BENJAMIN NATHAN CARDOZO MEMORIAL AWARD
Tau Epsilon Rho Law Society established this award in 1941, and presents it periodically to those individuals whose life work best exemplifies the ideals of that great jurist.
Previous receipients are:
1941
HON. ROBERT H. JACKSON, United States Attorney General and Associate Justice of
the United States Supreme Court
1945
HON. FRANK MURPHY, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
1946
BERNARD MANNES BARUCH, American Financier and financial advisor to Presidents
Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt
1947
BARTLEY C. CRUM, famous Hollywood lawyer who was instrumental in the recognition
of the State of Israel under President Harry S. Truman
1948
HON. FRED M. VINSON, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
1949
RABBI ABBA HILLEL SILVER, Leader of the Zionist Movement in America
1950
DR. RALPH J. BUNCHE, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and United Nations in Palestine
1952
HON. LEARNED HAND, Judge, United States Court of Appeals
1953
DR. HAROLD C. UREY, Professor of Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Studies
University of Chicago; Nobel Prize Winner for the Manhattan Project
1954 HON. HORACE STERN, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice
1956
HON. JAMES G. MacDONALD, United States Ambassador to Israel
1957
HON. ROSCOE POUND, Dean Emeritus of Harvard Law School
1958
PEARL S. BUCK, Author and Nobel Prize Winner
1959
HON. WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
1960
HON. WILLIAM P. ROGERS, United States Attorney General
1961
HON. ADLAI E. STEVENSON, Ambassador to United Nations
1962
HON. LUIS MUNROZ MARIN, Governor of Puerto Rico
1963
HON. JOHN BIGGS, JR., Chief Judge 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
1964
HON. HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States
1965
HIS EMINENCE JOHN CARDINAL CODY, Arch Bishop of Chicago
1966
WALTER PHILIP REUTHER, Labor Leader
1967
HON. ABBA EBAN, Foreign Minister of Israel
1968
BERNARD G. SEGAL, President of the American Bar Association
1971
WILLIAM PROXMIRE, United States Senator from Wisconsin
1973
HON. BORA LASKIN, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
1978
LEON JAWORSKI, Special Watergate Prosecutor
1979
HON. WADE H. McCREE, JR., United States Solicitor General
1983
HON. LEWIS F. POWELL, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
1985
HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, United States Senator from Ohio
1988 HON. ABNER J. MIKVA, Judge, Circuit Court of Washington, D.C. and former counsel to the President of the United States
2010 HON. RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
2012 HON. JOHN PAUL STEVENS, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
2015 HON. ANTONIN SCALIA, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
2016 HON. ABRAHAM FOXMAN, National Director Emeritus Anti-Defamation League
2017 HON. STEPHEN BREYER, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court