1960

Dr. LeLand J. Haworth (Indiana) — Former member of the Atomic Energy Commission, director of the National Science Foundation

Dr. Murray D. Lincoln ( Massachusetts) — Founder and president of Nationwide Insurance; founder and chairman of the board of CARE

1962

Ernest R. Breech (Drury) — Former chairman of the board, Trans World Airlines; former chairman of the board, Ford Motor Co.

Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle (California-Berkeley) — World War II flying hero; head of the Space Technology Laboratories

Dr. John O. Gross (Simpson) — Former head of the Division of Higher Education of the Board of Education of the Methodist Church

Louis R. Menagh (Rutgers) — Former president, Prudential Insurance Co.

Jerome A. Straka (Wisconsin) — Former chairman of the board, Chesebrough-Pond’s Inc. and Prince Matchabelli, Inc.; Former executive vice president, Yardley of London, Inc.

Basil L. Walters (Indiana) — Former editor, the Chicago Daily News

William W. Warne (California-Berkeley) — Former director, Water Resources for California

1963

Alan H. Bible (Nevada-Reno) — Former U.S. Senator from Nevada

Dr. Thomas H. Carroll (California-Berkeley) — Former president, George Washington University

Maj. Gen. Luther D. Miller (Thiel) — Former chief of chaplains, U.S. Army; Canon, Washington Cathedral of the Episcopal Church

Alfred P. Murrah (Oklahoma) — Former chief justice, U.S. Court of Appeals

Dr. Clifford F. Rassweiler (Denver) — Former vice president, Johns Manville Corp.

1964

Gardnar P. Mulloy (Miami-FL) — Former captain, U.S. Davis Cup tennis team and No. 1 tennis player in America

Gerald P. Peters (Denver) — Former CEO, Francis I. DuPont & Co.

Dr. Willis M. Tate (Southern Methodist) — Former president, Southern Methodist University

1966

Dr. Elmer Belt (California-Berkeley) — Former internationally-recognized surgeon

Fred J. Borch (Case Western Reserve) — Former president, General Electric

Lester E. Cox (Drury) — Leadership in industry, transportation and communication

Curtiss E. Frank (Colgate) — Former president, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.

William S. Stuckey (Georgia) — Former president, Stuckey’s Division and vice president, Pet Milk Co.

Harry S Truman (Missouri) — 33rd President of the United States

Henry T. Vance (Pennsylvania) — Former chairman of the board, Vance, Sanders & Co., Inc., investment banker

1968

James T. Chirurg (MIT) — Former chairman of the board, Chirurg & Cairns, Inc., advertising

Adm. Joseph F. Jelley Jr. (Cornell) — U.S. Navy, retired

J. Howard Pyle (Arizona State) — Former president, the National Safety Council and governor of Arizona

Dr. Oscar Wagner (Eureka) — Former musician and educator

Robert A. Young Jr. (Arkansas) — Former president, Best Corp.

1970

Dr. Cecil Morgan (Louisiana State) — Dean Emeritus, Tulane University School of Law

Aubrey J. Wagner (Wisconsin) — Former chairman of the board, Tennessee Valley Authority

1972

Robert C. Scrivener (Toronto) — Former chairman of Bell Canada and Northern Telecom

William T. Seawell (Arkansas) — Former president and chairman of the board, Pan American Airways

1973

Dr. C. Glen King (Washington State) — Global leadership in human nutrition

Lt. Gen. William S. Lawton ( Worcester) — Former U.S. Army comptroller

Dr. C. Chester Stock (Rose-Hulman) — Former vice president and director, Walker Laboratory, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research

1974

Gen. Bruce C. Clarke (Tennessee-Knoxville) — U.S. Army officer who served in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War

Wendell Ford (Kentucky) — Former governor of Kentucky, U.S. senator from Kentucky

Chester Gould (Oklahoma State) — Creator of Dick Tracy

I. Dean Jagger (Wabash) — Academy Award-winning actor

Dr. W. Kenneth Pope (Southern Methodist) — Former bishop of the Methodist Church

1976

Harry A. Blackmun (Harvard) — Former associate justice of the Supreme Court

Edward R. Book (Penn State) — Former president and chairman, Hershey Corp.

