LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
  A living professional in the arts who has contributed significantly to the arts, who was born in the St. Louis area or spent formative or creative years in the St. Louis area, and whose accomplishments or contributions have had a local, national or international impact on our cultural heritage.  
 
2000
 

Grace Bumbry

For Music and Operatic Performance
 

Katherine Dunham

For Dance and Choreography
 

Lanford Wilson

For Playwriting
 
     

John Goodman

For Comedic and Dramatic Acting
 

Dr. Richard Yoder
For Philanthropy to Theater