Captain William Driver Award Winners


The Award Itself

1979 Robert S. Gauron The Life and Achievement of 'Old Glory' Driver -- Godfather to the United States Flag and Fascinating Flags of Plundering Pirates and Profiteering Privateers
 
1980 Emmet Mittlebeeler Flag Profanation
 
1981 James Croft South African Civic Flags
 
1982 John M. Hartvigsen The Brandywine Flag
 
1983 Whitney Smith, Ph.D. Patriotism and Vexillology
 
1984 James Ferrigan III A Flag Incident in San Francisco
 
1985 Scot Guenter This Flag has Flown Over the U.S. Capitol
 
1986 Alistair B. Fraser Chadwick and the Canadian Red Ensign
 
1987 Arnold Rabbow Flags: Life After Death
 
1988 Don Healy Evolutionary Vexillology
 
1989 Kevin Harrington From Kava's Apron to the Butcher's Apron: Names and Nicknames of Flags
 
1990 Mark A. B. LeMessurier The Signal and Commercial Flags of St. John's, Newfoundland c.1500--c.1900
 
1991 Charles A. Spain, Jr. The Flags and Seals of Texas
 
1992 Anne M. Platoff Where No Flag Has Gone Before: Political and Technical Aspects of Placing of a Flag on the Moon
 
1993 Peter B. Edwards Yacht Flags--A Preliminary Study
 
1994 Robert J. Goldstein, Ph.D. Whatever Happened to the Great 1989-90 Flag Desecration Controversy?
 
1995 Donald T. Healy Flags of the Native American Peoples of the United States
 
1996 John H. Gámez Evolution of the U.S. National Air Ensign: 1861-Present
 
1997 Gustav Tracchia Argentine Flags Monument
 
1998 Luc V. Baronian American-influenced Flags in Lower Canada
 
1999 Mason Kaye Tribar Flags--A Survey and Analysis
2000 Kevin Harrington The Michigan Flag Project
2001 Gus Tracchia The Banners of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
2002 Peter Ansoff The First U.S. Navy Jack
2003 Joseph Donovan Two Irish Flags: A Comparative Analysis
2004 Devereaux D. Cannon, Jr. The Genesis of the Stars and Bars
2005 David B. Martucci Flag and Symbol Usage in Early New England
2006 Ken Reynolds To Make the unmistakable signal "CANADA": The Canadian Army's "Battle Flag" During the Second World War