Every year since 1983, the Greater Boston Chamber inducts one or
more accomplished citizens into the Academy of Distinguished Bostonians. The
complete list of the members of the Academy of Distinguished Bostonians can be
found below.
2010
2009 - Centennial Celebration
PETER S. LYNCH
Vice-Chairman
Fidelity Management & Reserach Company
LINDA WHITLOCK
Former Nicholas President & CEO
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
Collaborative Leadership Award
GLORIA C. LARSON
President
Bentley University
Centennial Awards
MAYOR THOMAS M. MENINO
City of Boston
JACK CONNORS
Founding Partner
Hill Holiday
2008
MICHO SPRING
Chair , U.S. Corporate Practice & Weber Shandwick New England
Weber Shandwick Worldwide
TED CUTLER
Philanthropist & Vice President
The Interface Group - MA
LARRY FISH
Chairman, Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Chairman, RBS Americas
PETER MEADE
Former Executive Vice President
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.
2007
CHARLES GIFFORD
Chairman Emeritus
Bank of America
REV. GLORIA WHITE HAMMOND M.D.
Co-Pastor
Bethel AME Church
REV. RAY HAMMOND, M.D.
Senior Pastor
Bethel AME Church
PAUL LA CAMERA
General Manager
The WBUR Group
2006
JOE O'DONNELL
Chairman
The Boston Culinary Group
KEVIN PHELAN
Executive Vice President
Meredith & Grew
BENNIE WILEY
Immediate Past President
The Partnership, Inc.
2005
WAYNE BUDD
Senior Counsel
Goodwin Procter LLP
GLORIA C. LARSON, ESQ.
Co-Chair, Government Strategies Group
Foley Hoag LLP
WILLIAM VAN FAASEN
Chairman and CEO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.
2004
THE HONORABLE KEVIN WHITE
Mayor of Boston, 1968 - 1983
2003
EDWARD M. KENNEDY
U.S. Senator
2002
JACK CONNORS
Chairman and CEO
Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc.
BILL EDGERLY
Chairman Emeritus
State Street Corporation
FRIEDA GARCIA
Immediate Past Presidents
United South End Settlements
2001
HONORABLE J. JOSEPH MOAKLEY
U.S. Congressman
2000
WILLIAM FENTON RUSSELL
Boston Celtics Legend
1999
MARIAN L. HEARD
President & CEO
The United Way of Massachusetts Bay
NORMAN B. LEVENTHAL
Chairman
The Beacon Companies
WILLIAM O. TAYLOR
Chairman Emeritus
The Boston Globe
1998
DIDDY CULLINANE
President & Founder
Black & White Boston Coming Together
JOHN J. CULLINANE
President
The Cullinane Group
SEIJI OZAWA
Music Director
Boston Symphony Orchestra
1997
CAROL AND AVRAM GOLDBERG
President and Chairman
AVCAR Group, Ltd.
ANNA FAITH JONES
President & CEO
The Boston Foundation
THE HONORABLE PAUL E. TSONGAS
U.S. Senator
1996
JULIA CHILD
Chef, author, teacher, television personality
AARON FEUERSTEIN
President and CEO
Malden Mills Industries, Inc.
Business and civic leader
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
Ambassador, economist, author, educator
1995
HUBERT E. JONES
Senior Fellow, McCormack Institute of Public
Affairs, University of Massachusetts/Boston
Education and community activist
KENNETH H. OLSEN
Founder, Digital Equipment Corporation
HELEN BOWDOIN SPAULDING
Consultant to the Board of Trustees
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Civic and community leader
1994
S. JAMES COPPERSMITH
Retired President and General Manager
WCVB-TV
Civic, community leader
RUTH M. BATSON
Founder, Ruth M. Batson Foundation
Chair, Afro-American Museum
Education and community activist
JOHN P. LAWARE
Federal Reserve Bank Board Director
Former CEO, Shawmut Bank
Community leader
1993
ALDO CASTANEDA, M.D.
