PROGRAMS
We host several programs a year featuring keynote presentations by renowned thought leaders. Every other year, we host the award ceremony for the Truman Medal for Economic Policy, which we co-sponsor with the Harry S. Truman Library Institute and the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri—Kansas City.
Truman Medal for Economic Policy
In alternate years, the Club also hosts the award ceremony for the Truman Medal for Economic Policy, co-sponsored with the Harry S. Truman Library Institute and the Henry W. Bloch School of management at the University of Missouri—Kansas City. The Truman medal is awarded to an economist who has made extraordinary contributions to the nation's economic policy.
The 2026 Truman Medal for Economic Policy will be awarded to Sheila Bair, Former FDIC Chair, in a special program in 2026.
Learn about our partners.
The Truman Library
The Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the
University of Missouri—Kansas City
2026 Recipient
Sheila Bair
Former FDIC Chair
Past Recipients
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2024
Thomas Hoenig
Former Federal Reserve Chair of Kansas City
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2022
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Former Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
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2019
Janet L. Yellen
Former Federal Reserve Chair/ US Secretary of Treasury
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2017
Robert J. Shiller
Nobel Prize-winning Economist
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2015
John B. Taylor
Former Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution
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2013
Alice M. Rivlin
Former Founding Director of the Congressional Budget Office
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2011
Allan H. Meltzer
Former Fellow of the Hoover Institution
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2009
Paul A. Volcker
Former Chair, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
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2007
George P. Shultz
Former US Secretary of State
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2005
Alan Greenspan
Former Federal Reserve Chair
Past Events
Rob Riggle
Actor / Comedian
2022 May 03
Roger Ferguson, Jr.
Former President and CEO of TIAA; Former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
2022 Jun 10
Esther George
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President and CEO
2022 Aug 25
