The Francis Boyer Award was the highest honor conferred by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. It was named for Francis Boyer, a chief executive at Smith, Kline & French in the mid-twentieth century and a strong supporter of AEI who died in 1972. The Boyer Award was replaced in 2003 by the Irving Kristol Award.
List of recipients Year Recipient Nationality Lecture title 1977 Gerald R. Ford "Toward a Healthy Economy " 1978 Arthur F. Burns "The Condition of the American Economy " 1979 Paul Johnson "The Things That Are Not Caesar's " 1980 William J. Baroody Sr. Award given posthumously 1981 Henry Kissinger "The Realities of Security " 1982 Hanna Holborn Gray "The Higher Learning and the New Consumerism " 1983 Alan Walters "The British Renaissance, 1979-? " 1984 Robert H. Bork "Tradition and Morality in Constitutional Law " 1985 Jeane J. Kirkpatrick "The United States and the World: Setting Limits " 1986 David Packard "Management of America's National Defense " 1987 Paul A. Volcker "Public Service: The Quiet Crisis" 1988 Ronald Reagan "Freedom and Vigilance " 1989 Antonin Scalia 1990 Thomas Sowell "Cultural Diversity: A World View " 1991 Irving Kristol "The Capitalist Future" 1993 Dick Cheney "Getting Our Priorities Right " 1994 Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1995 George F. Will "The Cultural Contradictions of Conservatism " 1996 Alan Greenspan "The Challenge of Central Banking in a Democratic Society " 1997 James Q. Wilson "Two Nations " 1999 Michael Novak "God's Country: Taking the Declaration Seriously " 2000 Christopher DeMuth "After the Ascent: Politics and Government in the Super-Affluent Society " 2001 Clarence Thomas "Be Not Afraid " 2002 Norman Podhoretz "America at War: The One Thing Needful "
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External links List of Francis Boyer Award recipients