1961 James L. Hope, Commerce
1962 L. R. Turpen, Jr., Clarkesville
1963 Clyde E. Hallman, Lakeland
1964 William G. “Jack” Moran, Sr., Brunswick
1965 Malcolm W. Forte, Sr., Columbus
1966 Jack C. Fincher, Sr., Canton
1967 Calvin Howard Evans, Milledgeville
1968 William L. Norris, Warner Robins
1969 Lucius H. Atherton, Sr., Marietta
1970 Neil L. Pruitt, Toccoa
1971 Armon B. Neel, Jr., Griffin
1972 Buren L. Baldwin, Decatur
1973 John D. Marshall, Camilla
1974 Alton D. Greenway, Macon
1975 I. Peter Mills, Jr., Millen
1976 B. Roland Reagan, Conyers
1977 John William Cooper, Powder Springs
1978 Winston O. Bullard, East Point
1979 P. J. Griner, Jr., Nashville
1980 Bentley C. Adams, Jr., Thomaston
1981 John J. Anderson, Valdosta
1982 Harold B. Hodgson, Jr., Athens
1983 Lee Roy Claxton, Griffin
1984 Bobby Eugene Parham, Milledgeville
1985 Randall T. Maret, Dalton
1986 Oren H. Harden, Jr., Sylvester
1987 George B. Chapman, Vidalia
1988 Eugene L. Argo, Decatur
1989 W. Rodney Harbin, Calhoun
1990 Newton William Chism, Lavonia
1991 Jeff L. Lurey, Norcross
1992 Larry J. Parrish, Swainsboro
1993 Deborah P. Lane, Gainesville
1994 James L. Martin, Sr., Statesboro
1995 Charles M. Hildebrand, Jr., Tallapoosa
1996 Joseph A. Whaley, Jr., Albany
1997 Bull Atkins, Atlanta
1998 John T. Sherrer, Marietta
1999 Bruce L. Broadrick, Dalton
2000 Eddie Madden,
2001 Frank Landrum, Douglasville
2002 D. Steve Wilson, Smyrna
2003 Samee C. Ellerbee, Augusta
2004 H. Neal Florence, LaFayette
2005 Larry L. Braden, Acworth
2006 C. Ann Perry, Harwell
2007 Richard B. Smith, Marietta
2008 Michael E. Farmer, Winder
2009 James W. Bartling, Snellville
2010 Robert “Andy” Rogers, Darien
2012 William “Tony” Moye, McDonough
2013 William “Bill” Prather, Blue Ridge
2014 Robert C. Bowles, Jr., Thomaston
2015 Ron Stephens, Savannah
2016 Hugh M. Chancy, Hahira
2017 Hewitt “Ted” W. Matthews, Fayetteville
2018 Sharon M. Sherrer, Marietta
2019 Ira Katz, Atlanta
2020 Drew Miller, Griffin
2021 Laird Miller, Gainesville
2022 Tommy Whitworth, LaGrange
2023 Ben Flanagan, Acworth
2024 Lee Jack Dunn, Jr., Jasper
2025 Dean Stone, Metter
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2025 Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
2024 Robert Warnock
2023 John Anderson, Sr.
2022 Flynn Warren
2021 James "Jim" Bartling
2020 Not Given
2019 Bruce Broadwick
2018 RuthAnn McGehee
2017 Robert C. Bowles
2016 Sharon M. Sherrer
2015 Hewitt "Ted" Matthews
2013 Joint Award: Jeff Lurey
2013 Joint Award: Eddie Madden
2011 John T. Sherrer
2009 Ron Stephens
2008 Bill Atkins
2007 Oren H. "Buddy" Harden, Jr.
2006 Laird Miller
2005 David Graves
2004 Larry J. "Butch" Parrish
2002 Charles M. Hildebrand, Jr.
2001 Joe Mengoni
2000 Bobby Parham
1999 George Chapman
1998 Harold Hodgson
1997 Joint Award: Larry L. Braden
1997 Joint Award: Orrin Skolnick
1996 Dick Craner
1995 Joe Whaley
1994 Bill Cooper
1992 J. Vincent Riley
1991 Carlton Henderson
1989 Mary Akin
1988 Harold Jones
1985 Larry L. Braden
1981 Charles Mann
1980 Bobby E. Parham
1979 N.W. "Bill" Chism
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2025 Tyler Young
2024 Pete Nagel
2023 Dawn Sasine
2022 Patrick Chancy
2021 Thomas Sherrer
2020 Austin Tull
2019 Jonathan Sinyard
2018 Hannah Head
2017 Ashley London
2016 Michael Crooks
2015 Lindsey Welch
2014 Jonathan Hamrick
2013 Kevin Florence
2012 Tracie Lunde
2011 Sukhmani Sarao
2010 Joshua Kinsey
2009 Kalen Manasco
2008 Ivey McCurdy
2007 Liza Chapman
2006 Keith Herist
2005 Steven Purvis
2004 Ginny Perlis
2003 Kimberly Vaughn
2002 Susan Kane
2001 Stacy Hardigree
2000 Dean Stone
1999 Mark Parris
1998 Pamela Marquess
1997 Jonathan Marquess
1996 Sheri Gordon
1995 William "Chip" Atkins
1994 Richard Phipps
1993 Marsha Kapiloff
1992 Sharon Sherrer
1991 Donald Pittman
1990 Carlton Durrence
1989 Penny Bragg
1988 Paula Binion
1987 David Graves
