2017 David Allen, Reedsburg, Wis.
2016 Eric Silva, Beaver, Ore.
2015 Lyon Jerseys LLC, Toledo, Iowa
2014 Silver Spring Farm, Syracuse, N.Y.
2013 Bearl and Joanne Seals, Cloverdale, Ore.
2012 Dutch Hollow Farm, Paul Chittenden Family, Schodack Landing, N.Y.
2011 Dan K. Bansen, Dayton, Ore.
2010 Donald and Elsa Sherman, Hilmar, Calif.
2009 Ahlem Farms Partnership and Ed Fisher, Hilmar, Calif.
2008 James S. Huffard III, Crockett, Va.
2007 Robert Bignami and Harlan Askeland, Orland, Calif.
2006 Aaron Richards, Farmington, Utah
2005 William, Barbara and David Mason, Buhl, Idaho
2004 Charles J. Steer, Cottage Grove, Tenn.
2003 James Chaney, Bowling Green, Ky.
2002 Duane Wickstrom, Hilmar, Calif.
2001 Duane Kuhlman, Snohomish, Wash.
2000 Charles L. Lutz, Newton, N.C.
1999 Robert and Barbara Howard, Tillamook, Ore.
1998 Robert Stiles Family, Clearbook, Va.
1997 Albert Bradford, Turner, Maine
1996 Elmer D. Larson, Roy, Wash.
1995 Edward, Harold, and Donald Wright, White River Junction, Vt.
1994 Walter and Sally Goodrich, West Danville, Vt.
1993 Dr. J. J. Malnati, Newberry, S.C.
1992 Phil V. Fanelli, Hilmar, Calif.
1991 Henry P. Knolle, Sandia, Texas
1990 Stanley K. Bansen, Dayton, Ore.
1989 Ralph and Betty Reichert, Riley, Kans.
1988 Ray Chamberlain, Wyoming, N.Y.
1987 Robert S. Pike and Family, Cornish, Maine
1986 John R. Owen, Lewisburg, Tenn.
1985 Newell Mills, Fallon, Nev.
1984 Walter H. and Joan Brown, Hughson, Calif.
1983 Stanley N. Chittenden, New Lebanon, N.Y.
1982 Curtis Hobson, Athens, Tenn.
1981 W. L. Payton, Stephenville, Texas
1980 Mrs. A. G. Rankin and Sons, Faunsdale, Ala.
1979 John Bishop VI, Columbus, N.J.
1978 Henry W. Black, West Baldwin, Maine
1977 Mrs. H. G. Wilde, Lenox, Mass.
1976 James and Georgia Pappas, Modesto, Calif.
1975 Mrs. Diana Ryan, Newport, R.I.
1974 Antone J. Regli, Ferndale, Calif.
1973 Earl Hutchinson, Tunbridge, Vt.
1972 Willis Rupert, New Waterford, Ohio
1971 Milton Humberd, Cleveland, Tenn.
1970 H. Fowler Hupman, Springfield, Ohio
1969 Charles S. Kelly, Hudson, Wis.
1968 Henry Uihlein, Lake Placid, N.Y.
1967 E. E. Greenough, Merced, Calif.
1966 C. Scott Mayfield, Athens, Tenn.
1965 Chester Folck, Springfield, Ohio
1964 Clifton F. Russell, Rossville, Ga.
1963 William Ross Proctor, Pittstown, N.J.
1962 Russel Hoar, Newark, Ohio
1961 C. Edward Knolle, Sandia, Texas
1960 Col. H. G. Wilde, Lenox, Mass.
1959 A. W. Sweet, Sixes, Ore.
1958 J. Chester Elliff, Tulia, Texas
1957 John R. Sibley, Spencer, Mass.
1956 J. L. Hutcheson, Jr., Rossville, Ga.
1955 Maurice Pollak, Lincroft, N.J.
1954 Dale Dean, Ridgeway, Mich.
1953 Herman F. Heep, Buda, Texas
1952 Frank W. Barber, Fayetteville, Tenn.
1951 N. M. Tibbles, Independence, Ore.
1950 Judge J. G. Adams, Asheville, N.C.
1949 Dr. Howard D. Odum, Chapel Hill, N.C.
1948 Guy Miller, Modesto, Calif.
1947 E. S. Brigham, St. Albans, Vt.
1946 George W. Sisson, Jr., Potsdam, N.Y.
1945 W. R. Kenan, Jr., Lockport, N.Y.
1944 William MacPherson, Thomasville, Ga.
2017 Craig A. Rhein, Pine Grove, Penna.
2016 Charles D. Ahlem, Hilmar, Calif.
2015 George and Shirley Barlass, Janesville, Wis.
2014 Glen and Marilyn Easter, Laurens, S.C.
2013 James Ahlem, Hilmar, Calif.
2012 John Palmer, Cornish, Maine
2011 Donald Sherman, Hilmar, Calif.
2010 Paul C. Chittenden, Schodack Landing, N.Y.
2009 Dr. Robert C. and Helene Z. Dreisbach, Mercer, Penna.
2008 David W. Spahr, Findlay, Ohio
2007 Alvin Moss, Litchfield Park, Ariz.
2006 Ted W. Luther, Mt. Ulla, N.C.
2005 J. Lawrence Benson, New Lebanon, N.Y.
2004 Neal F. Schirm, Canal Winchester, Ohio
2003 D. L. Strandberg, D.V.M., Alma Center, Wis.
2002 Ray R. Schooley, Marshfield, Mo.
2001 Harold W. Roller, Weyers Cave, Va.
2000 Dr. J. J. Malnati, Newberry, S.C.
