The Eugene DuBois Award is presented annually to an aviation journalist who best exemplifies the highest level of reporting and journalistic excellence. The Award is presented at the annual April meeting, and was instituted in memory of Eugene DuBois, an outstanding airline PR practitioner, who spent most of his career at Eastern Airlines, and in 1973 was NAAPRA (then NYAPRA) Chairman.

GENE DUBOIS AWARD RECIPIENTS

2007 Carole Shifrin,
2006 Susan Carey, Wall Street Journal
2005 Barbara Sturken Peterson, Conde Nast Traveler
2004 J. A. Donoghue, Air Transport World
2003 Steve Lott, Aviation Daily
2002 Bob Hager, NBC News
2001 Don Phillips, Washington Post
2000 David Field, USA Today
1999 William McGee, Travel Agent
1998 Michele McDonald, Travel Weekly
1997 * Paul Grimes, Condé Nast Traveler
1996 William Armbruster, Air Commerce
1995 Frank Jackman, Aviation Daily
1994 James Woolsey, Air Transport World
1993 * Agis Salpukas, New York Times
1992 * Joseph S. Murphy, World Airline News
1991 Ira Breskin, Journal of Commerce
1990 James Ott, Aviation Week
1989 James Glab, Travel Management Daily
1988 Joan Lowden, Aviation Daily
1987 Henry Lefer, Air Transport World
1986 Jane Levere, Travel Weekly
1985 Anita Schrodt, Journal of Commerce
1984 * Coleman Lollar, Frequent Flyer
1983 * Stephen Birnbaum, Diversion
1982 Richard Malkin, Air Cargo
1981 David Monsees, WCBS-TV
1980 * Ansel Talbert, Travel Agent
1979 * Robert Davis, Travel Weekly
1978 William Gregory, Aviation Week
1977 Richard Witkin, New York Times
1976 Todd Fandell, Wall Street Journal

*Deceased

PAST CHAIR

2005 Bill Huisman – Aviation Development Council (ADC)
2004 Jeff Angel – British Airways (thru June) --- Bill Huisman – ADC
2003 Rob Kulat -- North American Aviation
2002 Jim Faulkner — Air France
2001 Arhlene Flowers—South African Airways
2000 Alyssa Rogers—Air Jamaica
1999 Gareth Edmondson-Jones—Virgin
1998 Claire Mangers — Emirates
1997 Dinaz Boga—Air Jamaica
1996 Margaret Vodopia—British Airways
1995 Thomas J. D’Arcy—Port Authority of NY&NJ
1994 Charles Croce—Lufthansa
1993 Joseph Scott—Finnair
1992 Bruce Haxthausen—Air France
1991 *Nils Flo—SAS
1990 Pamela Hanlon—Pan Am
1989 Maebeth Fenton—Finnair
1988 Tom Middlemiss—Port Authority of NY&NJ
1987 Lucille Hoshabjian—Lufthansa
1986 Ed Tourtelotte—Air France
1985 John Lampl — British Airways
1984 *James Arey—Pan Am
1983 Paula Musto—Eastern
1982 Dave Pember—Air Canada
1981 Tom Craft—British Airways
1980 Gil Perlroth—Eastern
1979 Sally McElwreath—United/TWA
1978 Ben Kocivar—New York Helicopter
1977 *Vincent Modugno—American
1976 Steve Pisni—Air Canada
1975 Cynthia Fontayne—Swissair
1974 *Harvey Berman—National
1973 *Eugene DuBois—Eastern
1972 Bernard Lovell—Alitalia
1971 Alan Wayne—United
1970 Morris G. Simoncelli—Japan Airlines
1969 *Raymond J. Chanaud—Seaboard World
1968 *Ralph Cohen—SAS
1967 *David Parsons—Pan Am
1966 *Joseph LeTourneau—Alitalia

*Deceased

IN MEMORIAM (NON-CHAIR)

Peter Brunswick — El Al
Raymond R. Chambers — SAS
Al Chioda — SAS
Raymond J. Chanaud – Seaboard World, Frontier
William J. Dunn — American, BWIA
Richard S. Eisley – JAL, Northeast
Kenneth S. Fletcher — TWA
Warren H. Goodman — Port Authority of NY & NJ
Douglas Guinard — United, Finnair, Quebec
Daniel Z. Henkin — Air Transport Assn.
Joyce Martin — Eastern
George McGrath — Icelandic
Walter Menke -- TWA
George Nagorski — Swissair
Charles Novak — United
Jose Sagrista — Iberia
Alessandro Spicaglia — Alitalia
Rhanda Spotton — Air Canada
Redmond Tyler — Southern, Republic, NWA
Howard Watson — BA, SAA
Hans Winter — UTA, Ethiopian
Carol Zaiser — Aeromexico