List of Awards Presented by the Polish American Congress, Illinois Division
(Since 2000)
| 2025 | |
| Heritage Award | Polish Museum of America Alliance of Polish Clubs in the USA |
| Arts/Artistic | Kinga Modjeska |
| Community Service Award | Irene Moskal-DelGiudice |
| Legacy Award | Dr. George Otto |
| Philanthropic Award | Zofia Bobak & Paul Bobak |
| 2024 | |
| Heritage Award | Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America |
| Charles Rozmarek Award | Veterans of the Warsaw Uprising |
| Arts/Artistic | Agata Paleczny |
| Business | Jenny & Januch Barsh MBB Enterprises of Chicago, Inc |
| Literary Award | Dr. Bogdan Kotnis |
| Media Award | Zygmunt Rygiel |
| President’s Award | Kate & Janusz Kulczuga – Ulitmate Machines & Engineeriing |
| Public Service Award | Honorable Diann Marsalek |
| 2023 | |
| Heritage Award | Copernicus Foundations |
| Charles Rozmarek Award | Zofia Biernadskia |
| Arts/Artistic | Collegium Cantorium Polinia Choir |
| Business | Piotr Wojtowicz |
| Cultural Award | Krzysztof Kamyszew |
| Philanthropic Award | Bogdan Bosak |
| President’s Award | Alicja Otap & Paul Kawa |
| 2022 | |
| Heritage Award | James J. Robaczewski |
| Arts/Artistic | Barbara Kozuchowska & Julitta Mroczkowska-Brecher |
| Business | Dariusz Godlewski, RFC |
| Community Service Award | Lukasz Dudka |
| Life Achievement Award | Lady Blanka Rosenthiel |
| Philanthropic Award | Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union |
| President’s Award | Tadeusz Kosciuszko School of Polish Language |
| 2021 | |
| Heritage Award | Dr. Rudnicki & PAMS |
| Academic/Professional | Dr. Bozena Nowicka McLees |
| Business | Mark & Agnes Kowalczyk |
| Civic Award | Kris Wasowicz |
| Philanthropic Award | Legion of Young Polish Women |
| President’s Award | Andrew Sochaj |
| Public Service Award | Bishop Andrew Wypych |
| 2020 | |
| Covid | Heritage Awards Banquet Cancelled |
| 2019 | |
| Heritage Award | Bishop Thomas Poprocki |
| Arts/Artistic | Ewa Milde & Bogdan Lanko |
| Civic Award | Richard Owsiany |
| Community Service Award | Lucie Bucki |
| Historian Award | Dominic Pacyga |
| Media Award | Jacek Niemczyk |
| Philanthropic Award | Tom Startek |
| President’s Award | Maria Roszek-Kucharski |
| Public Service Award | Martin Obrecki |
| 2018 | |
| Heritage Award | Frank Spula |
| Community Service Award | Mary Anselmo |
| Media Award | Zosia Boris |
| Philanthropic Award | Marzena & Gregory Handzel |
| President’s Award | Jan Kopec & Lucja Mirowska-Kopec, PhD |
| Public Service Award | Illinois National Guard |
| Service to Polish Community | Polish Scouting Org, Chicago |
| 2017 | |
| Heritage Award | Andrew Przybylo |
| Business | Wldemar Czerpak |
| Community Service Award | Zygmunt Golinski |
| Composer & Educator | Marta Ptaszynska |
| Polish Culture Award | Barbara Bilszta & Wojciech Niewrzol |
| President’s Award | Wanda Morgan & Krzysztof Arsenowicz |
| Scientist & Eduator | Piotr D. Moncarz, Phd -Engineering |
| Service to Polish Community | Polish Schools |
| 2016 | |
| Heritage Award | Maria Siemionow, MD |
| Academic/Professional | Prof Andrzej Nowak |
| Humanitarian | Fr. Waclaw Lech Ocd |
| Lifetime Patriot Award | Wiktor Wegrzyn |
| Military Valor | Tadeusz Terlikowski |
| Philanthropic Award | Zbigniew Karas |
| President’s Award | Aurelia Pucinski |
| Sports Award | Olivia Smoliga |
| 2015 | |
