Henry Crown Leadership Award
The Henry Crown Leadership Award was created to honor an outstanding leader whose achievements reflect the high standards of honor, integrity, industry, and philanthropy that characterized the life and career of Henry Crown. The award is presented annually by the Trustee of the Henry and Gladys Crown Charitable Trust Fund in cooperation with the Henry Crown Fellowship Program of the Aspen Institute.
In 2012, the Henry Crown Leadership Award was presented to Gabrielle Giffords, Former United States Representative (D-AZ) and Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership. Ms. Giffords, who served as a champion of tolerance in the US House of Representatives, has exemplified grace and perseverance both in and out of government. Past recipients include the following:
| 2011 | Madeleine K. Albright, Chair, The Albright Stonebridge Group and former United States Secretary of State |
| 2010 | Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York |
| 2009 | Jeffrey Bezos, President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Amazon.com |
| 2008 | William Mayer, Partner, Park Avenue Equity Partners and former Chairman of the Aspen Institute Board of Trustees |
| 2007 | No award was presented in 2007 |
| 2006 | Condoleezza Rice, former United States Secretary of State |
| 2005 | William Budinger, Founder, Rodel Inc. |
| 2004 | Michael Powell, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and member of the TripleCrown Class of Henry Crown Fellows. Michael was the first Henry Crown Fellow to receive this award |
| 2003 | Patty Stonesifer, Co-Chair and President of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| 2002 | Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth president of the United States |
| 2001 | Dr. William J. Perry, professor at Stanford University, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and co-director of the Preventative Defense Project. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Perry served as the 19th Secretary of Defense for the United States from 1994 to 1997. |
| 2000 | Sen. George J. Mitchell, former Majority Leader of the United States Senate |
| 1999 | Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), founding chairman of America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth and former U.S. Secretary of State |
| 1998 | Norman R. Augustine, former vice chairman and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation and Professor at Princeton University |
| 1997 | Robert W. Galvin, chairman of the executive committee of Motorola, Inc. |
