Award Winners
Learn about the 2023 recipients – Hon. Patricia Breckenridge, Hon. George W. Draper III, and Paul N. Venker
Past Award Winners
2022
Hon. Fernando J. Gaitan, Kansas City
Prof. Chuck Henson, Columbia
Alan D. Pratzel, Jefferson City
2021
Hon. Laura Denvir Stith, Jefferson City
S. David Mitchell, Columbia
Richard Steele, Cape Girardeau
2020
Hon. Robert Dowd Jr., St. Louis
Mira Mdivani, Overland Park, Kansas
Hon. Patrick Robb, St. Joseph
2019
J.R. Hobbs, Kansas City
Hon. Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr., Cape Girardeau
Suzanne Bradley, St. Joseph
2018
Hon. Cynthia Martin, Kansas City
W. Dudley McCarter, St. Louis
Hon. Barry S. Schermer, St. Louis
2017
William R. Bay, St. Louis
Hon. Karl DeMarce, Memphis
Hon. Robert Larsen, Kansas City
2016
Lajuana M. Counts, Kansas City
Michael P. Gunn, St. Louis
Prof. Sean D. O'Brien, Kansas City
2015
Hon. John C. Holstein, Springfield
Sylvester "Sly" James Jr., Kansas City
Charles A. Weiss, St. Louis
2014
Nancy R. Mogab, St. Louis
Hon. Jon R. Gray, Kansas City
Dale C. Doerhoff, Jefferson City
2013
Dean Michael A. Wolff, St. Louis
Rep. Ike N. Skelton, Kansas City
Hon. Robert G. Russell, Sedalia
2012
Professor R. Lawrence Dessem, Columbia
Hon. Wm. Ray Price, Jefferson City
Arthur H. Stoup, Kansas City
2011
John W. Kurtz, Kansas City
Professor Roger L. Goldman, St. Louis
Hon. Edward D. Robertson Jr., Jefferson City
2010
Hon. Jimmie M. Edwards, St. Louis
James R. Layton, Jefferson City
Sandra L. Schermerhorn, Kansas City
2009
Professor David J. Achtenberg, Kansas City
C. Patrick McLarney, Kansas City
Hon. Richard B. Teitelman, St. Louis
2008
Hon. Gene Hamilton Jr., Columbia
Doreen D. Dodson, St. Louis
Professor James R. Devine, Columbia
2007
Melody Richardson Daily, Columbia
Hon. J. Miles Sweeney, Springfield
Marvin E. “Bunky” Wright, Columbia
2006
James E. Baldwin, Lebanon
Dean Ellen Y. Suni, Kansas City
Hon. Stephen N. Limbaugh, St. Louis
2005
Ron Mitchell, Joplin
Dean Jeffrey Berman, Kansas City
Hon. Ortrie D. Smith
2004
Dean Joel Seligman, St. Louis
Hon. E. Richard Webber, St. Louis
David P. Macoubrie, Chillicothe
2003
Professor Peter Salsich, St. Louis
Hon. Paul J. Simon, St. Louis
Jennifer Gille Bacon, Kansas City
2002
Hon. Frank D. Connett Jr., St. Joseph
Prof. William H. Henning, Columbia
Thomas A. Vetter, Jefferson City
2001
Hon. Charles Blackmar, Jefferson City
Prof. Leonard Riskin, Columbia
F. Wm. McCalpin, St. Louis
2000
Prof. Douglas E. Abrams, Columbia
Hon. Stanley Grimm, Cape Girardeau
Robert C. Welch, Kansas City
1999
Michael E. Middleton, Columbia
Keith A. Birkes, Jefferson City
Hon. Frank Conley, Columbia
1998
Dean Robert G. Bailey, Columbia
Hon. William F. Mauer, Kansas City
Bill L. Thompson, Jefferson City