Honorary Member Nominations
The Honorary Member Committee is charged with the annual selection of the ACBL member or pair of members widely known throughout the membership who has given freely of his time and ability, without thought of reward and in the interest and welfare of the League as a whole.
ABL
- 1927: Milton Work
- 1928: Wilbur C. Whitehead
- 1929: Maurice Maschke
- 1930: Eberhard Faber
- 1931: Waldemar von Zedtwitz
- 1932: E. J. Tobin
- 1933: A.E. Manning-Foster
- 1934: P. Hal Sims
- 1935: Nathan S. Kelly
- 1936: Nate B. Spingold
ACBL
- 1937: Phillip Steiner
- 1938: Ely Culbertson
- 1939: Henry P. Jaeger
- 1940: Cmdr. W.A. Corley
- 1941: Harold S. Vanderbilt
- 1942: Clarence Wyatt
- 1943: Russell J. Baldwin
- 1944: Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther
- 1945: Gen. Robert J. Gill
- 1946: Albert H. Morehead, Maureen O’Brien Bailey
- 1947: Benjamin M. Golder, Mrs. James C. Baird
- 1948: Shepard Barclay, Andrew J. Mouat
- 1949: Alexander M. Sobel
- 1950: Dr. Louis Mark
- 1951: James C. Baird
- 1952: R.L. Miles, Jr.
- 1953: Curt H. Reisinger
- 1954: Fred Snite, Jr.
- 1955: George W. Beynon
- 1956: George Alderton II
- 1957: Alvin Landy
- 1958: Lee Hazen
- 1959: Charles Goren, Dr. A.M. Dye
- 1960: Tom Stoddard
- 1961: Charles J. Solomon
- 1962: John E. Simon
- 1963: Max M. Manchester, Bertram Lebhar, Jr.
- 1964: Jeff Glick
- 1965: Sidney B. Fink
- 1966: Harry J. Fishbein
- 1967: Oswald Jacoby
- 1968: Frank T. Westcott
- 1969: Samuel M. Stayman
- 1970: Julius L. Rosenblum
- 1971: Joseph J. Stedem
- 1972: Phyllis Smith
- 1973: Kate Buckman
- 1974: Louise Durham
- 1975: Kay Moody
- 1976: Charles S. Landau
- 1977: Fred B. Ensminger
- 1978: William A. Baldwin
- 1979: Margaret Wagar
- 1980: Easley Blackwood
- 1981: Hon. Carl B. Rubin
- 1982: Ethel Keohane
- 1983: Alfred Sheinwold
- 1984: Sol Seidman
- 1985: Dave Treadwell
- 1986: Ernest Rovere
- 1987: Kathie Wei-Sender
- 1988: Victor Mitchell
- 1989: Dan Morse
- 1990: Dr. George Rosenkranz
- 1991: Bob Hamman
- 1992: Percy Bean and Ann Bean
- 1993: Edgar Kaplan
- 1994: Richard L. Goldberg
- 1995: Robert Wolff
- 1996: Aileen Osofsky
- 1997: Carol Sanders, Tommy Sanders
- 1998: Henry Francis
- 1999: Bobby Goldman
- 2000: Chip Martel
- 2001: Jane Johnson, Norman Kay
- 2002: Eric Kokish
- 2003: Frank (Nick) Nickell
- 2004: Sidney Lazard
- 2005: Fred Gitelman
- 2006: Zia Mahmood
- 2007: Zeke Jabbour
- 2008: John Sutherlin, Peggy Sutherlin
- 2009: Jeffery Polisner
- 2010: Bill Gates, Warren Buffet
- 2011: Larry Cohen
- 2012: Greg Johnson
- 2013: Audrey Grant, Millard Natchwey
- 2014: Jay Baum
- 2015: Eddie Kantar
- 2016: Patty Tucker
- 2017: Eddie Wold
