The ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award
This award, established by Dorothy Rodgers, widow of Richard, recognizes an ASCAP 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 |