HONORS

Award established 1991 by the Heritage Foundation to honor champions of the conservative cause.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roger Ailes	Business	15-May-1940		CEO of Fox News
James L. Buckley	Politician	9-Mar-1923		US Senator from New York, 1971-77
William F. Buckley	Columnist	24-Nov-1925	27-Feb-2008	National Review
Dick Cheney	Politician	30-Jan-1941		US Vice President, 2001-09
Joseph Coors, Sr.	Business	12-Nov-1917	15-Mar-2003	Ultraconservative beer baron
Midge Decter	Journalist	25-Jul-1927		Neoconservative maven
Helen DeVos	Activist	c. 1925		Wife of Amway founder
Richard DeVos	Business	4-Mar-1926		Co-Founder of Amway
Milton Friedman	Economist	31-Jul-1912	16-Nov-2006	Free market economic theorist
Jesse Helms	Politician	18-Oct-1921	4-Jul-2008	US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003
Norman Podhoretz	Author	16-Jan-1930		Prominent neocon author
Ronald Reagan	Head of State	6-Feb-1911	5-Jun-2004	40th US President, 1981-89
Donald Rumsfeld	Government	9-Jul-1932		US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 2001-06
Richard Scaife	Activist	3-Jul-1932	4-Jul-2014	The Republican George Soros
William E. Simon	Government	27-Nov-1927	3-Jun-2000	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77
Margaret Thatcher	Head of State	13-Oct-1925	8-Apr-2013	UK Prime Minister, 1979-90
Jay Van Andel	Business	3-Jun-1924	7-Dec-2004	Amway billionaire
John Von Kannon	Activist	9-Mar-1949	5-Sep-2015	Heritage Foundation
Paul Weyrich	Columnist	7-Oct-1942	18-Dec-2008	Conservative activist

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