Past Bridges-to-Friendship Award Recipients

2015
Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller
The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum: The Samurai Collection

2014
Timothy C. Jones
Educator from Gainesville, TX

2013
The Texas Rangers Baseball Club

2012
Mr. Shogo Kamei
President, Tohoku Japan America Association

2011
The Honorable John M. Stich
Honorary Consul General of Japan at Dallas

2010
Mrs. Margaret Crow and Mr. Trammell S. Crow
Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art

2009
Mrs. Naoko Shirane
Senior Advisor to the State of Texas

2007
The Honorable Ron Kirk
Former Mayor of Dallas

2006
Mrs. Elaine Yoko Yamagata
Founder, Fort Worth Japanese Society

2005
Dr. H. Neill McFarland
Founder, Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth

2002
Dr. Norman P. Neureiter
Former Honorary Consul General of Japan

2000
Haynes and Boone, LLP

1999
EDS
The Honorable Hitoshi Honda
Consul General of Japan