| Heritage Award | Fr. Richard Milek |
| Civic Award | Romuald Matuszczak |
| Cultural Award | Anna Krysinski |
| Media Award | Ireneusz Wroblewski Eryk |
| Philanthropic Award | Dorothy Malachowski |
| President’s Award | Marek Rudnicki, MD |
| Public Service Award | Judge Diann Marsalek |
| 2014 | |
| Heritage Award | Kazimierz Nowaczyk |
| Community Service Award | Fr. Zdzislaw Jason Torba |
| Historian Award | Daniel Pogorzelski |
| Life Achievement Award | Stanislaw Wajdeman |
| Media Award | Wojciech Borkowski |
| Polish Culture Award | Jan Milun |
| President’s Award | Donald E. Pienkos |
| Sports Award | Kpt Andrzej Piotrowski |
| 2013 | |
| Heritage Award | Lucja Sliwa |
| Arts/Artistic | Basia & Leonard Myszynski (film director Photo |
| Community Service Award | Camille Kopielski |
| Cultural Award | Marian Bryja |
| President’s Award | Congressman Mike Quigley |
| Sports Award | Piotr Sliwa |
| 2012 | |
| Heritage Award | Dr. Wieslaw K. Binienda |
| Business | Chef Michael Lachowicz |
| Community Service Award | Elizabeth & Mira Link |
| Cultural Award | Magdalena Solarz |
| Lifetime Patriot Award | Slawa & George Swirdeski |
| Media Award | Wanda Urbanska |
| Philanthropic Award | Halina & Stanislaw Urbaniak |
| President’s Award | Geraldine Balut Coleman |
| 2011 | |
| Heritage Award | Maria Bronny Ciesla |
| Business | Adam Andrzejewski |
| Life Achievement Award | Louis Koncza |
| President’s Award | Chester A. Lizak |
| Young Professional Award | Agnes Ptasznik |
| 2010 | |
| Heritage Award | Steve E. Pocztowski |
| 2009 | |
| Heritage Award | Polish Institute of Arts & Science of America |
| Business | PACC |
| Community Service Award | Rev Thaddeus Dzieszko |
| Media Award | Walter Kotaba |
| Polish Culture Award | Polish Highlanders Alliance of N. America |
| President’s Award | Eva Betka |
| 2008 | |
| Heritage Award | Charles F. Merbs |
| Civic Award | Ald. Robert W. Fioretti |
| Historic Award | PACBA/Jamestown Com. |
| President’s Award | Stanley Bogobowicz |
| Sports Award | Lawrence Langowski |
| 2007 | |
| Heritage Award | Dr. Julian E. Kulski |
| Community Service Award | Malgorzata Kiesz |
| Humanitarian | Les Kuczynski |
| Media Award | John Kass |
| President’s Award | Joseph Sikora |
| 2006 | |
| Heritage Award | Wallace Ozog |
| Community Service Award | Comdr Ralph Price |
| Public Service Award | Charlie Wojciechowski |
| Deus et Patria Award | Rev Michal Osch & Holy Trinity Mission |
| 2005 | |
| Heritage Award | Msgr Zdzislaw Peszkowski Survivors of the Katyn Forest Massacre Antoni Piechuta Veterans of the Battle of Monte Casino John Zadarnowski Veteran of the Warsaw Uprising |
| Media Award | David Ensor |
| 2004 | |
| None | None |
| 2003 | |
| Heritage Award | Scott F. Paraynski, M.D, Warren Winiarski & Alexander Wolszczan |
| Arts/Artistic | Walter Jagiello |
| Public Service Award | Mayor Gayle Smolinski |
| 2002 | |
| Heritage Award | Jerzy Kenar, Ed Paschke & Lady Blanda Aldona Rosentiel |
| Community Service Award | Sgt. John Gargul Chicago Police |
| Media Award | Charlie Wojciechowski |
| Public Service Award | Robert J. Bugielski & Ald Michael Wojcik |
| 2001 | |
| Heritage Award | Edward J. Piszek |
| Business Pioneer Award | Frank Bobak-Bobak Sausage, Wojciech Cioromski- Troy Realty Barbara & Roman Cooper-CRA Inglot Family Walter Kotaba-Polamer Stanley Stawski |
| 2000 | |
| Heritage Award | Christine Baranski |
