A nominee must have either majored or minored in journalism or worked for student publications. A nominee must have established a career in some phase of journalism, making the person worthy of recognition and acknowledgement.
1961 J. William Click
1962 James Rohrabaugh
1963 Dean Detweiler
1964 Ralph J. Whitinger
1965 Glenn M. White
1966 Homer W. King
1967 Dale Burgess
1968 William Du Bois Jr.
1969 Marilyn Walker
1970 Robert Heintzelman
1971 Don Park, Michael Rogers
1972 Marie McCarty Geary
1973 Kathleen Meehan
1974 Richard P. Johns
1975 Nancy Green
1976 Robert Goebel
1977 Eugene Policinski
1978 Deborah Taylor Givens
1979 Samuel P. Smith
1980 Dala "Dee" McKinsey
1981 Michael P. Smith
1982 Debbie Marquardt
1983 Alan G. Lisle
1984 Betsy Ross
1985 Beverley Pitts
1986 Fred Blevens
1987 Brian T. Usher, Sandra Usher
1988 Kristine Sandrick
1989 Phil Schermerhorn
1990 Marilyn Weaver
1991 Holly Miller
1992 Myra Borshoff
1993 Peter Nye
1994 Jon Hughes
1995 James Yunker
1996 Timothy M. Andrews
1997 Milbert O. Brown
1998 Douglas A. Toney
1999 Bruce E. Konkle
2000 Don Yaeger
2001 Bradley D. Wilks
2002 Terry Nelson
2003 Karen Garloch
2004 Raymond S. Begovich
2005 Amy Ahlersmeyer
2006 Paul Nussbaum
2007 Bernie Kohn