Spring 2010

The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award

This annual award, established by Dorothy Rodgers, widow of Richard, recognizes a veteran composer or lyricist of musical theater for a lifetime of achievement in this great American art form.

Past Recipients:

Stephen Schwartz	2011
Marvin Hamlisch	2006
Lee Adams	2003
Stephen Sondheim	2002
Richard Adler	2001
Cy Coleman	2000
Charles Strouse	1999
Jerry Herman	1998
Betty Comden Adolph Green	1997
Marshall Barer	1996
George "Chet" Forrest Robert Wright	1995
Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones	1993
No award given	1992
Burton Lane	1991
Hugh Martin Ralph Blane	1990
Irving Caesar	1989
Jule Styne	1988
Edward Eliscu	1987
Jay Gorney	1986
Harold Rome	1985
Harold Arlen Arthur Schwartz	1984
Howard Dietz	1983