Pulitzer Prize-winning Photojournalist
Peter C. Agre, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Christiane Amanpour
International Broadcast Journalist
Stage and Screen Actress
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Rick Atkinson
Pulitzer Prize for History
Amy Coney Barrett
Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
A. Scott Berg
Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Joshua Bell
Violin Virtuoso
Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist
Pioneering Neurosurgeon
Wolf Blitzer
CNN News Anchor
Co-founder of Google Inc.
Founding CEO of Google Inc.
Lonnie G. Bunch III
Secretary of the Smithsonian
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
British Film Icon
Pediatric Neurosurgeon
Emmanuelle Charpentier, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Human Genome Research
Roger Daltrey
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Undersea Explorer
Gold Medal for Architecture
Singer, Songwriter and Humanitarian
Co-Founder, Microsoft Corporation
Gold Medal for Architecture
Andrea M. Ghez, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Physics
Primatologist and Anthropologist
Pulitzer Prize for History
Neil M. Gorsuch
Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Sir Lucian Grainge
Chairman and CEO, Universal Music Group
Amy Grant
Gospel and Pop Music Singer
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Thomas Heatherwick
Designer of the Extraordinary
John W. Henry
Owner of the Boston Red Sox
Susan Hockfield, Ph.D.
16th President of MIT
Stage and Screen Actor
Nobel Prize in Literature
Oscar for Best Director
Paul Tudor Jones II
Investor and Philanthropist
President of Rwanda
Nobel Prize in Medicine
Retired Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Billie Jean King
Congressional Gold Medal
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, DMSc
Developer of Ozempic and Wegovy
Jeff Koons
Contemporary Art Phenomenon
E. Stanley Kroenke
Entrepreneur and Sportsman
Biomedical Engineering
Katie Ledecky
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Musical Theatre Composer
Motion Picture Production
Pulitzer Prize for Music
Ian McEwan
Novelist and Screenwriter
Two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama
Sir Paul Nurse
Nobel Prize in Medicine
Guitarist and Founder of Led Zeppelin
Armando Christian Pérez
Musician, Activist and Entrepreneur
Virtuoso of the Violin
Saul Perlmutter, Ph.D.
Nobel Prize in Physics
Soldier and Scholar
General Joseph W. Ralston, USAF
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Astronomer Royal
Cal Ripken Jr.
Baseball Hall of Fame
Executive Director, ACLU
Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D.
Founder, SiriusXM and United Therapeutics
Co-Founder, The Innocence Project
Bartlett Sher
Theatrical Director
Financier and Philanthropist
Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Steven Spielberg
Film Director and Producer
Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr.
Defense Attorney
Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen, Ph.D.
CEO, Novo Nordisk Foundation
Tara VanDerveer
Basketball Hall of Fame
Father of Integrative Medicine
Media Entrepreneur
This is a partial list. Each member is a past recipient of the Golden Plate Award.