Dwight Waldo Award

This award is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the professional literature of public administration over an extended career. To be eligible the nominee must have:

• At least one article published in Public Administration Review
• Twenty-five years of active scholarship that has furthered the discipline of public administration

Apply or nominate someone here.

No more than one individual may be selected for the award annually.

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Previous Winners
This award may not be given every year.

2023
Sanjay Pandey

2022
Donald Kettl

2020
Richard Stillman

2019
Lisa Blomgren Amsler

2018
Mary Guy

2017
Guy B. Adams

2016      
Norma Riccucci

2015
Frank Thompson

2014      
Rosemary O'Leary

2013      
Marc Holzer

2012      
Robert Durant

2011      
John M. Bryson

2010      
Kenneth J. Meier

2009      
Hal Rainey

2008      
James L. Perry

2007      
Chester A. Newland 

2006      
Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. 

2005      
Laurence J. O'Toole 

2004      
Robert B. Denhardt 

2003      
Charles Goodsell 

2002      
John A Rohr

2001      
Patricia Ingraham

2000      
Deil S. Wright

1999      
David H. Rosenbloom

1998      
Charles Lindblom

1997      
Martha Derthick

1996      
Herbert Kaufman

1995      
Herbert A. Simon

1994      
Ferrel Heady

1993      
Robert Golembiewski

1992      
H. George Frederickson

1991    
Fred W. Riggs

1990      
Paul Van Riper

1989      
Allen Schick

1988      
Harlan Cleveland

1987      
Don K. Price

1986    
James Fesler

1985      
Marshall Dimock

1984      
Alan Campbell

1983      
Donald C. Stone

1982      
Aaron Wildavsky

1981      
Frederick C. Mosher

1980      
Luther Gulick