citizen of the Year | Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney |
| 1983 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Thomas (T. J.) Vassar |
| 1983 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Herb Robinson |
| 1983 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Frances Owen |
| 1983 | Organization of the Year | Target Seattle |
| 1983 | Public Employee of the Year | David Ilancocks |
| 1983 | Public Official of the Year | Patrick S. Fitzsirnrnons |
| 1983 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Ralph Munro |
| 1982 | Citizen of the Year | Frank A. Pritchard Jr. |
| 1982 | Mary Skelton Memorial Award | Jocelyn Marchisio |
| 1982 | Organization of the Year | Project Transition |
| 1982 | Public Employee of the Year | Dr. William G. Stevenson |
| 1982 | Public Official of the Year | Jeanette Williarns |
| 1982 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | E. Kelly |
| 1981 | Citizen of the Year | Robert Buck |
| 1981 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | B. Gerald Johnson |
| 1981 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Eric Nalder & Time Egan |
| 1981 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | J. Shan Mullin |
| 1981 | Organization of the Year | PONCHO |
| 1981 | Public Employee of the Year | Olaf Kvarnme |
| 1981 | Public Official of the Year | Mayor Lorraine Hine |
| 1981 | Public Official of the Year | Ken Lowthian |
| 1981 | Warren G. Magnuson Award | Warren G. Magnuson |
| 1980 | Citizen of the Year | Farrnlands Committee |
| 1980 | Doug Mason Memorial Award | Accepted by Kim Mason |
| 1980 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | John Ryder |
| 1980 | Organization of the Year | Metrocenter YMCA |
| 1980 | Public Employee of the Year | H. Doug Kemper, Jr. |
| 1980 | Public Official of the Year | Herbert Mutschler |
| 1979 | Citizen of the Year | Jerome Page |
| 1979 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | John F. Henry |
| 1979 | Organization of the Year | Mount Baker Community Club |
| 1979 | Public Employee of the Year | Marie Jensen |
| 1979 | Public Official of the Year | Bernice Stern |
| 1978 | Citizen of the Year | Seattle School Board: Pat Sutton, Richard Alexander, Cheryl Bleakney, Suzanne Hittman, Dorothy Hollingsworth, Donald Olson, Ellen Roe |
| 1978 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Richard Larsen |
| 1978 | Public Employee of the Year | Arthur Lane |
| 1978 | Public Official of the Year | Christopher Bayley |
| 1977 | Citizen of the Year | Virginia Gunby |
| 1977 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | KCPQ Channel 13, Olympia '77 Series |
| 1977 | Mary Skeiton Memorial Award | Accepted by the Skelton Family |
| 1977 | Public Employee of the Year | Art Maronek |
| 1977 | Public Official of the Year | Donald Shay |
| 1976 | Citizen of the Year | Dr. David McKenna, Norton Clapp |
| 1976 | Gov't News Reporting of the Year | Brian Johnson |
| 1976 | Public Employee of the Year | Jean De Spain |
| 1975 | Citizen of the Year | Dr. Richard Fuller |
| 1975 | Organization of the Year | Children's Orthopedic Hospital Guilds and Auxiliaries |
| 1975 | Public Employee of the Year | Bruce Laing |
| 1975 | Public Official of the Year | L. Joe Miller |
| 1974 | Citizen of the Year | Aubrey Davis, Jr. |
| 1974 | Organization of the Year | Seattle 2000 Commission |
| 1974 | Public Employee of the Year | Lawrence Waldt |
| 1974 | Public Official of the Year | Charles Gibbs |
| 1973 | Citizen of the Year | Alfred Cowles |
| 1973 | Public Employee of the Year | Joseph McGavick |
| 1973 | Public Official of the Year | Charles E. Odegaard |
| 1972 | Citizen of the Year | Dr. Frances Svensson |
| 1972 | Organization of the Year | Neighbors in Need |
| 1972 | Public Employee of the Year | Deputy Mayor Robert Lavoie |
| 1972 | Public Official of the Year | Gordon Vickery |
| 1971 | Citizen of the Year | Edith Lebe |
| 1971 | Organization of the Year | International District Improvement Association |
| 1971 | Public Employee of the Year | Barney Wilson |
| 1971 | Public Official of the Year | J. Eldon Opheim |
| 1970 | Citizen of the Year | Edward R. Carlson |
| 1970 | Organization of the Year | Crime Prevention Advisory Commission |
| 1970 | Public Employee of the Year | Ethel Meilsen |
| 1970 | Public Official of the Year | Mayor Floyd C. Miller |
| 1969 | Organization of the Year | Seattle Central Area Advisory Group |
| 1969 | Public Employee of the Year | Thomas Ryan |
| 1969 | Public Official of the Year | Walter Hundley |
| 1968 | Citizen of the Year | James R. Ellis |
| 1968 | Organization of the Year | Forward Thrust |
| 1968 | Public Employee of the Year | Frank Hanawait |
| 1968 | Public Official of the Year | Charles Ross |
| 1967 | Citizen of the Year | Port Commision; Merle Adlum, Miner Baker, Frank Kitchell, John Haydon Robert Nordquist |
| 1967 | Public Employee of the Year | E. J. Allen |
| 1967 | Public Official of the Year | Mayor J. D. Brarnan |
| 1966 | Citizen of the Year | Frances B. Owen |
| 1966 | Public Official of the Year | C. Carey Donworth andÊÊ Êposthumous awards to Harold Miller and Wing Luke |
| 1965 | Citizen of the Year | Wayne C. Booth |
| 1965 | Public Official of the Year | Ernest Campbell |
| 1964 | Citizen of the Year | Albert A. King |
| 1964 | Public Official of the Year | Mayor Gordon S. Clinton |
| 1963 | Citizen of the Year | Madeline Lemere |
| 1963 | Organization of the Year | Citizen's Advisory Committee onÊ ÊUrban Area Government |
| 1963 | Public Official of the Year | Roy Morse |
| 1962 | Citizen of the Year | William S. Street |
| 1962 | Organization of the Year | Century 21 Corporation |
| 1962 | Public Official of the Year | Dave Levine |
| 1961 | Citizen of the Year | Harold S. Shefelman |
| 1961 | Organization of the Year | Central Association |
| 1961 | Public Official of the Year | Sgt. Roscoe Burr |
| 1960 | Citizen of the Year | James R. Ellis |
| 1960 | Organization of the Year | League of Women Voters |
| 1960 | Public Official of the Year | William Fitzgerald |
