| Year | Honoree | Chair(s) |
| 1964 | Hon. Brooks Hays | Dave Grundfest, Sr. |
| 1965 | Dave Grundfest, Sr. | E. Grainger Williams |
| 1966 | Most Rev. Albert Fletcher | Frank Whitbeck |
| 1967 | Hon. & Mrs. Winthrop Rockefeller | B. Finley Vinson |
| 1968 | Dr. Ira Sanders | Frank Lyon, Sr. |
| 1969 | Edward L. Wright, Sr. | A. Allen Weintraub |
| 1970 | Dr. Lawrence Davis | Sidney McMath |
| 1971 | J.N. Heiskell & Mrs. David D. Terry | Hon. Wilbur D. Mills |
| 1972 | Hon. Wilbur D. Mills | William S. Walker |
| 1973 | James H. Penick | Hon. Dale Bumpers |
| 1974 | Hon. & Mrs. Dale Bumpers | Phillip Back |
| 1975 | Frank Lyon, Sr. & Msgr. James O’Connell | Edward M. Penick |
| 1976 | Annie Mae Bankhead, Dr. Dale Cowling, Raymond Rebsamen & Henry E. Spitzberg | William H. Bowen |
| 1977 | Margaret Kolb | Hon. Bill Walmsley |
| 1978 | Rev. & Mrs. Richard B. Hardie, Jr. | Sheffield Nelson |
| 1979 | Fred K. Darragh, Jr. | Hon. Bill Clinton |
| 1980 | Dr. Ben N. Saltzman | Louis L. Ramsay, Jr. |
| 1981 | Alan Patteson, Jr. | Jerry L. Maulden |
| 1982 | Dr. Elijah E. Palnick | James H. Atkins |
| 1983 | Sheffield Nelson | D. Eugene Fortson |
| 1984 | Hon. David Pryor | Hon. Ray Thornton |
| 1985 | Sister Margaret Blandford | Terence E. Renaud |
| 1986 | Hon. Ray Thornton | Warren Stephens |
| 1987 | Louise & Hugh Patterson, Jr. | John J. Flake |
| 1988 | Hon. Bill & Hillary Clinton | Hon. Dale Bumpers & Hon. David Pryor James (Skip) Rutherford |
| 1989 | Jerry L. Maulden | Herschel H. Friday & Lottie Shackelford |
| 1990 | Louis L. Ramsay, Jr. | William H. Bowen |
| 1991 | Daisy Bates, Donna & Mack McLarty | R. McRae Geschwind |
| 1992 | William H. Bowen & E. Charles Eichenbaum | Walter E. Hussman, Jr. |
| 1993 | Hon. Jim Guy Tucker | W. Jackson Williams |
| 1994 | Robert L. Brown, Sr. & Dr. Wm. H. Townsend | Jerry F. Hamra |
| 1995 | Hon. Jim Keet & Rev. Hezekiah Stewart | H. Maurice Mitchell |
| 1996 | Cora Duffy McHenry, H. Maurice Mitchell, James (Skip) Rutherford | R. Drake Keith & Mary Manning |
| 1997 | Jo Luck & Sidney Moncrief | Lunsford Bridges |
| 1998 | Marian Lacey, Jim Shelley | Michael H. Means & Townsend Wolfe |
| 1999 | Kay Kelley Arnold, Hon. Vic Snyder | Everett Tucker III & Charles O. Stewart |
| 2000 | Amy Rossi, Larry Ross, Dale Nicholson & Ron Lanoue | Mike Maulden |
| 2001 | Dr. Josetta Edwards Wilkins & Hon. Winthrop Paul Rockefeller | Gus Vratsinas |
| 2002 | Dr. Sybil Hampton & William H. Buddy Sutton | Bob Cabe |
| 2003 | Bishop Steven Arnold & Charles E. Hathaway III | Sharon Priest |
| 2004 | Clarice & Dr. Raymond Miller & Jim Pickens | Russ Harrington |
| 2005 | Bob Cabe & Keith Jackson | Dora Jane & Greg Flesher |
| 2006 | Rep. Joyce Elliott, Dean Kumpuris & Mary Steenburgen | Kathy & Jack Grundfest |
| 2007 | Senator Jim Argue, Jr., Thomas A. Bruce, M. Joycelyn Elders & Oliver Elders | Dr. Walter Kimbrough |
| 2008 | Little Rock City Manager, Bruce T. Moore & UALR Chancellor, Joel E. Anderson | Debbie & Brad Diner |
| 2009 | Governor Mike Beebe | Sharon Heflin |
| 2010 | Henry L. Jones, Jr., United States Magistrate Judge, Retired, & Rabbi Gene Levy | Byron M. Eiseman |
| 2011 | Central Arkansas Library System Director Bobby Roberts & Representative Kathy Webb | Nate Coulter |
| 2012 | Dr. Fitz Hill, Dr. Eddie Ochoa, & Stacy Sells | Marla Johnson Norris |
| 2013 | Ginger Beebe and Colette Honorable | Bill Paschall |
| 2014 | Rick Fleetwood and Virgil Miller | Judy Tenenbaum & Pat Riley, Jr. |
| 2015 | Jay Barth and Sherece West-Scantlebury | John Adams & Michelle Kaemmerling |
| 2016 | Jerry Adams, Hugh McDonald, & Sophia Said | Kirk Bradshaw |
| 2017 | Chad Griffin, Terry Richard, Lottie Shackelford, & Annabelle Imber Tuck | Consul Rodolfo Quilantán & Rep. Clarke Tucker |
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