The Alan Truscott Award is presented periodically to an individual or organisation that, in the opinion of the IBPA Executive, has done something in the world of bridge that Alan would have approved of and appreciated. Alan was an IBPA Executive member, serving as its president from 1981 to 1985 and was the long-time bridge editor of The New York Times.
These are the recent winners of the award.
| Year | The Alan Truscott Memorial Award |
|---|---|
| 2023 Presented in 2024 | No award |
| 2022 | Marek Malysa |
| 2021 | No award |
| 2020 | Jan van den Hoek (Netherlands) & Tom Reynolds |
| 2019 | Simon Cochemé |
| 2018 | Bridge Baron Stephen Smith & Ron Tacchi |
| 2017 | Bridge Winners The Bridge Winners principals are Gavin Wolpert, Jason Feldman, Steve Weinstein, Eugene Hung, Greg Humphreys, Polly Siegel and Robert Jungblut |
| 2016 | Betsy Lerner for “The Bridge Ladies” & Julian Laderman for “Bumblepuppy Days” |
| 2015 | The Investigators Traian Chira, who initiated the videos, collected the award on behalf of The Investigators |
| 2014 | Frank Stewart |
| 2013 | Ian McKinnon for “Duplicate Bridge Schedules, History and Mathematics” |
| 2012 | Tim Bourke |
| 2011 | Roland Wald |
| 2010 | Louis Sachar for “The Cardturner” |
| 2009 | Gary M. Pomerantz for “The Devil’s Tickets”, an unusual bridge tale |
| 2008 | Liu Siming, Vice-President of the Chinese Contract Bridge Association |