Surgeon in Chief
Children's Hospital
William E. Ladd Professor, Harvard
PEGGY CHARREN
Founder, Action for Children's Television
JOHN G. McELWEE
Retired President
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Former Chamber Chairman
1992
RAYMOND G. ARMSTEAD
Boston policeman, counselor and foster parent for troubled you
FRANCIS P. BRENNAN
Former Chairman and CEO, Union Warren Savings
Bank, and Chairman, Massachusetts Business
Development Corporation
HELEN CHIN SCHLICHTE
Assistant to the Secretary, Mass. Office for
Administration & Finance, career public servant
and community activist
JOHN LARKIN THOMPSON
President and CEO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts
1991
THOMAS L. PHILLIPS
Chairman and CEO, Raytheon Company
HENRY HAMPTON
President, Blackside, Inc. and Producer
"Eye on the Prize"
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN
Author and Political Analyst
MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY, M.D.
Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital
JEAN R. YAWKEY
Chairman, JRY Corporation and Owner
Boston Red Sox
1990
ANTHONY ATHANAS
President, Anthony's Pier 4 Inc.
BILLY Y. CHIN
President, China Pearl Restaurant, Inc.
HARRY ELLIS DICKSON
Associate Conductor, Boston Pops
KENNETH I. GUSCOTT
General Partner, Long Bay Management Company
MATINA S. HORNER
Retired President, Radcliffe College
J. DONALD MONAN, S.J.
President, Boston College
BENJAMIN SACK
Founder, Sack Theaters
1989
FRANCIS H. BURR, ESQ.
Attorney, Ropes & Gray
PRISCILLA C. KIDDER
President and Founder, Priscilla of Boston, Inc.
DAVID S. NELSON
United States District Judge, U.S. Federal Court
KENNETH G. RYDER
President, Northeastern University
WILLIAM DAVIS TAYLOR
Director, Globe Newspaper Company
1988
JOHN A. KELLEY
Boston Marathon winner -- and still running
(annual runner for more than 40 years)
DAVID T.W. McCORD
Poet
GLENDORA M. PUTNAM, ESQ.
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency
LEWIS H. WEINSTEIN
Of Counsel, Foley, Hoag & Eliot
1987
ARNOLD "RED" AUERBACH
Celtics Coach, 1950-1966, then Manager
and President
EDWARD L. BERNAYS
Father of Public Relations
SARAH CALDWELL
Conductor, Opera Producer and Director
The Opera Company of Boston
JAMES R. KILLIAN, JR.
Chairman, MIT
1986
THE HONORABLE THOMAS P. O'NEILL, JR.
Speaker, U. S. House of Representative
1985
RICHARD D. HILL
Chairman of the Executive Committee and Director
Bank of Boston
EDWIN H. LAND
President and Director, the Rowland Institute of Science
Former Chairman and Founder
Polaroid Corporation
ELMA LEWIS
Founder and Artistic Director, The National
Center of Afro-American Artists, Inc.
SIDNEY R. RABB
Chairman of the Board
Stop & Shop Companies
AN WANG
Chairman of the Board and Founder
Wang Laboratories, Inc.
1984
JOHN F. COLLINS
Former Mayor, City of Boston
Professor of Urban Affairs, MIT
MURIEL S. AND O. PHILLIP SNOWDEN
Freedom House
THE HONORABLE JOHN A. VOLPE
Former Governor of Massachusetts
Former U.S. Ambassador to Italy
Former President, John A. Volpe Construction Company
1983
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
Former Chairman of the Board, Raytheon Company
Chairman of the Finance Committee and Director, Raytheon Company
LEO L. BERANEK
Former Chairman, Boston Broadcasters, Inc.
WCVB-Channel 5
H. BRADFORD WASHBURN, JR.
Chairman of the Corporation, Museum of Science