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Awards Presented by the Champaign County ACLU for
Local Civil Liberties Work
Local Civil Liberties Work
| Chalmers Award In honor of W. Ellison Chalmers For extraordinary service, in the cause of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, to the community. | Norton Award In honor of Horace W. Norton. For service to the Champaign County ACLU Chapter. | Stone Award In honor of Victor Stone For lifetime achievement in supporting Civil Liberties. | |
| 1984 | John Lee Johnson | Victor Stone | |
| 1985 | Henrietta DeBoer | James Ayres | |
| 1986 | Esther Patt | Tom Page | |
| 1987 | Shirley Stillinger | Thelma Chalmers | |
| 1988 | Dr. Elsie Field | Gene Gilmore | |
| 1989 | Brian Savage | Anne Martel | |
| 1990 | Steven Beckett | Carole Appel | |
| 1991 | Charlene Teters and James Thomas | ||
| 1992 | George Bell | ||
| 1993 | Helen Satterthwaite | Mark McClees and Eric Fisher | |
| 1994 | Womens's Health Practice | Tom Betz | |
| 1995 | Jenny Putman | ||
| 1996 | Malcolm Barnes and Steve Shoemaker | Joan Severns | Thelma Chalmers |
| 1997 | Joan Larsen Klein and Bettina Aten | Victor Stone | |
| 1998 | Herb Stevens | Stuart Laird | Vashti McCollum |
| 1999 | Mary Lee Sargent | Harold Baker | |
| 2000 | Rachael Dietkus | Charles McIntyre | Shirley Stillinger |
| 2001 | Carol Spindel and Jay Rosenstein | Jim Holiman | |
| 2002 | Kimberley Kranich | U of I Student Chapter | Harry Hilton |
| 2003 | Stan Levy | ||
| 2004 | Nancy Cantor | Hiram Paley | Clarence Shelley |
| 2005 | Brooke Anderson | Senator Dick Durbin | |
| 2006 | John Lee Johnson | ||
| 2007 | Sandra Ahten | ||
| 2008 | Rachel Dietkus | Robert McChesney | |
| 2009 | Kate Gorman | Steven and Esther Portnoy | |
| 2010 | Barbara Kessel | William Brown | |
| 2011 | C. Ward Henson | Hiram Paley | |
| 2013 | Karen Bush | Belden Fields | |
| 2014 | Esther Patt | Naomi Jakobsson | |
| 2017 | CU Immigration Forum | Laurel Prussing | |
| 2020 | Champaign Bailout Coalition | Carol Spindel and Richard Schnuer | |
| 2022 | Carol Spindel and Richard Schnuer | Esther Patt |