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William S. Lee Award

HONOR

Awarded annually by the Nuclear Energy Institute.

The William S. Lee Award for Industry Leadership, formerly the Chairman's Award, was renamed in Lee's honor following his death in 1996. Lee, who in many ways was the industry's most vocal safety advocate in the aftermath of Three Mile Island, was serving as chairman emeritus of Duke Power Co. when he died. Lee was a recipient of the Chairman's Award for Industry Leadership in 1995.

1995
William S. Lee  
1997
Joseph M. Farley  
1998
Zack T. Pate  
1999
R. Patrick McDonald  
2000
Christian H. Poindexter  
2003
Spencer Abraham  
2005
Erle A. Nye  
2006
Pete Domenici, Jeff Bingaman, Joe Barton, and John Dingell (shared)





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