Past Humanitarian Awardees

YearHonoreeChair(s)
1964Hon. Brooks HaysDave Grundfest, Sr.
1965Dave Grundfest, Sr.E. Grainger Williams
1966Most Rev. Albert FletcherFrank Whitbeck
1967Hon. & Mrs. Winthrop RockefellerB. Finley Vinson
1968Dr. Ira SandersFrank Lyon, Sr.
1969Edward L. Wright, Sr.A. Allen Weintraub
1970Dr. Lawrence DavisSidney McMath
1971J.N. Heiskell & Mrs. David D. TerryHon. Wilbur D. Mills
1972Hon. Wilbur D. MillsWilliam S. Walker
1973James H. PenickHon. Dale Bumpers
1974Hon. & Mrs. Dale BumpersPhillip Back
1975Frank Lyon, Sr. & Msgr. James O’ConnellEdward M. Penick
1976Annie Mae Bankhead, Dr. Dale Cowling, Raymond Rebsamen & Henry E. SpitzbergWilliam H. Bowen
1977Margaret KolbHon. Bill Walmsley
1978Rev. & Mrs. Richard B. Hardie, Jr.Sheffield Nelson
1979Fred K. Darragh, Jr.Hon. Bill Clinton
1980Dr. Ben N. SaltzmanLouis L. Ramsay, Jr.
1981Alan Patteson, Jr.Jerry L. Maulden
1982Dr. Elijah E. PalnickJames H. Atkins
1983Sheffield NelsonD. Eugene Fortson
1984Hon. David PryorHon. Ray Thornton
1985Sister Margaret BlandfordTerence E. Renaud
1986Hon. Ray ThorntonWarren Stephens
1987Louise & Hugh Patterson, Jr.John J. Flake
1988Hon. Bill & Hillary ClintonHon. Dale Bumpers & Hon. David Pryor James (Skip) Rutherford
1989Jerry L. MauldenHerschel H. Friday & Lottie Shackelford
1990Louis L. Ramsay, Jr.William H. Bowen
1991Daisy Bates, Donna & Mack McLartyR. McRae Geschwind
1992William H. Bowen & E. Charles EichenbaumWalter E. Hussman, Jr.
1993Hon. Jim Guy TuckerW. Jackson Williams
1994Robert L. Brown, Sr. & Dr. Wm. H. TownsendJerry F. Hamra
1995Hon. Jim Keet & Rev. Hezekiah StewartH. Maurice Mitchell
1996Cora Duffy McHenry, H. Maurice Mitchell, James (Skip) RutherfordR. Drake Keith & Mary Manning
1997Jo Luck & Sidney MoncriefLunsford Bridges
1998Marian Lacey, Jim ShelleyMichael H. Means & Townsend Wolfe
1999Kay Kelley Arnold, Hon. Vic SnyderEverett Tucker III & Charles O. Stewart
2000Amy Rossi, Larry Ross, Dale Nicholson & Ron LanoueMike Maulden
2001Dr. Josetta Edwards Wilkins & Hon. Winthrop Paul RockefellerGus Vratsinas
2002Dr. Sybil Hampton & William H. Buddy SuttonBob Cabe
2003Bishop Steven Arnold & Charles E. Hathaway IIISharon Priest
2004Clarice & Dr. Raymond Miller & Jim PickensRuss Harrington
2005Bob Cabe & Keith JacksonDora Jane & Greg Flesher
2006Rep. Joyce Elliott, Dean Kumpuris & Mary SteenburgenKathy & Jack Grundfest
2007Senator Jim Argue, Jr., Thomas A. Bruce, M. Joycelyn Elders & Oliver EldersDr. Walter Kimbrough
2008Little Rock City Manager, Bruce T. Moore & UALR Chancellor, Joel E. AndersonDebbie & Brad Diner
2009Governor Mike BeebeSharon Heflin
2010Henry L. Jones, Jr., United States Magistrate Judge, Retired, & Rabbi Gene Levy Byron M. Eiseman
2011Central Arkansas Library System Director Bobby Roberts & Representative Kathy Webb Nate Coulter
2012Dr. Fitz Hill, Dr. Eddie Ochoa, & Stacy Sells Marla Johnson Norris 
2013Ginger Beebe and Colette HonorableBill Paschall 
2014Rick Fleetwood and Virgil MillerJudy Tenenbaum & Pat Riley, Jr. 
2015Jay Barth and Sherece West-ScantleburyJohn Adams & Michelle Kaemmerling 
2016Jerry Adams, Hugh McDonald, & Sophia SaidKirk Bradshaw
2017Chad Griffin, Terry Richard, Lottie Shackelford, & Annabelle Imber TuckConsul Rodolfo Quilantán & Rep. Clarke Tucker

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