Past Honorees

The Dean’s Council of 100 honors one business leader annually whose contribution is recognized as significant to the nation and the world, whose inspired leadership has created and sustained superior organizational performance, and whose achievements exemplify a model for future business leaders.

2011 Irwin Jacobs
Co-founder, Qualcomm, Inc.
2010 Richard Adkerson
President & CEO, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
2009 Alan Mulally
President & CEO, Ford Motor Co.
2008 Michael Ahearn
Chairman & CEO, First Solar
2007 Richard M. Kovacevich
Chairman, Wells Fargo & Company
2006 Brian Walker
President and CEO, Herman Miller
2005 Meg Whitman
CEO, eBay
2004 Howard Schultz
Chairman and Chief Global Strategist, Starbucks Coffee Company
2003 Michael Dell
Chairman and CEO, Dell Inc.
2002 Philip L. Francis
Chairman and CEO, PETsMART, Inc.
2001 Bruce T. Halle
Owner and Founder, Discount Tire Company, Inc.
2000 Roy A. Vallee
Chairman and CEO, Avnet, Inc.
1999 Michael Bonsignore
Chairman and CEO, Honeywell
1998 Lawrence A. Bossidy
Chairman and CEO, AlliedSignal Inc
1997 Roberto C. Goizueta
Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
1996 Dr. Craig R. Barrett
President, Intel Corporation
1995 George M. C. Fisher
Chairman, President and CEO, Eastman Kodak Co.
1994 Herb Kelleher
Chairman, President and CEO, Southwest Airlines.
1993 C. Michael Armstrong
Chairman and CEO, Hughes Aircraft Corporation
1992 John McCoy
Chairman and CEO, Banc One Corporation
1991 Peter Ueberroth
The Contrarian Group
1990 Mike Quinlan
Chairman and CEO, McDonald’s Corporation
1989 William Dillard
Chairman and CEO, Dillard Department Stores
1988 David M. Roderick
Chairman and CEO, USX
1987 Edmund B. Fitzgerald
Chairman of Northern Telecom Ltd.
1986 Charles M. Harper
Chairman and CEO, ConAgra, Inc.
1985 James D. Robinson, III
Chairman and CEO, American Express
1984 Robert W. Galvin
Chairman and CEO, Motorola
1983 Dr. Andrew S. Grove
President, Intel Corporation

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