The Hundred Year Association of New York, founded in 1927, is a

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that recognizes and rewards dedication and service to the City of New York by businesses and organizations that have been in operation in the city for a century or more and by individuals who have devoted their lives to the city as city employees.

Membership

Any association, corporation, partnership or individual proprietorship whose continuity in its own right, or as successor to an organization in business for over 100 years is eligible for membership. Organizations 75 years or older may join as associate members. Individuals can join the association's "Century Society.' Notable current members include ConEdison, National Grid, The Chief-Leader, The Brooklyn Bar Association, Rosenwach Tank Company, John Gallin & Son, Hagedorn & Company, Leys, Christie & Company, Modell's Sporting Goods,

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, Henry W. T. Mali & Company,

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, Bowne & Co., General Hardware, Modell Financial,

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, Dancker, Sellew & Douglas, James Thompson & Co.,

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, Richmond County Savings Bank, E. J. Electric, Emmet, Marvin & Martin,

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, The Hotel Wales, The Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York and Ferrara Cafe.

Officers

The association is led by elected officers and a board of governors. The most recent chairman, Richard A. Cook, died in June 2007 after a long illness. The current president is Clinton W. Blume, III. The association's Secretary is Luke Vander Linden. Past presidents have included

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Public service awards and college scholarships

Initiated in 1958, the association grants the "Isaac Liberman Public Service Awards" annually to career

civil servants who have excelled beyond their normal duties during the course of the year. Employees are nominated by their supervisor and department's commissioner or director and awards are determined by the association's Awards Committee in conjunction with the City of New York's Department of Citywide Administrative Services. The public service awards are named for Isaac Liberman, founder of The Hundred Year Association when he was president of

Arnold Constable & Company Arnold Constable & Company was a department store chain in the New York City metropolitan area. At one point it was the oldest department store in America, operating for over 150 years from its founding in 1825 to its closing in 1975. At the comp ...

in Brooklyn. The annual "E. Virgil Conway College Scholarships" are awarded to the sons and daughters of New York City employees every year. They are named after E. Virgil Conway, who conceived of the scholarship program in 1971. More than $1,600,000 has been granted since the awards program's inception.

Gold Medal Awards

Each year since 1930, the association has presented its 'Gold Medal Award' "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York." While typically presented to a single individual, the award has been granted on occasion to more than one person or an organization. Past winners have been: :1930

Julius Miller Julius Miller (January 12, 1880 – February 3, 1955) was a judge and politician in New York City. He was a public figue for fuur decades, seving as Manhattan Borough President from 1922 to 1930, and as a New York State Supreme Court judge from ...

:1931 Harvey Dow Gibson :1932 Justice Samuel Seabury :1933 Grover A. Whalen :1934

Robert Moses Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid 20th century. Despite never being elected to any office, Moses is regarded ...

:1935

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in ...

:1936

Thomas E. Dewey Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician who served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. He was the Republican candidate for president in 1944 and 1948: although ...

:1937

James Speyer James Joseph Speyer (July 22, 1861 – October 31, 1941) was an American banker based in the city of New York. Speyer was a well-known figure on Wall Street and the firm of Speyer & Co. was well respected. It closed in 1939. Speyer was actively i ...

:1938

Eleanor Robson Belmont Eleanor Elise Robson Belmont (13 December 1879 – 24 October 1979) was an English actress and prominent public figure in the United States. George Bernard Shaw wrote '' Major Barbara'' for her, but contractual problems prevented her from playi ...

:1939 Cleveland E. Dodge ( Phelps Dodge & Co.) :1940

Fiorello H. La Guardia Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (; born Fiorello Enrico LaGuardia, ; December 11, 1882September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City fr ...

:1946

Francis Spellman Francis Joseph Spellman (May 4, 1889 – December 2, 1967) was an American bishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church. From 1939 until his death in 1967, he served as the sixth Archbishop of New York; he had previously served as an auxiliary ...

, Helen Rogers Reid :1947

Frederick H. Ecker Frederick Hudson Ecker (August 30, 1867 – March 20, 1964) was an Insurance executive, and president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He won the 1947 Gold Medal Award from The Hundred Year Association of New York. Life He was born in ...

