Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award

Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award

The Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards are given to people who a panel of judges believes have made significant contributions to the protection and enhancement of the rights enshrined in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The awards were established in 1979 under the direction of Christie Hefner, daughter of "Playboy" magazine founder Hugh Hefner.

Recipients

1999

* Michael Moore — arts and entertainment
* Eugenie C. Scott — education
* Nicolas Becker — individual conscience
* Jeri McGiverin & Elaine Williamson -- Law
* Donald Parker -- lifetime achievement
* Bruce Sanford -- publishing

The judges were actor Mark Goodman, Texas newspaper columnist Molly Ivins and Chicago journalist Clarence Page.

2001

* Michael Kent Curtis -- book publishing
* Mary Dana -- education
* Nancy Zennie -- education
* William M. Lawbaugh -- print journalism
* James Wheaton -- law
* John Seigenthaler - lifetime achievement
* Penn & Teller -- arts & entertainment

The judges were Floyd Abrams, free-speech attorney; Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Robert M. O'Neil, retired University of Virginia law professor.

2002/2003

* Trina Magi, education
* Linda Ramsdell, education
* Ronald K. L. Collins -- book publishing
* David Michael Skover -- book publishing
* David Cole -- book publishing
* Nate Blakeslee -- law
* Steven Aftergood -- government
* Talia Buford -- print journalism
* Bill Maher -- arts & entertainment
* Molly Ivins, lifetime achievement

The judges were Margaret Carlson, Ann Richards and John Seigenthaler.

2006

* Paisley Dodds, print journalism
* Patricia Princehouse, education [Princehouse speech] : [http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060529/princehouse]
* Geoffrey R. Stone -- book publishing
* Jack Spadaro --government
* Shelby Knox - arts and entertainment
* Marion Lipschutz - arts and entertainment
* Rose Rosenblatt - arts and entertainment
* Rhett Jackson - lifetime achievement

The judges were Katrina vanden Heuvel, Anthony D. Romero and Eugenie Scott

Other

*Mary Morello, founder Parents For Rock And Rap — 1996 — Arts and Entertainment

External links and references

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