Gabriel Awards at 1645 Brook Lynn Dr., Suite 2, Dayton, OH 45432-1944 US - Complete List of Personal Achievement Award Recipients
| Complete List of Personal Achievement Award Recipients |
1965 James Moser - writer, creator of Medic, Ben Casey, Slattery’s People 1966 Ralph Blumberg - WBOX, 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, 1972 Most Rev. Agnellus Andrew, OFM - founding president of Unda-USA; director, National Catholic Radio and and Rev. Edward Willingham, Jr. - Metropolitan 1973 Robert Hyland, Jr. - vice president, CBS Radio; KMOX AM-FM, 1974 Pamela Ilott - director, Cultural and Religious Broadcasts, CBS News 1975 Fredrick Wiseman - documentary film-maker, Zipporah Films, 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 1992 No winner 1993 Ted Koppel - ABC News Nightline 1994 Angela Lansbury - actress, Murder She Wrote 1995 Hugh Downs - ABC News 20/20 1996 Joe Garagiola - NBC sportscaster and Today Show 1997 Willard Scott - NBC weather reporter, Today Show 1998 Dr. William F. Baker - president and CEO, 1999 Della Reese - singer and actress, Touched by an Angel 2000 Ricardo Montalban - actor, 2001 Art Linkletter − broadcast entertainer, Art Linkletter’s House Party, People are Funny, Kids Say the Darndest Things 2002 Mike Farrell, actor, 2003 Bob Abernethy – news correspondent and host of Religion & Ethics Weekly 2004 Betty White – actress, Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls 2005 Tim Russert – journalist, NBC, CNBC and MSNBC, and moderator of Meet the Press 2006 Anne Sweeney – Co-chair Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group 2007 Micheal Flaherty ? President and co-founder of Walden Media 2008 Bob Schieffer ? Journalist, host, commentator, author, musician 2009 Ann Blyth ? Singer and actress 2010 Ken Burns – Documentary filmmaker 2011 Regis Philbin – Network television talk show host and singer 2012 Gary Sinise -- actor, producer and disabled veterns spokesman