Award Year

Recipient

Hometown

1981

Benton E. Gates, Sr

Columbia City

1982

John A. Kendall

Danville

1983

Paul E. Beam

Indianapolis

1984

Telford B. Orbison

New Albany

1985

Carl M. Gray

Petersburg

1986

Thomas M. Scanlon

Indianapolis

1987

Addison M. Beavers

Boonville

1988

James F. Thornburg

South Bend

1989

Robert A. Gemmill

Marion

1990

William S. Gordon, Sr.

Huntington

1991

Frank W. Campbell

Noblesville

1992

C. Ben Dutton

Indianapolis

1993

John W. Houghton

Indianapolis

1994

Samuel R. Rosen

Nashville

1995

Lewis C. Bose

Indianapolis

1996

Warren E. McGill

South Bend

1997

John L. Carey

South Bend

1998

Philip S. Cooper

Anderson

1999

Harold H. McConnell

North Vernon

2000

Leon R. Kaminski

La Porte

2001

Rabb Emison

Vincennes

2002

Lester M. Ponder

Indianapolis

2003

K. Edwin Applegate

Bloomington

2004

Jeanne S. Miller

New Haven

2005

Sylvan W. Tackitt

Bloomington

2006*

Philip “Skip” S. Kappes

Indianapolis