Past Honorees

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1995
  • Harlan Boyles
    , treasurer, state of North Carolina
  • Phyllis Busansky
    , commissioner, Hillsborough County, Florida
  • Stephen Goldsmith
    , mayor, Indianapolis
  • Wilfred Hamm
    , former chief, District of Columbia Adoption and Placement Resource branch
  • Bobby Hogue
    , speaker, Arkansas House of Representatives
  • John M. Kost
    , chief information officer, state of Michigan
  • Bennett Levin
    , commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections
  • Sally R. Reed
    , chief administrative officer, Los Angeles County
  • George V. Voinovich
    , governor, state of Ohio
1994
  • Frank Fairbanks,
    city manager, Phoenix
  • Lawrence H. Fuchs,
    commissioner, Florida Department of Revenue
  • Curtis Hertel,
    co-speaker, Michigan House of Representatives
  • Paul C. Hillegonds,
    co-speaker, Michigan House of Representatives
  • Vera Katz,
    mayor, Portland, Oregon
  • Vincent Lane,
    chairman, Chicago Housing Authority
  • Ned McWherter,
    governor, state of Tennessee
  • Robert M. Melia,
    first deputy commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Revenue
  • Thomas W. Ross,
    Superior Court Judge, state of North Carolina
  • Beverly Stein,
    chair, Multnomah County, Oregon, county commission

GOVERNING's Public Official of the Year awards are a continuation of the Most Valuable Public Official awards given annually by City & State magazine from 1986 to 1993, when City & State and GOVERNING merged. Here's a list of winners of City & State's awards:

1993
  • Robert C. Bobb,
    city manager, Richmond
  • Kathleen Brown,
    treasurer, state of California
  • Manual Garcia,
    computer services director, Dade County, Florida
  • Earle E. Morris Jr.,
    comptroller general, state of South Carolina (career achievement)
  • Edward G. Rendell,
    mayor, Philadelphia
  • Michael B. Stoker,
    supervisor, Santa Barbara, California
1992
  • Sharpe James,
    mayor, Newark
  • Jan Hart,
    city manager, Dallas
  • William H. Hudnut III,
    former mayor, Indianapolis (career achievement)
  • Peter McGeoch,
    deputy director, Department of Administrative Services, Ohio Division of Computer and Information Services
  • Edward McNamara,
    county executive, Wayne County, Michigan
  • Zell Miller,
    governor, state of Georgia
1991
  • James Cowen,
    retired general manager, Oregon Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District
  • Raymond L. Flynn,
    mayor, Boston
  • Michael Hale,
    executive administrator, Florida Information Resource Commission
  • Bill Melton,
    treasurer, Dallas County
  • Cesar Odio,
    city manager, Miami
  • Tommy G. Thompson,
    governor, state of Wisconsin
  • Andrew Young, former mayor,
    Atlanta (career achievement)
1990
  • Nancy Abraham,
    director, Washington Department of General Services
  • Jerry Abramson,
    mayor, Louisville
  • Henry L. Gardner,
    city manager, Oakland
  • Parris Glendening,
    county executive, Prince George's County, Maryland
  • Charles Royer,
    mayor, Seattle
  • Ronald J. Tober,
    general manager, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
  • Mary Ellen Withrow,
    treasurer, state of Ohio
1989
  • Juanita Crabb,
    mayor, Binghamton, New York
  • Michael Fitzgerald,
    treasurer, state of Iowa
  • Dennis Rasmussen,
    county executive, Baltimore County, Maryland
1988
  • Robert A. Bowman,
    treasurer, state of Michigan
  • Richard B. Dixon,
    county executive, Los Angeles County
  • Michael S. Dukakis,
    governor, state of Massachusetts
  • Louis J. Fox,
    city manager, San Antonio
  • John M. Gunyou,
    finance officer, Minneapolis
  • William H. Hudnut III,
    mayor, Indianapolis
  • Sandra R. Tracey,
    finance chief, Los Angeles County
1987
  • Fred L. Armstrong,
    controller, Indianapolis
  • Keith Comrie,
    city manager, Los Angeles
  • Dianne Feinstein,
    mayor, San Francisco
  • Lloyd F. Hara,
    treasurer, Seattle
  • Kevin Keogh,
    finance director, Phoenix
1986
  • Marvin Andrews,
    city manager, Phoenix
  • Douglas Carter,
    city manager, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Henry Cisneros,
    mayor, San Antonio
  • Harrison Goldin,
    controller, New York City
  • Gary Norstrem,
    treasurer, St. Paul, Minnesota

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