The American Foundation for the Blind Helen Keller Achievement Award Recipients

2010

Hewlett-Packard Company,

accepted by Marcela Perez de Alonso, Executive Vice President

HSBC North America,

accepted by Susan Whitney-Brown, Senior Vice President, Organizational Development

Lions Clubs International Foundation,

accepted by Al Brandel, Immediate Past President

Rachael Scdoris,

Professional Sled Dog Racer

2009

The Helen Keller Achievement Awards were not held in 2009.

2008

IBM Corporation,

accepted by John E. Kelly III, Senior Vice President and Director of Research

L'Occitane en Provence,

accepted by Reinold Geiger, President

Marriott International, Inc.,

accepted by Stephen G. Marriott, Executive Vice President, Culture

2007

Wells Fargo & Company,

accepted by Richard M. Kovacevich, Chairman and CEO

Whirlpool Corporation,

accepted by Jeff M. Fettig, Chairman and CEO

The Honorable David A. Paterson,

Lieutenant Governor of New York

2006

Cisco Systems, Inc.,

accepted by John T. Chambers, President and CEO

Standard Chartered Bank,

accepted by Ray Ferguson, CEO Americas

Bernard A. Newcomb,

Co-founder, E*Trade Financial Corporation

The Honorable John E. Sununu

United States Senator, New Hampshire

2005

National Financial Partners,

accepted by Jessica Bibliowicz, President and CEO

Merrill Lynch,

accepted by Gregory J. Fleming, President, Global Markets & Investment Banking

The Blind Boys of Alabama,

Recording Artists

2004

James B. Lee, Jr.,

Vice Chairman, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Laurence J. Kirshbaum,

Chairman and CEO, Time Warner Book Group

Jose Feliciano,

Recording Artist

2003

Karen L. Katen,

President, Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Inc

Mary Beth Bardin,

Executive Vice President, Public Affairs & Communications, Verizon Communications

Erik Weihenmayer,

Athlete and Author

Jermane Mayberry,

Athlete, Philadelphia Eagles

2002

Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg,

chairman and CEO, American International Group, Inc.

Patricia C. Sueltz,

Executive Vice President, Sun Microsystems

Kathleen S. Barclay,

vice president, Global Human Resources, General Motors Corporation

Ronnie Milsap,

six-time Grammy Award-winning country music artist

2001

Michael J. Critelli,

Chairman and CEO, Pitney Bowes Inc.

Marjorie Magner,

Senior Executive VP, CAO, Consumer Group, Citigroup Inc.

Patty Duke,

Oscar-Winning Actress

U.S. Representative John Lewis,

Fifth District-Georgia

Marla Runyan,

Olympic Athlete

2000

Harold McGraw III,

Chairman, President, and CEO, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Kiyoshi Kawakami,

President and CEO, Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc.

Diane Schuur,

Grammy Award Winning Jazz Artist

1999

F. Duane Ackerman,

Chairman and CEO, BellSouth Corporation

Raymond V. Gilmartin,

Chairman, President, and CEO, Merck & Co.

Barbara Bush,

Founder, Barbara Bush Foundation on Family Literacy

Theater By The Blind,

New York City-Based Repertory Theater Company

1998

R.E. Turner,

Vice-Chairman, Time-Warner, Inc.

Livio D. DeSimone,

Chairman and CEO, 3M Company

Toy Manufacturers of America

Marcus Roberts,

Grammy Nominated Jazz Pianist

1997

Robert E. Allen,

Chairman and CEO, AT&T

James P. Kelly,

Chairman and CEO, United Parcel Service

Tom Sullivan,

Singer, Actor, Author, Humanitarian

1996

Paul A. Allaire,

Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation

Michael R. Quinlan,

Chairman and CEO, McDonald's Corporation

Stevie Wonder,

Recording Artist

1995

Edward A. Brennan,

Chairman and CEO, Sears, Roebuck and Co.

John A. Krol,

President and CEO, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co.B

Kathleen J. Burke,

Vice Chairman, Bank of America

George Shearing,

Recording Artist

1994

J.W. Marriott, Jr.,

Chairman and President, Marriott International

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger,

Chairman and CEO, The New York Times Company

Frank P. Doyle,

Executive Vice President, The General Electric Company

Ray Charles,

Recording Artist