Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award

The BHC's Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to a person who, in the judgment of the Grants and Prizes Committee, ratified by vote of the Board of Trustees, contributed in major ways to the work of the Business History Conference and to scholarship in business history. Nominations are solicited from the membership for this award every two to three years as appropriate. The award consists of a commemorative piece in etched crystal, presented at the annual meeting. The first award was bestowed in 2002.

The BHC's Grants and Prizes Committee shall solicit nominations from the membership for this award every two to three years as appropriate. It shall review these nominations and select the nominee who has, in the judgment of the committee, contributed the most to the work of the Business History Conference and to scholarship in business history. The committee will recommend this member to the Board of Trustees, which shall either ratify or reject the committee's recommendation. The award shall consist of a suitably designed or commissioned token (e.g., plaque, medal, etc.) worthy of honoring the selected member's lifetime achievements. The committee is not obliged to make a recommendation if, in its members' judgment, there is no nominee worthy of the award.

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2024 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


Mark H. Rose
Florida Atlantic University

2022 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


Carlos Davila
Professor Emeritus, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia

2019 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


Franco Amatori
Universita' Bocconi

2017 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


Naomi Lamoreaux
Department of Economics, Yale University

2015 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


Juliet E. K. Walker
University of Texas, Austin

2013 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


Mansel G. Blackford
Emeritus Professor of History, The Ohio State University

2011 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


Richard Sylla
Stern School of Business, New York University

2009 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


2007 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


Louis Galambos
Johns Hopkins University

2006 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


K. Austin Kerr
Ohio State University

2004 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient


Mira Wilkins
Florida International University

2002 Business History Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient