Amicus Poloniae

Amicus Poloniae (Latin: "Friend of Poland") is a distinction, established in 1996 by the Polish ambassador to the United States and conferred annually to the citizens of the United States for merits in the field of Polish-American relations, especially in the popularization of achievements of Polish culture, sciences and the promotion of Poland in the United States.

Together with the distinction the laureate receives a plaque made from cherry wood and adorned with a brass White Eagle – the Coat of arms of Poland - and an engraved plate with the name of the laureate.

• 1996 Stefan & Wanda Wilk – Los Angeles, California, Polish Music Center, University of Southern California^[1]
• 1997 Ellen K. Lee – La Senda, California, Helena Modrzejewska Foundation, California^[2]
• 1998 Paulina Babinski – Denver, Colorado, American Council of Polish Culture in Denver^[3]
• 1999 Joshua Siegel – New York, NY, Department of Film and Video Museum of Modern Art., New York^[4]
• 2000 Paul Mazursky – Beverly Hills, California, Actor, film director; Kevin Mulroy, Los Angeles, California, Research Director, Autry Museum
• 2001 Hanna Saxon – Miami, Florida, Chopin Foundation in the USA
• 2002 George E. Pataki – governor of New York State
• 2003 Richard Farwell – Executive Director of Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
• 2004 Frank Barnyak – President of the U. S. Navy League in Los Angeles
• 2005 Anna M. Cienciala – Professor of History and Russian and Eastern European Studies, University of Kansas
• 2006 Salme Harju Steinberg – President of Northeastern Illinois University^[5]
• 2007 David Lynch – cinema director
• 2007 Clay Bullwinkel - Silicon Valley businessman and mentor of Poland-based technology companies
• 2008 Yola Czaderska-Hayek, Mahendra Patel – Chief Executive Officer, Hope Medical Institute^[6][7]
• 2009 Jane Kaczmarek – actress graduated from the University of Wisconsin and the Yale School of Drama.^[8]
• 2010 Wojciech Kielak – Former president of the Polish American Congress in Nebraska and a commanding officer in Gen. Maczek's Division in the Western European Front
• 2012 Paula Freer – Director of International Government Relations for Marathon Oil Corporation
• 2013 Teresa Lowenthal, Paul Lowenthal – American Institute of Polish Culture, Miami, Florida
• 2014 Bruce Rauner – governor of Illinois^[9]
• 2015 Georgetown University Press^[10]
• 2017 Zbigniew Kantorosinski – Chief of the Germanic and Slavic Division, Library of Congress
• 2018 Stephanie Kraft, journalist, translator^[11]
• 2019 Normal Kelker - microbiologist and historian, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences and Joann Falleta, Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, New York^[12]
• 2020 Neal Pease, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee^[13]
• 2021 John Dunn - Professor of History, Valdosta State University, Georgia^[14]
• 2022 David Strathairn, actor, Clark Young, script writer, Derek Golden, writer, "Remember this. The lesson of Jan Karski," theatrical production.
• 2023 Rick Huard - Editor in Chief, Ohio University Press^[15]

• Embassy of Poland