Past Distinguished Recipients

1973	Hon. Phillip J. Roth '48
1974	Nels Peterson '39
1975	Keith Burns '58
1976	Wendell Gray '34
1977	no award given
1978	John D. Ryan '50
1979	Gen. Chester E. McCarty '29
1980	Hon. Jean L. Lewis '38
1981	Lester W. Spillane '37
1982	Hon. Ralph L. Holman '37
1983	Jack L. Kennedy '51
1984	Moe M. Tonkon '28
1985	Hon. Robert E. Jones '53
1986	Hon. Charles S. Crookham '51
1987	Lofton L. Tatum '42
1988	Hon. Betty Roberts '66
1989	Bernard Jolles '61
1990	Hon. Herbert M. Schwab '39
1991	Neva M. Elliott '35
1992	Hon. Mercedes F. Deiz '59
1993	Hon. Julie E. Frantz '75
1994	Joyce Ann Harpole '79
1995	Walter J. Cosgrave '47
1996	Duane Vergeer '35
1997	Charles P. A. Paulson '58
1998	Hon. Garr M. King '63
1999	Garry L. Kahn '62
2000	Hon. Anna J. Brown '80
2001	Hon. Roosevelt Robinson '76
2002	Mark G. Tratos '79
2003	Congressman Earl Blumenauer '76
2004	Thomas C. Sand '77
2005	Katherine Huff O'Neil '77
2006	Hon. Henry Kantor '79
2007	Stella Manabe '92

1982	Stephen Kanter
1983	Fred D. Fagg III
	Alice Gantenbein Kerbel
	Elizabeth J. Lasselle
	Thomas E. Tongue
1984	William Swindells, Sr.
	Dorothy L. Cornelius
1985	Richardson W. Nahstoll
	Edmund O. Belsheim
1986	Robert S. Miller
1987	Hon. Owen M. Panner
1988	Hon. Clifford B. Olsen
1989	Sidney I. Lezak
1990	Hon. Richard L. Unis
1991	George D. Rives
1992	Ronald K. Ragen
1993	B. Ann Kendrick
1994	Hon. Edwin Peterson
1995	Norman J. Wiener
1996	Clifford N. Carlsen, Jr.
1997	Barnes H. Ellis
1998	M. Carr Ferguson
1999	Monte Bricker
2000	Edwin A. Harnden
2001	Dr. Stephen Dow Beckham
	Dennis J. Whittlesey
2002	Hon. Ellen F. Rosenblum
2003	Bert T. Kobayashi, Jr.
2004	U.S. Senator Gordon H. Smith
	U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
2005	Hon. Alex O. Bryner
	David S. Case
	Russell L. Winner
2006	Paul E. Bragdon
2007	Paul Casey