Named for one of the founders of the Association for Social Economics, the Thomas F. Divine Award is presented annually to someone who over a lifetime has made important contributions to social economics and the social economy. The Award takes the form of a framed certificate and a $1,000 cash stipend. The Award is formally presented by the Association at the Presidential Breakfast at the annual meetings.

Recipients:

2024 James B Steward
2023
George DeMartino
2022
Jessica Gordon-Nembhard
2021
Morris Altman
2020
Evelyn Forget
2019
Katherine Gibson & Julie Graham (“J.K. Gibson-Graham”)
2018 
Ellen Mutari
2017 
Philip Arestis
2016 
Robert W. Dimand
2015
Deborah Figart
2014
Irene van Staveren
2013
Julie A. Nelson
2012
Marianne A. Ferber
2011
Edward J. Kane
2010
David L. George
2009
John P. Tiemstra
2008
Jon D. Wisman
2007
John B. Davis
2006
Charles K. Wilber
2005
Ingrid H. Rima
2004
Daniel R. Finn
2003
Ed O’Boyle
2002
Ron Stanfield
2001
Bill Dugger
2000
Mark Lutz
1999
Severyn Bruyn
1998
Hans Jensen
1997
Warren Samuels and Sister Catherine Knoop, CSJ
1996 
John O’Brien and Richard Mulcahy
1995
Walter Adams and Lewis Hill
1994
Wallace Peterson
1993
Stephen Worland
1992
Kendall Cochran
1991 
John Elliott
1990
Joseph Becker
1989
Peter Danner and George Rohrlich
1988
Joseph Solterer
1987
Franz Mueller