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Czar Dushan's Awards

The Czar Dushan Award is given to Serbian American lawyers who have excelled in their legal work and who have, through their legal careers, demonstrated leadership in the community. Here is the list of past Tsar Dushan's Awardees:

 
2006 John R. Ostojic
2005 Prof. Leon Lysaght
2004 The Honorable Rod R. Blagojevich
2003 The Honorable Robert P. Milich Presiding Judge, Youngstown, Ohio Municipal Court
2002 The Honorable Paul H. Mitrovich Ohio Court of Common Pleas
2001 The Honorable George V. Voinovich United States Senator
2000 The Honorable Richard A. DiLiberto, Jr. Delaware House of Representatives
1999 Robert J. Pavich Monico, Pavich & Spevack
1998 The Honorable George Vann 79th Indiana Judicial Circuit
1997 + Nikola Stepanovich Counselor, Officer and Diplomat
1996 The Honorable George N. Zenovich California Court of Appeal
1995 Desanka T. Mamula First Serbian American Woman Attorney
1994 The Honorable Steven R. Kosach Nevada District Court
1993 + The Honorable John P. Vukasin , Jr. United States District Court for the Northern District of California
1992 The Honorable Zoran Popovich Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1991 + The Honorable Nicholas S. Chanak Minnesota Supreme Court
1990 The Honorable George M. Marovich United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois


Merit Awards

The Merit Award is given to those individuals, both Serbs and non-Serbs, who through their work and life demonstrate support for the Serbian American community and its institutions. Here is the list of past Merit Awardees:

 
2005 Vlade Divac (Merit Award)
2005 Mr. Alex Machaskee
2004 Mr. Milan Puskar 
2003

Mr. & Mrs. Philip D Hart
Publishers, SerbWorld Magazine

2002

Colonel David H. Hackworth
Author & Political Commentator

2001

Andrew A. Athens
Philanthropist and Industrialist

2000

The Honorable Randy "Duke" Cunnigham
United States House of Representatives

1999

William G. Salatich
Chief Executive Officer Gillette Corporation

1998

Major Richard L. Felman
United States Air Force

1997

William S. Dorich
Philanthropist

1996

+ Nicholas V. Trkla
Trkla, Pettigrew, Allen & Payne

1995

Alexander George Rondos
International Orthodox Christian Charities

1994

Alex N. Dragnich, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus Vanderbilt University

1993

The Honorable Edward J. Derwinski
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

1992

The Honorable Philip M. Crane
United States House of Representatives

1991

The Honorable Helen Delich Bentley
United States House of Representatives

1990

The Honorable Lynn Martin
United States House of Representatives