| Year |
Award Winner |
Class |
Profession |
| 1980 |
M.D. 'Pete' McVay |
1935 |
President of Cargill, Inc. |
| 1981 |
Martin Pence |
1930 |
Senior Federal Judge in Hawaii |
| 1982 |
Lorene Cuthbertson Harrison |
1923 |
Cultural Pioneer in Alaska |
| 1983 |
Robert Brock |
1942 |
President of Brock Hotel Corporation |
| 1984 |
Dr. Ruth Thompson |
1912 |
Master Teacher and Chemist |
| 1985 |
Ralph Ball |
1933 |
U.S. Farm Credit Board, Master Farmer |
| 1986 |
Dr. George W. Gill |
1959 |
Scientist and Anthropologist |
| 1987 |
Dr. Joseph McFarland |
1947 |
President of Geneva College |
| 1987 |
Roberta Dill McFarland |
1947 |
Outstanding Teacher |
| 1988 |
Dr. Larry Oline |
1955 |
Expert Consultant and Professor |
| 1989 |
Dr. David McCreery |
1965 |
Archiologist and Consultant |
| 1990 |
Dr. Robert Neil Hazlett |
1943 |
Developer of Rocket Fuels |
| 1991 |
Dr. Marion Hanlon |
1939 |
Physician and CEO |
| 1992 |
Dr. Linda Haney McClain |
1965 |
Associate Professor at KU Med Center |
| 1993 |
William Elbl |
1942 |
Chemical Engineer |
| 1994 |
Carol Mead Walton |
1962 |
Director of Medicare Operations |
| 1995 |
Rev. John Haspels |
1965 |
Missionary in Ethiopia and Sudan |
| 1995 |
Gwen Adair Haspels |
1966 |
Missionary in Ethiopia and Sudan |
| 1996 |
John Engelland |
1956 |
Mechanical Engineer and Master Farmer |
| 1996 |
Judy Buel Engelland |
1957 |
Kansas Homemaker of the Year |
| 1997 |
Thomas M. Heter |
1956 |
Lockheed Martin Astronautics |
| 1998 |
Dr. Lorin Craig Wagerle |
1968 |
Research Physiologist |
| 1999 |
Dr. Margaret Ross Van Horn |
1947 |
Psychiatrist |
| 2000 |
Dr. James D. Engelland |
1958 |
Vice President of Lockheed Martin |
| 2001 |
Fred S. Long |
1960 |
Research Scientist |
| 2002 |
Paul Buchanan |
1949 |
District Court Judge in Kansas |
| 2003 |
Karl Cunningham |
1946 |
Educator and College Administrator |
| 2004 |
Konstance Mitchell |
1948 |
Special Education Parent Facilitator |
| 2005 |
Frank Holmes Chesky |
1951 |
Military Doctor, Psychiatrist |
| 2006 |
Don Reed |
1964 |
VP of Institutional Financing at Sterling College
|
| 2007 |
Susan Riffe |
1981 |
Professor/Sr. Lecturer at Southern Methodist University |
| 2008 |
Jennifer Sturges |
1970 |
Outstanding Teacher |
| 2009 |
John Wilkey |
1963 |
Farmer and Community/Church Leader |
| 2010 |
Roberta Strickler Heter |
1958 |
Administrator and High School Principal
|
| 2011 |
Deborah Laudermilk |
1967 |
School Administrator and Educator |