Roe Award

Roe Award
Sponsor	State Policy Network
Date	Annually since 1992
Official website	www.spn.org/about/page/the-roe-awards

The Roe Award is an annual award given by the State Policy Network that "pays tribute to those in the state public policy movement whose achievements have greatly advanced the free market philosophy" and "recognizes leadership, innovation and accomplishment in public policy."^[1] Established in 1992, it is named after the late founder of the State Policy Network, Thomas A. Roe, Jr.

Award recipients

2014 (Denver, CO)

• Jeff Coors, Golden Technologies Company

2013 (Oklahoma City, OK)

• Joe Lehman, Mackinac Center for Public Policy

2012 (Amelia Island, FL)

• David R. Brown, M.D., Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs and The Heritage Foundation

2011 (Seattle, WA)

• John Tillman, Illinois Policy Institute

2010 (Cleveland, OH)

• Tarren Bragdon, Maine Heritage Policy Center

2009 (Asheville, NC)

• Art Pope, John William Pope Foundation

2008 (Scottsdale, AZ)

• Brooke Rollins, Texas Public Policy Foundation

2007 (Portland, ME)

• Kevin Gentry, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation

2006 (Milwaukee, WI)

• Darcy A. Olsen, Goldwater Institute

2005 (Charleston, SC)

• Jon Caldara, Independence Institute

2004 (Austin, TX)

• Sally Pipes, Pacific Research Institute

2003 (Seattle, WA)

• Gisèle Huff, Jaquelin Hume Foundation

2002 (Indianapolis, IN)

• Jo Kwong, Atlas Economic Research Foundation
• Gary Palmer, Alabama Policy Institute

2001 (Boulder, CO)

• Steve Buckstein, Cascade Policy Institute
• Bridgett G. Wagner, The Heritage Foundation

2000 (St. Louis, MO)

• J. Stanley Marshall, James Madison Institute
• William H. "Chip" Mellor, Institute for Justice
• Lovett "Pete" Peters, Pioneer Institute

1999 (Dallas, TX)

• Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
• Robert W. Poole, Jr., Reason Foundation

1998 (Atlanta, GA)

• C.C. Guy, South Carolina Policy Council
• Edward T. McMullen, Jr., South Carolina Policy Council
• John M. Hood, John Locke Foundation
• Joseph Overton, Mackinac Center for Public Policy

1997 (Tempe, AZ)

• Carl Helstrom, The JM Foundation
• Bob Williams, Evergreen Freedom Foundation

1996 (Minneapolis, MN)

• William Eggers, Reason Foundation
• John Fund, The Wall Street Journal
• Lawrence Reed, Mackinac Center for Public Policy

1995 (San Diego, CA)

• No awards presented

1994 (Tampa, FL)

• John Andrews, Texas Public Policy Foundation
• Joseph Bast, The Heartland Institute

1993 (Traverse City, MI)

• Joseph Dolan, The JM Foundation
• Thomas A. Roe, The Roe Foundation
• J. Patrick Rooney, Golden Rule Insurance Company

References

1. "The Roe Awards". State Policy Network. Retrieved 16 July 2015.

External links

• State Policy Network Roe Award