1963            Senator Barry Goldwater                                        

1964            Senator Strom Thurmond

1965            Commander Louis S. Copley

1966            General Lewis B. Hershey

1967            His Eminence Cardinal Francis Spellman

1968            Senator John Stennis

1969            General William C. Westmoreland,

1970            General Lyman L. Lemnitzer

1971            Admiral Thomas H. Moorer

1972            Congressman F. Edward Hebert

1973            President Richard M. Nixon

1974            General Harold K. Johnson

1975            General George S. Brown

1976            James R. Schlesinger

1977            Willard F. Rockwell, Jr.

1978            Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker

1979            General Alexander M. Haig

1980            General Lewis W. Walt

1981            The Honorable Melvin R. Laird

1982            RADM James E. Van Zandt

1983            The Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger

1984            General John W. Vessey, Jr.

1985            General Frederick J. Kroesen

1986            Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp

1987            Governor William P. Clements

1988            General Bernard W. Rogers

1989            The Honorable Frank C. Carlucci

1990            The Honorable Edward J. Derwinski

1991            Senator Robert Dole

1992            General James H. Doolittle

1993            Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters

1994            Senator John McCain

1995            General Gordon R. Sullivan

1996            General George A. Joulwan

1997            General Dennis J. Reimer

1998            Congressman Ike Skelton

1999            General John M. Shalikashivili

2000            General Henry H. Shelton

2001      Congressman Floyd Spence

2002      The Honorable Anthony J. Principi

2003      Mr. H. Ross Perot

2004      Senator Jeff Sessions

2005      General Paul X. "PX" Kelley

2006      General Richard B. Myers

2007      LTG Ann E. Dunwoody

2008     Admiral Vernon E. Clark

2009      Senator Saxby Chambliss