Amicus Poloniae

Amicus Poloniae ("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.

Laureates

 * 1996 Stefan & Wanda Wilk – Los Angeles, California, Polish Music Center, University of Southern California
 * 1997 Ellen K. Lee – La Senda, California, Helena Modrzejewska Foundation, California
 * 1998 Paulina Babinski – Denver, Colorado, American Council of Polish Culture in Denver
 * 1999 Joshua Siegel – New York, NY, Department of Film and Video Museum of Modern Art., New York
 * 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
 * 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
 * 2009 Jane Kaczmarek – actress graduated from the University of Wisconsin and the Yale School of Drama.
 * 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
 * 2015 Georgetown University Press
 * 2017 Zbigniew Kantorosinski – Chief of the Germanic and Slavic Division, Library of Congress
 * 2018 Stephanie Kraft, journalist, translator
 * 2019 Normal Kelker - microbiologist and historian, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences and Joann Falleta, Music Director, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, New York
 * 2020 Neal Pease, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
 * 2021 John Dunn - Professor of History, Valdosta State University, Georgia
 * 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