| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Paula Mayer and Sharon Calcote |
| 2018 | Sheldon Johnson |
| 2016 | Bob Miller and Ann Ventress |
| 2014 | Edith Pfeffer and Jane Regan |
| 2013 | Craig Mitckes |
| 2012 | Karl Samp |
| 2011 | Ruth Hawkins |
| 2010 | Frank Nickell |
| 2009 | Alma Blair |
| 2008 | M.J. Smith |
| 2007 | Greg Pruitt |
| 2006 | Al Lorenz |
| 2005 | Patsy Ramacitti |
| 2004 | Carol Zoff |
| 2003 | Sidney Babin |
| 2002 | Gene Enke |
| 2001 | Mark Kross |
| 2000 | Don Ammons |
| 1999 | Andrew Golfis |
| 1998 | Charles W. Dean and John Bernhagen |
| 1997 | Nancy Clark |
| 1996 | Rep. Don Frerichs and Diane Haneklau |
| 1995 | Donna Krebsbach |
| 1994 | Ann Cash |
| 1993 | Evan Zantow |
| 1992 | No Award Presented |
| 1991 | James Everettt and Roy Finley |
| 1990 | Senator Sam Vadalabene |
| 1989 | Don Ammons |
| 1988 | Sen. Gene Waldorf |
| 1987 | John Edman and Jerry Enzler |
| 1986 | Marty Beekman |
| 1985 | Gip Robertson |
| 1984 | John Bernhagen and Herb Meschen |
| 1983 | Otto Olson and Judy Stough |
| 1982 | George Koenigsaecker and R.C. (Tom) Leverich |
| 1981 | H. Dan Derbes and Don Fawcett |
| 1980 | Tom Mracek and Bob Robinson |
| 1979 | George Bechtel and Max Love |
| 1978 | Senator Omer Avery and Charles Millman |
| 1977 | Ivan E. Dull and William Logan |
| 1976 | Congressman James Oberstar and Helen M. Spencer |