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Apollo Award Recipients



The Apollo Award has been bestowed on a wide range of individuals and groups which have contributed to the visual welfare of the public. Past recipients include individuals such as educators and spokespersons, organizations such as service clubs and philanthropic groups; programs such as eye care education programs in schools and communities; and publications which are made available to those with visual handicaps.

2007 Pierre LeFahler
2006 No recipient
2005 Former President Jimmy Carter
2004 Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
2003 No recipient
2002 Governor Paul E. Patton, Kentucky
2001 Carl Kupfer, M.D., Retired Director, National Eye Institute
2000 American Foundation for the Blind
1999 No recipient
1998 Special Olympics International and its Founder, Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
1997 John Jay Moores, Founder, River Blindness Foundation
1996 General Motors Corporation
1995 Optical Laboratories Association
1994 Descriptive Video Service
1993 No recipient
1992 Adolph Coors Foundation