Serbian Bar Association of America

Czar Dushan Award 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 Czar Dushan Awardees:

2011	Nicholas D. Chabraja
2008	Tom Karacic
2007	Nikola Kostich
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
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:

2010 Gregory A. Freeman
Author of The Forgotten 500

2008 His Grace the Right Reverend Irinej

2007 The Honorable Melissa Bean
House of Representatives

2006 Vlade Divac
Philanthropist, Group Seven Foundation

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