The University of Michigan's Council for Disability Concerns established the James T. Neubacher Award in October 1990 as a memorial to Jim Neubacher, an alumnus of the university who was a columnist for The Detroit Free Press and an advocate for equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities. 

More details about the award recipients and other honorees are listed in the blue panels on the award home page. 

James T. Neubacher Award Recipients

• 2023 Pam McGuinty
• 2022 Jill Sklar
• 2021 Vincent Pinti
• 2020 Christa A. Moran
• 2019 Doug Armstrong
• 2018 Dr. David Chesney
• 2017 Robert Adams
• 2016 Cooper Charlton
• 2015 Eric E. Hipple
• 2014 Lloyd Edward Shelton
• 2013 John F. Greden
• 2012 Samuel Bagenstos
• 2011 Richard Bernstein
• 2010 Barbara L. Kornblau
• 2009 Tobin Siebers
• 2008 Gary Talbot
• 2007 Sarah Miro Wilcox
• 2006 Dennis Borel
• 2005 Carey Larabee
• 2004 Mary DeKeon
• 2003 Christopher Savoie
• 2002 Henry L. Kanar
• 2001 Hilary U. Cohen & Sandy Ryder
• 2000 Rachel Meredith Arfa
• 1999 Michael J. Thorp
• 1998 Philip Zazove
• 1997 John W. Hagen
• 1996 Jack Bernard
• 1995 Susan Crutchfield, Marcy J. Epstein & Joanne Leonard
• 1994 Theodore M. Cole
• 1993 Emily K. Singer
• 1992 Eric Silberberg
• 1991 Joan E. Smith
• 1990 William & Mary Waring