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The Foreign Language Advocate Award is presented to honor an individual outside the profession for recognition of work on behalf of languages. Since 1990, this award has been presented in memory of James W. Dodge, who served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Northeast Conference for nearly twenty years.
| 1978 | Hon. Paul Simon, Congressional Representative from Illinois |
1993 | James Herbert, National Endowment for the Humanities |
2005 | Hon. Rush Holt, Congressional Representative from New Jersey |
| 1979 | President Jimmy Carter | 1994 | James Crawford, author and editor |
2006 | Taj Mahal and Carole Fredericks (posthumous award) |
| 1980 | Fred M. Hechinger, The New York Times Foundation |
1995 | Hon. Madeleine May Kunin, former Governor of Vermont, Deputy Secretary of Education |
2007 | Hon. Paul S. Sarbanes, Senator from Maryland |
| 1983 | Hon. Leon E. Panetta, Congressional Representative from California |
1996 | Hon. David L. Boren, former Senator from Oklahoma; President, University of Oklahoma |
2008 | Award Not Given |
| 1985 | Sylvia Porter, nationally syndicated columnist |
1997 | Robert Orrill, The College Board |
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| 1986 | Hon. Christopher J. Dodd, Senator from Connecticut |
1998 | Ken O'Keefe, Allegheny College |
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| 1987 | Hon. J. William Fulbright, former Senator from Arkansas |
1999 | Sesame Street, Children's Television Workshop |
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| 1988 | Hon. Claiborne Pell, Senator from Rhode Island |
2000 | Hon. Richard Riley, former Governor of South Carolina, Secretary of Education, U. S. Department of Education |
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| 1989 | The Southern Governors Conference | 2001 | L. Jay Oliva President, New York University |
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| 1990 | Leonard A. Lauder, President and CEO, Estée Lauder, Inc. |
2002 | Barbara Turlington, American Council on Education |
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| 1991 | Scott McVay, Executive Director, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation |
2003 | Ann M. Copland, Senior Executive and Legislative Assistant, Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) |
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| 1992 | Hon. Lois G. Pines, State Senator for Middlesex and Norfolk District, Massachusetts |
2004 | Brenda Lilienthal Welburn, Executive Director, National Association of State Boards of Education |
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