Abbott, George Francis - actor, playwright, producer, director (1990)

Abravanel, Maurice - music director, conductor (1991)

Acuff, Roy - country singer, bandleader (1991)

Adler, Leopold - preservationist, civic leader (1989)

Albanese, Licia - opera singer (1995)

Albee, Edward - playwright (1996)

Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation - modern dance company and school (2001)

Anaya, Rudolfo - writer (2001)

Anderson, Marian - opera singer (1986)

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - philanthropic foundation (2004)

Angelou, Maya - poet, writer (2000)

Annenberg, Walter and Leonore - arts patrons (1993)

Arnold, Eddy - country singer (2000)

Astor, Brooke (Mrs. Vincent) - arts patron (1988)

AT&T - corporate arts patron (1992)

Auchincloss, Louis - author (2005)

Austin City Limits - PBS television program (2003)

Baryshnikov, Mikhail - dancer, director (2000)

Bassett, Florence Knoll - architect (2002)

Bearden, Romare - painter (1987)

Belafonte, Harry - singer, actor (1994)

Bellow, Saul - writer (1988)

Belluschi, Pietro - architect (1991)

Bolcom, William - classical composer (2006)

Bourgeois, Louise - sculptor (1997)

Boys Choir of Harlem - performing arts youth group (1996)

Bradbury, Ray - author (2004)

Brooks, Gwendolyn - poet (1995)

Brown, Denise Scott - architect (1992)

Brown, J. Carter - museum director (1991)

Brown, Trisha - artistic director, choreographer, dancer (2002)

Brubeck, Dave - pianist, bandleader, composer (1994)

Caldwell, Sarah - opera conductor (1996)

Callahan, Harry - photographer (1996)

Calloway, Cabell "Cab" - singer, bandleader (1993)

Cantor, B. Gerald and Iris - arts patrons (1995)

Capra, Frank - film director (1986)

Carter, Benny - jazz musician (2000)

Carter, Betty - jazz vocalist (1997)

Carter, Jr., Elliott - composer (1985)

Cash, Johnny - singer, songwriter (2001)

Chandler, Dorothy Buffum - arts patron (1985)

Charisse, Cyd - dancer (2006)

Charles, Ray - singer, musician (1993)

Cleary, Beverly - writer (2003)

Close, Chuck - painter (2000)

Coles, Charles "Honi" - tap dancer (1991)

Copland, Aaron - composer (1986)

Cronyn, Hume - actor, director (1990)

Crosby, John O. - opera director, conductor, administrator (1991)

Cruz, Celia - singer (1994)

Cunningham, Merce - choreographer, dance company director (1990)

d'Amboise, Jacques - dancer, choreographer, educator (1998)

D'Rivera, Paquito - jazz musician, composer, writer (2005)

Davis, Ossie - actor (1995)

Dayton Hudson Corporation - corporate arts patron (1989)

DeCarava, Roy R. - photographer (2006)

de Kooning, Willem - painter (1986)

de Menil, Dominique - arts patron (1986)

de Mille, Agnes - choreographer (1986)

de Montebello, Philippe - museum director (2002)

Dee, Ruby - actor (1995)

de Havilland, Olivia - actress (2008)

DeLay, Dorothy - violin teacher (1994)

DePreist , James - symphony orchestra conductor (2005)

Diamond, David - composer (1995)

Diamond, Irene - arts patron (1999)

Diebenkorn, Richard - painter (1991)

Domino, Antoine "Fats" - rock 'n' roll pianist, singer (1998)

Douglas, Kirk - actor, producer (2001)

Dunham, Katherine - dancer, choreographer (1989)

Duvall, Robert - actor (2005)

Eisenstaedt, Alfred - photographer (1989)

Elliott, Ramblin' Jack - folk singer, songwriter (1998)

Ellison, Ralph (Waldo) - writer (1985)

Esquith, Rafe - arts educator (2003)

Exxon Corporation - corporate arts patron (1986)

Farrell, Suzanne - dancer, choreographer, company director, educator (2003)

Ferrer, Jose - actor (1985)

Fichandler, Zelda - theater director, founder (1996)

Fisher, J. W. - arts patron (1987)

Fisk Jubilee Singers - choral ensemble (2008)

Fitzgerald, Ella - singer (1987)

Floyd, Carlisle - opera composer (2004)

Foote, Horton - playwright, screenwriter (2000)

Fordís Theatre Society - theater and museum (2008)

Frankenthaler, Helen - painter (2001)

Franklin, Aretha - singer (1999)

Freed, James Ingo - architect (1995)

Freedberg, Sydney J. - art historian, curator (1988)