Will A. Geer (Chicago) — Emmy Award-winning actor

Henry P. Iba (Westminster) — Hall of fame basketball coach

Milton I. Wick (Nebraska-Lincoln) — Former president, Wick Newspapers

1978

J. Maxwell Cleland (Stetson) — Former U.S. senator from Georgia and secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission

Gen. Russell E. Dougherty (Louisville) — Former commander in chief, the Strategic Air Command

1980

Howell T. Heflin (Birmingham Southern) — Former U.S. senator from Alabama

Earl W. Kintner (DePauw) — Former Washington anti-trust lawyer and chairman of the Federal Trade Commission

1982

Bennett Archambault (MIT) — Former president, Stewart Warner Corp.

Dr. Norman P. Auburn (Cincinnati) — Former president, University of Akron

F. Ray Marshall (Millsaps) — 16th U.S. Secretary of Labor

1984

Creed C. Black (Northwestern) — Former chairman and publisher, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader and president, American Society of Newspaper Editors

1985

Dr. William C. Friday (North Carolina State) — Former president, University of North Carolina and chairman of the Knight Commission

1986

Dr. James L. Bugg Jr. (Hampden-Sydney) — Former president, Old Dominion University

1988

Claude Akins (Northwestern) — Former actor of television, movies and stage

Dr. R. Richard Rubottom Jr. (Southern Methodist) — Former undersecretary of state, U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, and vice president of Southern Methodist University

1990

Glenn A. Cox Jr. (Southern Methodist) — Former president/COO, Phillips Petroleum Co.

William T. Dillard (Arkansas) — Founder of Dillards, Inc.

B.F. Skinner (Hamilton) — Psychologist, author, and inventor

George W. Spasyk (Michigan) — Former executive vice president, Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity Inc.

Robert M. Urich (Florida State) — Former TV actor

1991

Capt. Richard N. Richards (Missouri) — Former astronaut, commander of NASA’s space shuttle

1992

John P. Frazee (Randolph-Macon) — Former president /COO, Sprint Corp.

William Manchester (Massachusetts) — Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian

1994

Lt. Gen. John B. Conaway (Evansville) — Former U.S. Air Force officer

Gerald A. Johnston (California-Los Angeles) — Former president/COO, McDonnell Douglas Corp.

1996

John B. Breaux (Louisiana-Lafayette)— Former U.S. Senator from Louisiana

Dr. Malcom R. Currie (California-Berkeley) — Former CEO/president/chairman, Regal One Corp.

James R. Jones (Oklahoma) — Former U.S. congressman and U.S. ambassador

1998

Karl J. Krapek (Kettering) — Former president/COO, United Technologies Corp.

David A. Neuman (California-Los Angeles) — Former president, Disney Television

Jerre L. Stead (Iowa) — Former CEO/chairman, IHS Inc.

1999

Lawrence E. Gloyd (Hanover) — Former chairman/CEO, CLARCOR Inc.

Michael Kanne (Indiana) — Former U.S. District Judge

Dr. Vincent F. Orza (Oklahoma City) — Entrepreneur, former dean of the Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University

Dr. John E. Shay Jr. (Florida) — Former president, Marygrove College

2000

F. Duane Ackerman (Rollins) — Former chairman/CEO, BellSouth

Dr. Robert E. Alexander (Duke) — Former chancellor, University of South Carolina-Aiken

Dr. John C. Cooksey (Louisiana State) — Former U.S. congressman from Louisiana and ophthalmologist

Edward T. Foote II (Miami-FL) — Former president, University of Miami

James S. Gulmi (Baldwin-Wallace) — Former senior vice president of finance/CFO, Genesco Inc.

Joe Frank Harris (Georgia) — Former governor of Georgia

Don Marsh (Ball State) — Former chairman/CEO, Marsh Supermarkets Inc.

Dr. Abe Mickal (Louisiana State) — Former college/pro football player, doctor, and college professor

Bill Rasmussen (DePauw) — Founder, ESPN

Dr. Donald W. Zacharias (Georgetown) — Former president, Mississippi State University

2001

Keith E. Bailey (Missouri S&T) — Former president, Williams Pipe Line Co.