:1948

William O'Dwyer William O'Dwyer (July 11, 1890November 24, 1964) was an Irish-American politician and diplomat who served as the 100th Mayor of New York City, holding that office from 1946 to 1950. Life and career O'Dwyer was born in Bohola, County Mayo, Ir ...

:1949 Millicent C. McIntosh :1950

Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in the musical theater for almost 40 years. He won eight ...

Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most well-known American ...

:1951

Alfred P. Sloan Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. ( ; May 23, 1875February 17, 1966) was an American business executive in the automotive industry. He was a long-time president, chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation. Sloan, first as a senior executive and l ...

:1952 Howard S. Cullman (

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, Port of New York Authority) :1953

John Hay Whitney John Hay Whitney (August 17, 1904 – February 8, 1982) was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the ''New York Herald Tribune'', and president of the Museum of Modern Art. He was a member of the Whitney family. Early life Whit ...

:1954

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:1955 Brigadier General

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:1956 Robert F. Wagner Jr. :1957 Keith S. McHugh (

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) :1958 Samuel D. Leidesdorf :1959

John D. Rockefeller III John Davison Rockefeller III (March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978) was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-found ...

:1960 Howard A. Rusk :1961 Minnie Guggenheimer (music patron and philanthropist) :1962

:1963

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:1964 Edmund F. Wagner (Seamen's Bank for Savings) :1965

David Rockefeller David Rockefeller (June 12, 1915 – March 20, 2017) was an American investment banker who served as chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He was the oldest living member of the third generation of the Rockefeller family, ...

:1966

Austin J. Tobin Austin Joseph Tobin (May 25, 1903 – February 8, 1978) was an American businessman who served as the executive director of the Port of New York Authority, the precursor to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, from 1942 until 1972. To ...

:1967 John A. Coleman :1968 Gustave Levy :1969 J. Victor Herd (Continental Insurance Company) :1970 Jack I. Straus ( R. H. Macy & Company) :1971 William S. Renchard (

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) :1972 Robert S. Curtiss (

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) :1973 Gilbert W. Fitzhugh :1974

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:1975 George Champion (

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) :1976

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(

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) :1977 Ellmore C. Patterson (

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) :1978 J. Henry Smith (

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) :1980 Harry Helmsley :1981 Richard R. Shinn (

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) :1982

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:1983 Edward J. Mortola :1984

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:1985 Gene F. Jankowski ( CBS Broadcasting) :1986 E. Virgil Conway :1987 Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. :1988 Delbert C. Staley (

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) :1989 John J. Phelan, Jr. :1990 Felix G. Rohatyn :1991 Carnegie Hall :1992 William R. Chaney ( Tiffany & Co.) :1993

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:1994 John McGillicuddy :1995 David A. Olsen :1996 Kenneth J. Gorman :1997 Simon J. Critchell ( Cartier,

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) :1998

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:1999 Robert R. Douglass (Alliance for Downtown New York) :2000 Robert M. Johnson :2001 Robert B. Catell ( National Grid (US)), Charles J. Hamm ( Independence Community Bank) :2002

Charles J. Urstadt Charles Jordan Urstadt (October 27, 1928 – March 3, 2020) was an American real estate executive and investor. He was an important figure for the development of Battery Park City in Manhattan and for the elimination of rent control in New York ...

:2003 Mark S. Sisk :2004

:2005

Robert M. Morgenthau Robert Morris Morgenthau ( ; July 31, 1919July 21, 2019) was an American lawyer. From 1975 until his retirement in 2009, he was the District Attorney for New York County (the borough of Manhattan), having previously served as United States Atto ...

:2006 Raymond W. Kelly :2007 John C. Cushman III :2008 Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg :2009

:2010 Ralph K. Smith :2011 The Crew of

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:2012 Dominick M. Servedio. P.E. (

) :2013 Joseph E. Spinnato (Hotel Association of New York) :2014

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:2015

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:2016 Richmond County Savings Bank :2017 Fordham University :2018 Joel A. Dolci :2019 New York Society of Association Executives

External links

The Hundred Year Association of New York website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hundred Year Association of New York Non-profit organizations based in New York City Organizations established in 1927 1927 establishments in New York (state)