Friedman, Martin - museum director (1989)

Garment, Leonard - arts patron and advocate (2005)

Gehry, Frank - architect (1998)

Gerdine, Leigh - arts patron, civic leader (1989)

Gillespie, John Birks "Dizzy" - jazz trumpeter (1989)

Goelet, Francis - music patron (1988)

Graham, Martha - dancer, choreographer (1985)

Graves, Michael - architect, designer (1999)

Guerrero, Eduardo "Lalo" - composer, musician (1996)

Gund, Agnes - arts patron (1997)

Guy, Buddy - blues musician (2003)

Hagen, Uta - actress, drama teacher (2002)

Hallmark Card, Inc. - corporate arts patron (1985)

Halprin, Lawrence - landscape architect (2002)

Hammer, Dr. Armand - arts patron (1987)

Hampton, Lionel - musician, bandleader (1996)

Hancock, Walker Kirtland - sculptor (1989)

Handman, Barbara - arts advocate (1998)

Hanes, Jr., R. Philip - arts patron (1991)

Harris, Julie - actress (1994)

Hart, Frederick - sculptor (2004)

Hart, Kitty Carlisle - actress, singer, arts administrator (1991)

Hawes, Bess Lomax - folklorist (1993)

Hawkins, Erick - dance choreographer (1994)

Hayes, Helen - actress (1988)

Hecht, Anthony - poet (2004)

Hirschfeld, Al - artist, illustrator (2002)

Holladay, Wilhelmina - arts patron (2006)

Hope, Bob - entertainer (1995)

Horne, Marilyn - opera singer (1992)

Horowitz, Vladimir - pianist (1989 - posthumous award)

Houser, Allan - sculptor (1992)

Howard, Ron - actor, director, writer, producer (2003)

Interlochen Center for the Arts - school of fine arts (2006)

Jamison, Judith - artistic director, choreographer, dancer (2001)

Johns, Jasper - painter, sculptor (1990)

Johnston, Ollie - film animator and artist (2005)

Jones, George - country music composer, performer (2002)

Jones, Hank - jazz musician (2008)

Jones, James Earl - actor (1992)

Kelly, Gene - dancer, singer, actor (1994)

Kiley, Daniel Urban - landscape architect (1997)

King, Riley "B. B." - blues musician, singer (1990)

Kirstein, Lincoln - arts patron (1985)

Knox, Seymour H. - arts patron (1986)

Kreeger, David Lloyd - arts patron (1990)

Kunitz, Stanley - poet, educator (1993)

Kunzel, Erich - conductor (2006)

Lansbury, Angela - actor (1997)

Lauridsen, Morten - composer (2007)

Lawrence, Jacob - painter (1990)

Le Gallienne, Eva - actress, author (1986)

Lear, Norman - producer, writer, director, advocate (1999)

Lee, Ming Cho - theater designer (2002)

Lee, Stan - comic book writer, producer (2008)

LeNoire, Rosetta - actress, producer (1999)

Levine, James - opera conductor, pianist (1997)

Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney - arts patrons (1987)

Lewitzky, Bella - dancer, choreographer, teacher (1996)

Lichtenstein, Harvey - arts administrator (1999)

Lichtenstein, Roy - painter, sculptor (1995)

Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund - foundation arts patron (1992)

JosÈ LimÛn Dance Foundation - modern dance company and institute (2008)

List, Vera - arts patron (1996)

Lomax, Alan - folklorist, scholar (1986)

Ma, Yo-Yo - cellist (2001)

MacDowell Colony - artist colony (1997)

Manilow, Lewis - arts patron (2000)

Marsalis, Wynton - trumpeter, composer, Jazz at Lincoln Center artistic director (2005)

Martin, Agnes - visual artist (1998)

Masterson, Harris and Carroll Sterling - arts patrons (1990)

McHarg, Ian - landscape architect (1990)

Mellon, Paul - arts patron (1985)

Mendoza, Lydia - singer (1999)

Merrill, Robert - baritone (1993)

Miller, Arthur - playwright (1993)

Milosz, Czeslaw - writer (1989)

Mitchell, Arthur - dancer, choreographer (1995)

Momaday, N. Scott - author, essayist, poet, professor, painter (2007)

Monroe, William S. - bluegrass musician (1995)

Mormon Tabernacle Choir - choral group (2003)

Jes™s Moroles - sculptor (2008)

Motherwell, Robert - painter (1989)

Mumford, Lewis - philosopher, literary critic (1986)

National Public Radio, Cultural Programming Division - broadcaster (2000)

Nemerov, Howard - writer, scholar (1987)

