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Listener of the Year Recipients

Abigail VanBuren, 1991
Alan Greenspan, 1991
Alex Haley, 1992
Amy Anderson, Helms Briscoe, 2020
Ann Landers, 1991
Barack Obama, 2010
Barbara Bush, 1991
Barnett Helzberg, Jr., 2008
BBC Monitoring Services, 1991
Bill Clinton, 1993
Bill Moyers, 1989
Rev. Billy Graham, 1991
Bo Jackson, 1991
Bryant Gumbel, 1997
C. Everett Koop, 1992
Childline and British Telecom, 2009
Dick Cavett, 2015
Don Shelby, 2005
Dr. Gabriel Sara, 2014
Ella Jenkins, 1998
Sen. Feargal Quinn, 2007
Garrison Keillor, 1991
Glynn David Harris, 1999
Headquarters Counseling Center, Robert Hurst, 2017
Howard Schultz, 2013
Hugh Downs, 1988
Jack Nicklaus, 1992
James A. Baker III, 1991
Jane Pauley
Javier Perez deCuellar, 1992
Jim Lehrer, 1992
Jimmy Carter, 2003
Johnny Carson, 1992
Kate Murphy, 2021
Michelle Obama, 2012
NAMI
Nancy Kline, 2011
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, 1992
Oprah Winfrey, 2006
Rainbows for All Children, Suzy Yehl Marta
Robert MacNeil, 1992
Susan Day O'Connor, 2002
Schin'ichi Suzuki, 1995
Dr. Bernie Siegle, 1991
The United Nations, 2018
W. Edwards Deming, 1991

Listener of the Year

This award has been presented since 1988 to nationally, or internationally, prominent listeners. Nominees should epitomize the highest standards and principles of effective listening. Recipients of the Award need not be ILA members but should be committed to the development of effective listening in professional and personal life.

Previous Listeners of the Year include:

202The Active Listening Center at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

2023 Otto Scharmer and the Presencing Institute

2021 Kate Murphy
2020 
Amy Anderson/Helms Briscoe
2018 National Alliance on Mental Health
2018 The United Nations
2017 Robert Hurst, Headquarters Counseling Center
2016 N/A
2015 Dick Cavett
2014 Dr. Gabriel Sara
2013 Howard Schultz 
2012 Michelle Obama
2011 Nancy Kline
2010 President Barack Obama
2009 ChildLine and BT (U.K.)
2008 Barnett Helzberg, Jr.
2007 Sen. Feargal Quinn
2006 Oprah Winfrey
2005 Don Shelby
2004 Hospice Home Care
2003 President Jimmy Carter
2002 Sandra Day O'Connor
2001 Barry Kaufman
2000 Marshall B. Rosenberg
1999 Glynn D. Harris
1998 Ella Jenkins
1997 Bryant Gumbel
1996 N/A
1995 Schin'ichi Suzuki
1994 Daniel Rosenblum
1993 President Bill Clinton
1992 Alex Haley
1992 C. Everett Koop
1992 Herb True

1992 Jack Nicklaus
1992  Javier Perez de Cuellar
1992 Jim Lehrer 1992 Johnny Carson
1992 Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
1992 Robert MacNeil
1991 Abigail Van Buren
1991 Ann Landers
1991 Barbara Bush
1991 BBC Monitoring Services
1991 Bernie Siegle
1991 Billy Graham
1991 Bo Jackson
1991 Ernest Boyer
1991 Garrison Keillor
1991 James A. Baker III
1991 Alan Greenspan
1991 W. Edwards Deming
1991 Worldwide Juries
1990 N/A
1989 Bill Moyers
1988 Hugh Downs
Before 1992 Jane Pauley
Before 1992 Tom Peters
Before 1992 Charles Kurault

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