1999 Elmer D. Larson, Burlington, Wash.
1998 Richard H. Clauss, Hilmar, Calif.
1997 Harold Owens, Frederic, Wis.
1996 Max Gordon, Winchester, Ind.
1995 W. R. Lutz, Newton, N.C.
1994 John Giacomini, Eureka, Calif.
1993 Maurice E. Core, Columbus, Ohio
1992 Richard A. Riggs, Evansville, Ind.
1991 Edwin L. Crotty, Trenton, N.J.
1990 Dr. H. Duane Norman, Fulton, Md.
1989 Robert Lord, Woodstock, Vt.
1988 Dr. John Wilk, Raleigh, N.C.
1987 G. Joe Lyon, Toledo, Iowa
1986 W. Charles McGinnis, Mountville, S.C.
1985 J. F. Cavanaugh, Columbus, Ohio
1984 Dr. C. A. Ernstrom, Logan, Utah
1983 Ray Chamberlain, Wyoming, N.Y.
1982 C. L. Collins, Jr., Sylacauga, Ala.
1981 Harold Wright, White River Junction, Vt.
1980 Clyde K. Chappell, Knoxville, Tenn.
1980 Newell Mills, Fallon, Nev.
1979 John Weir Jr., Geuda Springs, Kans.
1978 Jean E. Lemmermen, Tiffin, Ohio
1977 Dr. J. H. Arnold, Newnan, Ga.
1977 Reuben R. Cowles, Statesville, N.C.
1976 Wyatt A. Williams, Orange, Va.
1975 Mrs. Thomas H. Carruthers, III, Glendale, Ohio
1975 Paul Sparrow, Athens, Tenn.
1974 Capt. T. J. and Elizabeth Bay , Lynden, Wash.
1973 Amzi Rankin, Jr., Faunsdale, Ala.
1972 Arthur Dieterich, Sherman, Texas
1971 Stanley N. Chittenden, New Lebanon, N.Y.
1970 E. Lea Marsh, Jr., Old Lyme, Conn.
1969 M. L. Baird, Springfield, Ohio
1968 H. I. Sawyer, Hughson, Calif.
1967 Henry P. Knolle, Sandia, Texas
1966 Joseph F. Sawyer, Galt, Calif.
1965 Charles S. Kelly, Hudson, Wis.
1964 Herbert G. Myers, Boise, Idaho
1963 R. K. Stout, Lansing, Mich.
1962 Harriet J. Groos, Vancouver, Wash.
1961 Paul Jackson, Wilmington, Ohio
1960 Ernest Greenough, Merced, Calif.
1959 Chester Folck, Springfield, Ohio
1958 Lynn Copeland, Nashville, Tenn.
1957 R. C. Calloway, Baton Rouge, La.
1956 Judge Peter J. Shields, Sacramento, Calif.
1955 Harold J. Turner, Bethel, Vt.
1954 W. W. Trout, Springfield, Ohio
2017 Kent A. Weigel, Ph.D., Madison, Wis.
2016 Richard H. Clauss, Hilmar, Calif.
2015 Paula M. England, Columbus, Ohio
2014 Richard "Dick" Smith, DeForest, Wis.
2013 Robert Cropp, Ph.D., and Edward V. Jesse, Ph.D., Madison, Wis.
2012 Duane Norman, Ph.D., Fulton, Md.
2012 Curtis P. Van Tassell, Ph.D., Beltsville, Md.
2011 David L. Brandau, Wilton, Wis.
2011 David E. Parkinson, Sahuarita, Ariz.
2010 Joseph A. Lineweaver, Ph.D., Radford, Va.
2009 Ronald E. Pearson, Ph.D., Blacksburg, Va.
2008 Henry Dowlen, Lewisburg, Tenn.
2007 John C. Wilk, Ph.D., Raleigh, N.C.
2006 Clarence C. Olson, Madison, Wis.
2005 Rodger Hoyt, Delaware, Ohio
2004 Michael Brown, Seattle, Wash.
2003 Merlin D. Woodruff, Urbana, Ohio
2003 M. Charlene Nardone, Orient, Ohio
2002 John Jeter, Hilmar, Calif.
2001 Calvin Covington, Ocala, Fla.
2000 Allen D. Meyer, West Fargo, N.D.
1999 Morris B. Ewing, Tucson, Ariz.
Hilton Boynton, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Clyde Chappell, Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Blair Maxwell "Max" Drake, NOBA
Professor W. H. Eaton, Auburn University
Morris B. Ewing, American Breeders Service
Peter Kayano, Kiyosato Educational Experiment Project
Richard H. Kellogg, COBA
W. D. Knox, Hoard's Dairyman
Norma Stong Lyon, Toledo, Iowa
Eugene C. Meyer, Hoard's Dairyman
Robert E. McDowell, Ph.D., Cornell University, NCSU
Anne E. Perchard, M.B.E., Jersey
Ronald E. Pearson, Ph.D., Virginia Tech
W. E. Petersen, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
R. Dean Plowman, Ph.D., Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Carlos E. Robert, Heredia, Costa Rica
Harry A. Strohmeyer, White Plains, N.Y.
Antonio C. Urquiza, Queretaro, Mexico
Danny Weaver, Cary, Ill.
John M. White, Ph.D., Virginia Tech
John C. Wilk, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Merlin Woodruff, Urbana, Ohio
Harold Workman, Louisville, Kentucky