1961 - Charles D. Turner ('05)
1962-1965 - No Honoree
1966 - Annie Moore
1967 - J.W. (Jimmy) Thomas ('28)
1968 - Dr. Shelton L. Beatty ('19)
1969 - Lamar Pittman ('27)
1970 - Dr. Andrew D. Holt ('23)
1971-1974 - No Honoree
1975 - Irene Holt ('10) and Edith Holt ('20)
1976-1977 - No Honoree
1978 - Dolores Archie
1979 - Edith Holt ('20)
1980 - Milton Mayo ('32)
1981 - J.W. (Jimmy) Thomas ('28) and Harry Pillow ('42)
1982 - Carol Smith ('82)
1983 - Lurla B. Daniels Keith ('32)
1984 - Cindy Pickard Russell ('75)
1985 - Johnnie Hale Metcalf ('07)
1986 - J.W. (Jimmy) Thomas ('28)
1987 - Annie Pauline Keaton ('08) and G. Hervey Dickey ('10)
1988 - Norris Hassell ('45)
1989 - Wylie Wheeler ('44)
1990 - Mary Virginia Bryant ('32)
1991 - James Dedmon ('29)
1992 - Dr. R.P. Denney ('36)
1993 - T.L. Webb, Jr. ('48)
1994 - Ralph Holt ('39)
1995 - Naomi Spellings Ogle ('50)
1996 - Martha Dedmon Wilson ('43)
1997 - Wylie Wheeler ('44)
1998 - Bob Parkins ('47)
1999 - Laura Rushing Stewart ('64)
2000 - Marcelle Stevens Moore ('60)
2001 - No Honoree
2002 - Liz Keaton Ownby ('59) and Mary Moore Collins ('62)
2003 - Rex Tatum ('53)
2004 - Bobbie Sue Pratt Priddy ('54)
2005 - Steve Short ('70)
2006 - Brint ('61) and Olga Balko Mallard ('61)
2007 - Glenda Houston Hughes ('67) and Lacee Jacobs Mallard ('67)
2008 - Lewis Baird ('68)
2009 - No Honoree
2010 - Joyce Reynolds Doyle ('65)
2011 - Alan Taylor ('81)
2012 - Pam Day Franklin ('67)
2013 - William H. "Bill" Pitt ('58)
2014 - Jerry Thetford ('64)
2015 - Avery Williamson ('10)
2016 - No Honoree
2017 - Victor Parkins ('87)
2018 - Dr. David H. Holt, Sr. ('50)
2019 - Paul Thomas ('89)
2020 - Dianne Price Thompson ('65)