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The Richard A. Cook Gold Medal Award

The Gold Medal has been granted every year since 1930 (except during World War II) “in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York.”


The prestigious list of honorees includes civil servants like Robert Moses, E. Virgil Conway and Ray Kelly; Mayors Fiorello LaGuardia, Robert Wagner and Rudy Giuliani; entertainers Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers and Tony Randall; corporate stalwarts like the Rockefellers; and city icons such as Carnegie Hall, the Museum of the City of New York and the New York Post.


In 2007, the award was named after long-time Association Chairman, Richard A. Cook.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was the Association's 2008 Gold Medal honoree.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was the Association's 2008 Gold Medal honoree.

List of Past Gold Medal Honorees

1930s


1930 - The Honorable Julius Miller

1931 - Mr. Harvey Dow Gibson

1932 - The Honorable Samuel Seabury

1933 - The Honorable Grover A. Whalen

1934 - The Honorable Robert Moses

1935 - Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

1936 - The Honorable Thomas E. Dewey

1937 - Mr. James Speyer

1938 - Mrs. August Belmont

1939 - Mr. Cleveland E. Dodge

Lachlan Murdoch accepts the 2004 Gold Medal for The New York Post with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade.

Lachlan Murdoch accepts the 2004 Gold Medal for The New York Post with Fox News' Brian Kilmeade.

1940s


1940 - The Honorable Fiorello H. LaGuardia

*** No Awardees During World War II ***

1946 - His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman, Mrs. Ogden Reid

1947 - Mr. Frederick H. Ecker

1948 - The Honorable William O‘Dwyer

1949 - Dr. Millicent C. McIntosh


1950s

1950 - Mr. Oscar Hammerstein I, Mr. Richard Rodgers

1951 - Mr. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.

1952 - The Honorable Howard S. Cullman

1953 - The Honorable John Hay Whitney

1954 - Mr. Arthur Hays Sulzberger

1955 - Brigadier General David Sarnoff

1956 - The Honorable Robert J. Wagner

1957 - Mr. Keith S. McHugh

1958 - Mr. Samuel D. Leidesdorf

1959 - Mr. John D. Rockefeller III

1940 Gold Medal honoree Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia 

1940 Gold Medal honoree Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia  

1960s


1960 - Dr. Howard A. Rusk

1961 - Mrs. Charles S. Guggenheimer

1962 - The Honorable James A. Farley

1963 - The Honorable Paul R. Screvane

1964 - Mr. Edmund F. Wagner

1965 - Mr. David Rockefeller

1966 - Mr. Austin J. Tobin

1967 - Mr. John A. Coleman

1968 - Mr. Gustave L. Levy

1969 - Mr. J. Victor Herd

1965 Gold Medal Award winner David Rockefeller

1965 Gold Medal Award winner David Rockefeller  

1970s


1970 - Mr. Jack I. Straus

1971 - Mr. William S. Renchard

1972 - Mr. Robert S. Curtiss

1973 - Mr. Gilbert W. Fitzhugh

1974 - Mr. Leonard H. Goldenson

1975 - Mr. George Champion

1976 - Mr. William M. Ellinghaus

1977 - Mr. Ellmore C. Patterson

1978 - Mr. J. Henry Smith

1979 - Mr. Charles F. Luce

Longtime Association Chairman, Richard A. Cook and 2005 honoree Robert M. Morgenthau

Longtime Association Chairman, Richard A. Cook and 2005 honoree Robert M. Morgenthau

1980s


1980 - Mr. Harry B. Helmsley

1981 - Mr. Richard R. Shinn

1982 - Museum of the City of New York

1983 - Dr. Edward J. Mortola

1984 - Mr. J. Peter Grace

1985 - Mr. Gene F. Jankowski

1986 - Mr. E. Virgil Conway

1987 - Mr. Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.

1988 - Mr. Delbert C. Staley

1989 - Mr. John J. Phelan, Jr.

Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani receives the Association's 1998 Gold Medal Award

Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani receives the Association's 1998 Gold Medal Award 

1990s


1990 - Mr. Felix G. Rohatyn

1991 - Carnegie Hall

1992 - Mr. William R. Chaney

1993 - Mr. Tony Randall

1994 - Mr. John F. McGillicuddy

1995 - Mr. David A. Olsen

1996 - Mr. Kenneth J. Gorman

1997 - Mr. Simon J. Critchell

1998 - The Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani

1999 - Mr. Robert R. Douglass

Fordham University kicked off their dodransbicentennial with the Gold Medal award in 2017.

Fordham University kicked off their dodransbicentennial with the Gold Medal award in 2017.

2000s


2000 - Mr. Robert M. Johnson

2001 - Mr. Robert B. Catell and Mr. Charles J. Hamm

2002 - Mr. Charles J. Urstadt

2003 - The Right Reverend Mark S. Sisk

2004 - The New York Post

2005 - The Honorable Robert M. Morgenthau

2006 - The Honorable Raymond W. Kelly

2007 - John C. Cushman, III

2008 - The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg

2009 - The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

1999 Gold Medal Awardee Robert R. Douglass and 2002 Gold Medal Honoree Charles J. Urstadt

1999 Gold Medal Awardee Robert R. Douglass and 2002 Gold Medal Honoree Charles J. Urstadt 

2010s


2010 - Mr. Ralph K. Smith

2011 - The Crew of US Airways Flight 1549

2012 - Dominick M. Servedio

2013 - The Hotel Association of New York and President Joseph Spinnato

2014 - The Actors Fund

2015 - Jaros Baum & Bolles and the Fire Department of the City of New York

2016 - Richmond County Savings Bank

2017 - Fordham University

2018 - Joel Dolci

2019 - New York Society of Association Executives (NYSAE)

The NYSAE's Joel Dolci with Clinton W. Blume III and Luke Vander Linden

2018 honoree Joel Dolci accepts the 2019 Gold Medal on behalf of the NYSAE

2020s


2020 - New York Building Congress and ACEC New York

*** No Awardees Due to the COVID Pandemic ***

2023 - AFCEA International

2024 - E-J Electric Installation Co.

In 2020, the Association held its first (and only) "virtual" Gold Medal Award ceremony.

 Since 1927, The Hundred Year Association has advanced the civic and economic interests of the City of New York by honoring and recognizing the achievements of organizations that have been in existence for more than a century, while also recognizing outstanding acts of public service that enhance the present and future prestige of New York City.

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