Kevin P. Brady (South Dakota) — Former U.S. congressman from Texas

Lloyd A. Doggett II (Texas) — Former U.S. congressman from Texas

Virgil H. Goode Jr. (Richmond) — Former U.S. congressman from Virginia

Jack Kingston (Georgia) —  Former  U.S. congressman from Georgia

Herman Meinders (Oklahoma City) — Founder, American Floral Services Inc.

Ron Paul (Gettysburg) — Former U.S. congressman from Texas; Republican presidential candidate

Curt Weldon (West Chester) — Former U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania

Michael G. Westmore (California-Santa Barbara) — Emmy-winning make-up artist (Star Trek)

2002

Jack O. Bovender (Duke) — Former CEO, HCA Inc.

Mark B. Templeton (North Carolina State) — Former CEO, Citrix Systems Inc.

2005

Joseph T. Charles (Culver-Stockton) — President/CEO, Charles Industries Ltd.

2006

James W. Abbott (South Dakota) — Former president, University of South Dakota

Woodrow Paige (Tennessee-Knoxville) — Sports columnist, ESPN commentator

2007

Dale Carlsen (Cal State – Sacramento) — Founder, Sleep Train Mattress Center

2008

C. Robert Kidder (Michigan) — Former CEO of Duracell and Borden

Vice Admiral Murrey Royar (California-Berkeley) — Former head of the U.S. Navy Supply Corp. 

Dr. Timothy L. Tucker (Union-TN) — Former president of the American Pharmacists Association

2009

Powers Boothe (Texas State) — Emmy Award-winning actor

William F. Hayes III (DePauw) — Former actor, performer, singer

Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger (Evansville) — Former adjutant general of Indiana, Indiana Army and Air National Guard

Mark Schultz (Kansas State) — Singer-songwriter

Oliver R. Smoot (MIT) — Former chairman, American National Standards Institute and president of the International Organization for Standardization.

2010

Allen I. Olson (North Dakota) — Former governor of North Dakota

John Quinones (St. Mary’s) — Anchor/Correspondent, ABC News

2012

Kevin W. Yoder (Kansas) — Former U.S. congressman from Kansas

2013

Bishop Larry Goodpaster (Millsaps) — Retired bishop of the United Methodist Church

Dr. E. Bruce Heilman (North Carolina State) — Former president of the University of Richmond and Meredith College

2014

Gov. Dennis Daugaard (South Dakota) — Former governor of South Dakota

2015

Gen. William Ingram (North Carolina State) – Retired lieutenant general, Director of Army National Guard

Hon. Gerald Vandewalle (North Dakota) – North Dakota Supreme Court Judge

Howard Benson (Georgia) – Former CEO of Benson Hospitality Group & Benson Bakery

2016

John C. Goff (Texas-Austin) – Co-founder of Crescent Real Estate and Head of Goff Capital Partners

2018

Larry R. Holley (William Jewell) – Legendary men’s basketball coach at William Jewell with more than 900 victories

Richard E. “Dick” Thornburgh (Cincinnati) – Former executive vice chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston (“CSFB”)

Dr. Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver (Baylor) – President of Union University

2021

John H. Graham IV (Franklin & Marshall) – Former president & CEO of American Society of Association Executives 

2022

Matthew G. Clark (Coe) – Senior policy advisor and director of COVID-19 International Response Operations in the White House 

Robert D. Banks (Coe) – Environmentalist, Rhodes Scholar and honorary officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) 

John Tesh (North Carolina State) – Emmy Award winning television personality and entertainer

 

2023

2024

Steve G. Fendrich (South Dakota) – Co-founder of Mattress Firm

Harry D. Roberts (South Dakota) – Co-founder of Mattress Firm

Terry A. Lingner (Ball State) – Emmy Award-winning producer and co-owner of INNOVATIVE

Donald J. Johnston (McGill) – Former secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Shane D. Wall (Oregon State) –  Former Hewlett Packard’s Chief Technology Officer and Science Advisor to the President of the United States