2015
Kyle Grantham
Mark E. Johnson
Steve Sweitzer
2014
Nancy Eskridge
Fatima NeJame
Bill Kurtis
2011
Melanie Brady Elliot
2010
Jeff Tubbs, PhD
Frank Bonner, PhD
Ben Leslie, PhD
Michelle McLoughlin
Thomas Costello
Donald Winslow
Mindy Hutchison
Thomas Kenniff
Nikon Professional Services
Think Tank Photo
PhotoShelter
2009
Congressman Walter Jones
Bob Malish
Mike Mount
Seth Gitner
Will Sullivan
Sharon Carey
James Dire
2008
Ryan Gardner
Brian Immel
Russ Kendall
Jeff Gritchen
David Grubbs
2006
Billy Calzada
Karen & Stephen Wagner
John Long
Alejandro Manrique
Kurt Wimmer
Mickey Osterreicher
Greg Smith
John Ballance
Anita Baca
2005
Mindy L. Baker
Tim Geraghty
Susan Gould
Ilene Gould
Isaac Gould
Cheryl Grant
WZZM Photojournalists
2003
Sharon Levy Freed
Dave Hamer
Cindy Kahland
Cheryl Magazine
Edna SHerer
Jim Gordon
Christi Hartsock
Karen Kring
Vince Munyon
2002
Elizabeth Mueller
Kenny Irby
Robert Dean
James M. Naughton
Michel DUcille
Robin M. McKinney
David Tenenbaum
Dave Metz
Nelson Wadsworth
Steve Sweitzer
Bill Pekala
2001
Gretel Daugherty
Frema Engel
Robert Frank
Frank Ochberg
Rodger Simpson
For their contribution to the NPPA Critical Incident Response Training program:
Travis Barrick
Ken Bizzigotti
Charles Cooper
Dennis Copeland
Brett Donnals
Pat Holloway
Michael Sherer
Joe Traver
Staci, Taylor and Kiefer Handschuh
2000
Linda Angelle
Kay Baker
Eric Kehe
Jesse, Alex and Diana Sotelo
Bradley Wilson
1999
Joe Abell
Frank Angelle
Kent Meireis
Kim Godwin and the news staff of NBC5
James Gordon
Sedda Kreabs
Manny Sotelo
Steve Sweitzer
1998
Randy Cox
Mark Eissman
Joe Elbert
Marcella Johnson
Jim McNay
Clyde Mueller
Jay Nolan
Joe Traver
1997
Ken Blase
Lynn Benson
Maurice Capobianco
Brian Baer
Rich Murphy
Jay Nolan
Katherine Smith
1996
Mike Fender
Joe Vitti
David Lutman
The Sweitzer Family
Lee Giles
WISH-TV Photo Staff
1995
Hal Buell
Tim Aubry
John Cornell
Bill Eppridge
Steve Fine
Joe Lippincott
Susan Smith
Rich Clarkson
Mary Anne Traver
1994
Joanie Carlin
Randy Cox
C. Thomas Hardin
Joseph Luster
Jim McNay
Scott Rensberger
Pete Souza
Cindy Stucky
1993
Beverly Bethune
Jerry Chong
Paul Curtis
Gene Duncan
Joe Elbert
Frank Folwell
Dave Hamer
Roy Need
Steve Sweitzer
Marilyn Upton
1992
Paul C. Curtis
Michael Edrington
Scott Henry
JoAnn Huff-Albers
Con Keyes
Karl Kuntz
John Long
Louise Morse
Clyde Mueller
Larry Nighswander
Robert Sprouls
Western Kentucky University
1991
Richard C. Clarkson
The Detroit News
Gannett Co., Inc.
James Gordon
Steve Haines
Christopher Harris
William Kuykendall
David R. Lutman
Angus McDougall
Dr. Michael Sherer
Bob Steele
1990
John W. Alhauser
Robert Brush
The Hartford Courant
Colburn Hvidston III
Paul Lester
William Luster
Michael Morse
Pat and Peggy O'Donnell
Conrad Rose
John Young
1989
Mary McCormick Busse
Colburn Hvidston
Joyce Marshall
Richard L. Oliver
Clifford Schiappa
Steve Sweitzer
Judith L. Tell
1988
Barbara Cornell
John Daughtry
James Dooley
Grant Haller
William Hodge
Ken Jones
Clifford Schiappa
Gary Settle
Harvey A. Weber
1987
John Daughtry
Barry Gray
William Luster
Robert E. Strongman
Mike Waller
Ken Wightman
1986
Bill Bates
Beverly Bethune
Mary Lou Foy
June Glenn Jr.
