Clare Boothe Luce Award

The Clare Boothe Luce Award was established in 1991 by The Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C.–based public policy research institute, in memory of Clare Boothe Luce, an American ambassador and conservative U.S. congresswoman. The award was intended to recognize major contributors to the conservative movement. There have been eight recipients of the award.

Clare Boothe Luce, a 20th-century conservative writer, diplomat, politician, and the award's namesake

Recipients

• 1991: Shelby Cullom Davis and Kathryn Wasserman Davis^[1]
• 1997: Ronald Reagan^[2]
• 1998: Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman^[3]
• 1999: William F. Buckley Jr.^[4]
• 2002: Jesse Helms and Margaret Thatcher^[5]
• 2010: James L. Buckley^[6]
• 2011: Roger Ailes
• 2015: John Von Kannon^[7]
• 2021: Jack Dishner