| 1961 |
Lyndon B. Johnson
Carlos P. Romulo |
| 1962 |
John Sherman Cooper
Herman Lee Donovan
William F. O'Donnell |
| 1963 |
Henry H. Hill
Homer W. Carpenter
Bert T. Combs |
| 1964 |
Norman Vincent Peale
Carl D. Perkins
Richard J. Evans
Jesse H. Stuart |
| 1965 |
Charles Elmore Beck
Garvice D. Kincaid
William F. Miller |
| 1966 |
Edward N. Breathitt
William S. Hayes
John W. Macy
Earle C. Clements
Irene Steed Muir |
| 1967 |
Francis L. Dale
Gale McGee
Thomas McDonough
Mabel Pollitt Adams |
| 1968 |
Louie B. Nunn
Fess Parker
Ralph H. Woods
Edward C. Pomeroy |
| 1969 |
Scott Carpenter
Merritt Madison Chambers
Thruston B. Morton |
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| 1970 |
Florence B. Stratemeyer
James L. Sublett
Adron Doran
Harry M. Caudill |
| 1971 |
William Robert Moody
Clarence Gifford
Kelly Thompson |
| 1972 |
Edith Green
Robert M. Worthington
Allan W. Ostar |
| 1973 |
Wendell Ford
Pauline Knapp
Harlan Sanders
Robert L. Nichols
Russell I. Todd |
| 1974 |
Julian Carroll
Earle B. Combs
Felix W. DeWeldon
Mary Jo Hill
Irvin Lunger
William L. Wallace
Tim Lee Carter |
| 1975 |
Harry M. Sparks
Carl M. Hill
Louis Smith
Walter D. Huddleston
James Chenault |
| 1976 |
James E. Bassett
Robert R. Hensley
Ewart W. Johnson
Margaret Lindsey
Thomas D. Clark
J. Winston Coleman |
| 1977 |
Robert R. Martin
Karl D. Bays
Merle B. Karnes
Helen E. Brown
Jerome P. Keper
Martha C. Sudduth |
| 1978 |
Lillie D. Chaffin
Floyd Hunter
Flonnia C. Taylor
Eula Bingham |
| 1979 |
Francis S. Hutchins
Charles Pilliod
Dero Downing |
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| 1980 |
John Y. Brown, Jr.
Richard B. Davis
Harry S. Broudy |
| 1981 |
Frank G. Dickey
James M. Boswell
Mildred L. Montag |
| 1982 |
Albert P. Smith
Joseph H. Keller
Rupert N. Evans
Charles B. Flood |
| 1983 |
Kenneth Perry
Jo Eleanor Elliott
A.D. Albright
Louise G. Hutchins |
| 1984 |
John S. Palmore
Thomas Herndon |
| 1985 |
Martha Layne Collins
J.C. Powell
John Irwin
LeRoy T. Walker |
| 1986 |
Robert D. Bell
R.R. Richards
Peter P. Lejins
Thomas D. Little |
| 1987 |
Donald R. Dizney
Robert B. Morgan |
| 1988 |
Wallace Wilkinson
Thomas Gray
Hal Rogers
Clarke T. Gray |
| 1989 |
Larry J. Hopkins
Frances Burke
Betty Asher |
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| 1990 |
John R. Hall
Joseph W. Phelps |
| 1991 |
Angela Barron McBride
Raymond E. Giltner
Lyman V. Ginger |
| 1992 |
Betty L. Siegel
Robert V. Remini |
| 1993 |
John D. Rowlett
John Ed McConnell
Elmer Whitaker |
| 1994 |
Warren W. Rosenthal
N. Mitchell Meade |
| 1995 |
Bobbie Ann Mason
Helen M. Reed
Elizabeth M. Nuss |
| 1996 |
C. Vernon Cooper, Jr.
Hazel C. Little |
| 1997 |
James C. Klotter
Louise Rutledge Dowerman
Carl E. Hurley |
| 1998 |
Harold Glenn Campbell
Hanly Funderburk
Ted C. Gilbert
J. Malcolm Grear |
| 1999 |
Cecil Karrick
Joseph E. Lambert
Ralph W. Beiting |
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| 2000 |
| David Barrow Dick |
| 2001 |
Robert F. Sexton
John M. Keane |
| 2002 |
Helen Thomas
Mitchell Tolle |
| 2003 |
Kevin W. Cosby
Finley R. Hamilton |
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