Past Recipients

Past Recipients of the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club, Inc. Benjamin Franklin Award

1981 - Martha Rudy Wallace

1982 - Governor Reubin O’D. Askew

1983 - U.S. Representative C.W. “Bill” Young

1984 - Governor LeRoy Collins

1985 - State Attorney James T. Russell

1986 - Dr. Gus Sakkis

1987 - Sally Wallace

1988 - Senator Lawton Chiles

1989 - Representative Samuel P. Bell, III

1990 - Senator Mary R. Grizzle

1991 - Chief Justice Leander Shaw

1992 - Senator Jeanne K. Malchon

1993 - Dr. Scott N. Rose

1994 - Rev. J.W. Cate

1995 - House Speaker Peter R. Wallace

1996 - Senator Curt Kiser

1997 - U.S. Representative Sam Gibbons

1998 - Richard T. Earle, Jr.

1999 - Nathaniel P. Reed

2000 - Governor Bob Martinez

2001 - David J. Fischer

2002 - Bob Butterworth

2003 - Congresswoman Carrie Meek (Ret.)

2004 - U.S. Senator Bob Graham

2005 - Judge George Greer

2006 - Robert Milligan

2007 - Betty Castor