United States Navy Memorial

Lone Sailor Awardees

Lone Sailor Award
The United States Navy Memorial Foundation presents a Lone Sailor statue to Sea Service Veterans who have distinguished themselves, drawing upon their Sea Service experience to become successful, in their careers and lives, while exemplifying the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment.

Naval Heritage Award
The United States Navy Memorial Foundation presents a Naval Heritage Award to distinguished Americans who have significantly supported this nation’s Sea Services, and whose lives and careers exemplify the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment.

2007
Lone Sailor Award
Tom Benson
Morgan L. Fitch, Jr., Esq.
Stan Musial
Senator John W. Warner, Jr.

2006
Lone Sailor Award
Arnold “Red” Auerbach
Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Naval Heritage Award
Senator Daniel Inouye

2005
Lone Sailor Award
Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, USNR (Ret.)*
Senator John McCain

Naval Heritage Award
Representative Ike Skelton

2004
Lone Sailor Award
Benjamin Bradlee
Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret.)

2003
Lone Sailor Award
Captain Dan A. Carmichael, USNR (Ret.)
Joseph F. Cullman III
Captain James A. Lovell, Jr., USN (Ret.)

2002
Lone Sailor Award
Gordon M. Bethune
Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld
Representative Floyd D. Spence *
Representative Bob Stump

Naval Heritage Award
Clive Cussler

2000
Lone Sailor Award
Nickolas Davatzes
Honorable Robert M. Morganthau
President Theodore Roosevelt *
Honorable John C. Whitehead

1999
Lone Sailor Award
Charles Francis Adams IV
Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., USN (Ret.)
President John F. Kennedy *
Senator John F. Kerry

1998
Lone Sailor Award
Eddie Albert
Ambassador John Gavin
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN (Ret.) *
Esther L. Snyder

Naval Heritage Award
President Ronald W. Reagan
John Wayne

1997
Lone Sailor Award
Ernest Borgnine
Captain Winifred Quick Collins, USN (Ret.)
Senator Robert Kerrey
Austin H. Kiplinger
Edmund W. Littlefield
Henry Trione
Jonathan Winters

Naval Heritage Award
Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher
Ambassador Paul H. Nitze

1996
Lone Sailor Award
Dr. Robert Ballard
Roger T. Staubach
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan

Naval Heritage Award
Bob Hope

1995
Lone Sailor Award
President Richard M. Nixon *

Naval Heritage Award
Senator Margaret Chase Smith

1994
Lone Sailor Award
Tony Curtis
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., USN (Ret.)

1993
Lone Sailor Award
James A. Michener
Allen E. Murray
Harold A. Poling
Rear Admiral William Thompson, USN (Ret.)

1992
Lone Sailor Award
President Gerald R. Ford
Honorable H. Lawrence Garrett, III

1991
Lone Sailor Award
Admiral Arleigh Burke, USN (Ret.)
President George Herbert Walker Bush
Honorable William S. White

1989
Lone Sailor Award
Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN (Ret.)

1987
Lone Sailor Award
Herman Wouk

* The recipient received the award posthumously.