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The L. Welch Pogue Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aviation was created by Aviation Week & Space Technology to be presented to an individual who is "considered a visionary and a preeminent leader of contemporary aviation."[1]
In 2011, the International Aviation Club of Washington, D.C., and the Jones Day law firm partnered with Aviation Week to present the award. (The IAC was co-sponsor again in 2016 and 2017.[2][3])
- 1994 L. Welch Pogue, former Chairman, U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board and delegate to 1944 Chicago Convention.[4]
- 1995 Henri Wassenbergh, aviation scholar[4]
- 1996 Adm. Donald Engen, former director, National Air and Space Museum[4]
- 1997 Alfred E. Kahn, former Chairman, U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board[5]
- 1998 John E. Robson, former Chairman, U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board[4]
- 1999 Norman Y. Mineta, U.S. Secretary of Transportation[4]
- 2000 Robert T. Francis II, former Vice Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.)[4]
- 2001 John Kern, Vice President, Regulatory Compliance and Chief Safety Officer, Northwest Airlines (retired)[4]
- 2002 Delford M. Smith, Founder and Chairman, Evergreen International Aviation[4]
- 2003 Jürgen Weber, Chairman and CEO, Deutsche Lufthansa AG[4]
- 2004 Robert Crandall, Chairman and CEO, American Airlines (retired)[4]
- 2005 Herb Kelleher, Chairman and CEO, Southwest Airlines (retired)[6][2][7]
- 2006 Jeffrey N. Shane, Under Secretary of Transportation Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation[4]
- 2007 Professor Brian O'Keeffe, Australia, father of the Future Air Navigation System (FANS)[8]
- 2008 Helen Muir, Director, Cranfield Institute for Safety, Risk and Reliability[9]
- 2009 (not awarded)
- 2010 (not awarded)
- 2011 Giovanni Bisignani, Director General and CEO, International Air Transport Association (IATA)[4][2]
- 2012 John Byerly, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Affairs[10][11]
- 2013 Andrew B. Steinberg, Partner, Jones Day[12][13]
- 2014 Margaret ("Peggy") Gilligan, Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Federal Aviation Administration.[2]
- 2015 Paul Mifsud, KLM airline
- 2016 Dave Barger, CEO, JetBlue Airways[2][7]
- 2017 Jane Garvey, former Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration[3]
- 2018 Susan McDermott, Paul Gretch, Bob Goldner, and Mary Street former DOT Career officials
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