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| 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 |