John E. Hughes/USASBE Award for Entrepreneurial Advocacy
The Award was instituted on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE).
In 2018, the criteria for the Award was revised for greater focus on entrepreneurial and philanthropic achievement and commitment to entrepreneurship education. The recipients listed below have been recognized as recipients of the award prior to the newly established criteria.
| Year | Winner | University/Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jim Moran (Posthumous) | Florida State University |
| 2022 | J. Fielding Miller | CAPTRUST |
| 2020 | Steve Spinelli | Babson College |
| 2019 | Steve Blank | Startup Owners Manual |
| 2018 | Michael Camp | The Ohio State University |
| 2017 | Sharon T. Alpi | Millikin University |
| 2016 | Jeff Hornsby | University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| 2015 | R. Wilburn Clouse | Vanderbilt University |
| 2014 | Jack M. Gill | The Gill Foundation of Texas |
| 2013 | Harold Welsch | DePaul University |
| 2012 | Patricia Greene | Babson College |
| 2011 | Raymond Smilor | Texas Christian University |
| 2010 | Steve Mariotti | National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) |
| 2009 | John Pappajohn | |
| 2008 | Fred Kiesner | Loyola Marymount University |
| 2007 | Donald F. Kuratko | Indiana University – Bloomington |
| 2006 | Gerald E. Hills | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2005 | Robert Brockhaus | The Brockhaus Group |
| 2003 | John Hughes | John E. & Jeanne T. Hughes Foundation |