Gabriel Awards at 1645 Brook Lynn Dr., Suite 2, Dayton, OH 45432-1944 US - Complete List of Personal Achievement Award Recipients

1966   Ralph Blumberg -WBOX, Bogolusa, Louisiana

1967   John Secondari and Jeanne Rogers - producers, Saga of Western Man series on ABC-TV

1968   William McAndrews - president, NBC News

1969   Doris Ann - manager of religious programming, NBC News

1970   Dr. Everett C. Parker - chair, National Council of Churches Broadcast and Film Commission

1971   Dr. Herman Gockel - program director, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod

1972   Most Rev. Agnellus Andrew, OFM - founding president of Unda-USA; director, National Catholic Radio and Television Center, Great Britain and

       Rev. Edward Willingham, Jr. - Metropolitan Detroit Council of Churches Department of Radio and Television

1973   Robert Hyland, Jr. - vice president, CBS Radio; KMOX AM-FM, St. Louis

1974   Pamela Ilott - director, Cultural and Religious Broadcasts, CBS News

1975   Fredrick Wiseman - documentary film-maker, Zipporah Films, Boston

1976   Scott Craig - documentary producer, WBBM-TV, Chicago

1977   Donald McGannon - president. Westinghouse Broadcasting Company

1978   Fred Rogers - creator, host, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

1979   Robert Beusse - former Secretary of Communications, United States Catholic Conference

1980   Walter Cronkite - reporter, anchor, managing editor, CBS Evening News

1981   Rev. Ellwood Kieser, CSP - executive producer of Insight; founder of Humanitas Award and

       Jim Henson - president of Henson Associates; creator of The Muppets

1982   Robert Keeshan - executive producer, performer; Captain Kangaroo and Robert Keeshan Associates and

       Bill Moyers - executive producer, news anchor; Creativity With Bill Moyers

1983   Helen Hayes - actress, The Best Years

1984   Mother Angelica - founder, Eternal Word Television Network

1985   Charles Osgood - writer, anchor; Newsbreak, The Osgood File

1986   Steve Allen - actor, comedian, producer, writer

1987   Michael Landon - writer, producer, actor; Highway to Heaven, Little House on the Prairie, Bonanza

1988   James Duffy - president, ABC Communications, Capital Cities/ABC and

       Lloyd Kaiser - president, Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting--Project Literacy U.S.

1989   William Hannah and Joseph Barbera - Hanna-Barbera Productions; 50-year commitment to family and values productions

1990   Rev. Derek Simons, SVD - founder and president of Ethnic Communications

1991   Charles Kuralt - CBS News Sunday Morning (watch)

1992   No winner

1993   Ted Koppel - ABC News Nightline (watch)

1994   Angela Lansbury - actress, Murder She Wrote

1995   Hugh Downs - ABC News 20/20 (audio)

1996   Joe Garagiola - NBC sportscaster and Today Show

1997   Willard Scott - NBC weather reporter, Today Show (watch)

1998   Dr. William F. Baker - President and CEO, Thirteen-WNET, New York

1999   Della Reese - singer and actress, Touched by an Angel

2000   Ricardo Montalban - actor, Fantasy Island, Star Trek (watch)

2001   Art Linkletter − broadcast entertainer, Art Linkletter’s House Party, People are Funny, Kids Say the Darndest Things (watch)

2002   Mike Farrell, actor, Providence, M*A*S*H

2003   Bob Abernethy,veteran television news correspondent, Religion & Ethic Newsweekly (watch)

2004   Betty White, actress, comedienne, Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls

2005   Tim Russert, moderator of Meet the Press and political analyst for NBC Nightly News and the Today Show. (watch)

2006   Anne Sweeney, co-chair Disney Media Networks and president, Disney-ABC Television Group.(watch)

2007   Michael Flaherty, president Walden Media.

2008   Bob Schieffer, journalist, host, commentator, author, musician

2009   Ann Blyth, veteran actress