Fred and Harriet Matthes
Dr. Michael Sherer
1985
Claude Cookman
Charles R. Freestone
David Hamer
Callie Shell
George Sweers
Bill Thorup
1984
William S. Flippen
Mary Lou Foy
Carol Gardner
Adeline K. Morley
William Sanders
1983
Jack Corn
William Marcil
Conrad Rose
Maggie Schneider
Gerry Vuchetich
John Young
1982
Robert and Flo Brush
Charles and Nell Cooper
Edward and Karen Dooks
James Dooley
James Gordon
Fred and Harriet Matthes
1981
Mark Hertzberg
Bill Kesler
John Young
1980
Jack Anderson
Kenneth Cooke
John Faber
Walter Heun
Dick Koles
Joe Watson
1979
Lew Bush
Karen Dooks
Max Gutierrez
C.Thomas Hardin
Gary Shivers
Marvin Sussman
1978
Jack Belich
Kenneth Cooke
Jerry Gay
James Gordon
William Kuykendall
John Rhodes
Barry Sweet
1977
Flo Brush
Edward E. Dooks
Jim Dooley
Charles R. Freestone
Lucille Garrett
Skeeter Hagler
Hugh Roger-Smith
Leonard Silverman
1976
Wilbur E. Garrett
Cornelius Keyes
Angus McDougall
John Morris
Marjorie Morris
Leonard Silverman
Al Stevenson
Tommy Thompson
1975
Wilbur E. Garrett
Sheila Keyes
John Morris
Marjorie Morris
George A. Shivers
1974
J. Bruce Baumann
John Colville
Hal Lesser
Frances Spina
Al Stephenson
1973
Michael Andersen
Larry Brooks
Barry Edmonds
Bill Gallagher
June Glenn Jr.
Bob Lute
Dave Repp
William Small
Lenora Williamson
1972
Bob Brandon
Ray Covey
Dan Hardy
Rick Hartley
Othell Owensby
1971
Morris Berman
Nell Cooper
Michael Evans
Robin Garland
Gilbert Grosvenor
Robert Guerrier
Joe Kennedy
Dan Poush
Bill Snead
1970
Lt. Col. Donald Blake
David Brady
Richard C. Clarkson
Arlo Grafton
Don Heilemann
Robert Homberg
Robert Kadel
Wayne Kelly
Cliff McNair
Lt. Col. Jack Olsen
Sam C. Pierson Jr.
Conrad Rose
Robert Scott
Norwood Simmons
Bob Williams
Joe Young
1969
Chris Button
Patrick Callahan
Vi Edom
C. Thomas Hardin
Anthony Lopez
Charles Luster
Rodman Moyer
Charles Rowe
Gary Shivers
Grace Strongman
1968
Maj. Donald Blake
Richard C. Clarkson
Lt. Col. Daniel Hill
Jack Kenward
Nick Longworth
John Nuzzela
James Rutledge
1967
Erby Aucoin
Morris Berman
Charles H. Cooper
Ernie Crisp
John Faber
Charles R. Freestone
David Hamer
Alan D. Harkrader
Robert G. Harper
Charles T. Higgens
J. Winton Lemen
Robert J. Quinlan
James E. Robbins
Paul R. Schell
Bill Snead
Richard Yoakam
1966
Gen. Paul D. Adams
Jack Bradley
Ray Jones
David Nance
George Spray
Robert E. Strongman
Marvin Sussman
Jack Vann
Leigh Wilson
1965
Richard Dew
James R. Ellis
Kenneth Knudson
Lothar Konietzko
Eugene Patterson
Charles Ray
Reed Razmussen
T.J. Strasser
William Strode
1964
Ernestine Bennett
Charles Cooper
Max Heine
J.M. Heslop
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Gertrude Kington
Sam C. Pierson Jr.
Robert J. Quinlan
Steve Richards
Jack Q. Robertson
John Savage
Sue Swenson
Roger Turner
Bill Wilson
1963
Curt Armstrong
Helen S. Ericksen
O. Otto Moore
Ken Murray
Gary Settle
Jim Spracklen
Paul Threlfall
1962
Robert Brown
Joseph Costa
Don Fager
Sol Goldberg
Art Hager
Russ Hamilton
Ervin Hess
Walter Jackson
Larry Kane
Ellery Kington
Knights of AkSarBen
Joe Leidig
Dr. Charles Mayo
Eldred Reany
Gene Swierkosz
Bob Tamaska
Nelson Tiffany
Victor Tutte
1961
Robert Ames
Jack Cannon
Nell Cooper
Vi Edom
John Faber
James Gelades
Herb Johnson
Ellery Kington
Betty Linck
James McGarrity
Ed Niciejewski
Cal Olson
Eli Silverberg
Jack Swanburg
Les Swenson
Paul Threlfall
John Urwiller
Arthur Witman
1960
Ralph Armstrong
W. Kirk Braun
June Glenn Jr.
Alan Harkrader
Ann Higgins
Don Hunter
Walter Jackson
Ben Lawrence
Eddy Sykes
Maxwell Wolf
1959
French Anderson
Brooks Crummett
Robert East
Owen Johnson
Ed Kolenovsky
James L. Ligon
Maj. William Lookadoo
Paul Slantis
Dorothy Swenson
William H. Tobey
1958
Wayne Bell
Bob Boyd
Tony Garnet
Ed Maker
Ed Morgan
Regina O'Marra
Don Swenson
Earl Vogt
1957
Phillips Butler
Norman Emmons
Robert W. Lilyestrom
Francis J. Sullivan
Lois Witman