Nevelson, Louise - sculptress (1985)

Nichols, Mike - director, producer (2001)

Nikolais, Alwin - dancer, choreographer (1987)

Neuberger, Roy R. - arts patron (2007)

Noel, R. Craig - Old Globe Theatre director (2007)

Noguchi, Isamu - sculptor (1987)

O'Keeffe, Georgia - painter (1985)

Odetta - singer, music historian (1999)

Oldenburg, Claes - sculptor (2000)

Parks, Gordon - photographer, film director (1988)

Parton, Dolly - singer, songwriter (2005)

Paul, Les - guitarist, inventor (2007)

Pearl, Minnie - Grand Ole Opry performer (1992)

Peck, Gregory - actor, producer (1998)

Pei, I. M. - architect (1988)

Pell, Claiborne - Presidential Citizens Medal (1994)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - school of fine arts/museum (2005)

Perlman, Itzhak - violinist (2000)

Peters, Roberta - opera singer (1998)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band - jazz ensemble (2006)

Price, Leontyne - soprano (1985)

Primus, Pearl - choreographer, anthropologist (1991)

Prince, Harold - theater director, producer (2000)

Puente, Tito - Latin percussionist, musician (1997)

Rabassa, Gregory - literary translator (2006)

Ramirez, Tina - choreographer, Ballet Hispanico artistic director (2005)

Rauschenberg, Robert - artist (1993)

Redford, Robert - actor, director, producer (1996)

Richards, Lloyd - theatrical director (1993)

Robards, Jason - actor (1997)

Robbins, Jerome - dancer, choreographer (1988)

Robinson, William "Smokey" - songwriter and musician (2002)

Roth, Philip - writer (1998)

Ruthven, John - wildlife artist (2004)

Sara Lee Corporation - corporate arts patron (1998)

Saudek, Robert - television producer, Museum of Broadcasting founding director (1992)

Schreckengost, Viktor - industrial designer/sculptor (2006)

Schuman, William - composer (1987)

Scruggs, Earl - banjo player (1992)

Scully, Vincent - architectural historian and educator (2004)

Seeger, Pete - composer, lyricist, vocalist, banjo player (1994)

Segal, George - sculptor (1999)

Sendak, Maurice - writer, illustrator, designer (1996)

Serkin, Rudolf - pianist (1988)

Shaw, Robert - orchestra conductor, choral director (1992)

Sherman Brothers - songwriting team (2008)

Shouse, Catherine Filene - arts patron (1994)

Sills, Beverly - opera singer, director (1990)

Slatkin, Leonard - symphony orchestra conductor (2003)

Sondheim, Stephen - composer, lyricist (1996)

Southeastern Bell Corporation - corporate arts patron (1990)

Stanley, Dr. Ralph - bluegrass musician (2006)

Steinway, Henry - arts patron (2007)

Steppenwolf Theatre Company - arts organization (1998)

Stern, Isaac - violinist (1991)

Stevens, Roger L. - arts administrator (1988)

Strait, George - country singer, songwriter (2003)

Streisand, Barbra - entertainer, filmmaker (2000)

Styron, William - writer (1993)

Tallchief, Maria - ballerina (1999)

Tandy, Jessica - actress (1990)

Tanner, Obert C. - arts patron (1988)

Taylor, Billy - jazz pianist (1992)

Taylor, Paul - dancer, choreographer (1993)

Texaco Inc. - corporate arts patron (1991)

Tharp, Twyla - contemporary dance choreographer (2004)

The Juilliard School - performing arts school (1999)

The Presser Foundation - music patron (2008)

Thiebaud, Wayne - artist, teacher (1994)

Thomson, Virgil - composer, music critic (1988)

Tooker, George - painter (2007)

Tully, Alice - arts patron (1985)

Tune, Tommy - dancer, actor, choreographer, director (2003)

University of Idaho Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival - music competition and festival (2007)

Updike, John - writer (1989)

Urban Gateways - arts education organization (1995)

Venturi, Robert - architect (1992)

Verdon, Gwen - actress, dancer (1998)

Villella, Edward - dancer, choreographer (1997)

Warren, Robert Penn - writer, poet (1987)

Watson, Doc - bluegrass guitarist, vocalist (1997)

Welty, Eudora - writer (1986)

Wilbur, Richard - poet, teacher, critic, literary translator (1994)

Wilder, Billy - movie director, writer, producer (1993)

Wise, Robert - film producer, director (1992)

Wyeth, Andrew - painter (2007)

Yates, Sidney R. - Presidential Citizens Medal (1993)

Young Audiences - arts presenter (1994)