Award Year Award Recipient Lodge Name Deceased
1982 J. Kent Zickefoose Capitol Lodge No. 110
1983 Carl J. Van Sickle Otley Lodge No. 299 *
1984 Stanley G. Schreiber Hiram of Tyre Lodge No. 203 *
1985 C. Warren Delk Auburn Lodge No. 592 *
1986 Donald R. Hankens Speculative Lodge No. 307 *
1987 J. Neil Chicken Faith Lodge No. 179 *
1988 Arthur D. Alber South Gate Lodge No. 657 *
1989 Charles L. Jones Northern Light Lodge No. 226 *
1990 Laurence E. Kynett Emulation Lodge No. 255 *
1991 John W. Mathes Waveland Park Lodge No. 654 *
1992 Delman L. Bowers Waterloo Lodge No. 105 *
1993 Aaron L. Lake Davenport Lodge 37 *
1994 Rex L. Brammer Mosaic lodge No. 125 *
1995 Paul K. McCrea Montague Lodge No. 117 *
1996 Jerry F. Monroe Adel Lodge No. 80 *
1997 George S. Eichhorn Acorn Lodge No. 601
1998 Robert L. Goeken Grove Lodge No. 492 *
1999 Howard H. Geddes Adel Lodge No. 80 *
2000 Frank C. Osdoba Twilight Lodge No. 329
2001 Orrin J. Oliver Charity Lodge No. 197 *
2002 Henry N. Wallace Mount Olive Lodge No. 79 *
2003 Melvin C. Price Kingston Lodge No. 676 *
2004 Madison M. Tomfeld Hermon Lodge No. 273 *
2005 R. Wayne Stanfley Dubuque Lodge No. 3
2006 Don A. Davis Great Lights Lodge No. 181 *
2007 Vernon J. Van Sickle Montague Lodge No. 117 *
2007 Floyd W. Nesbit Crest City Lodge No. 522 *
2008 W. Glenn Lockhart Signet Lodge No. 264 *
2009 Herbert F. Ramsey Home Lodge No. 370 *
2010 Rollen L. Phillips Arcadia Lodge No. 249 *
2011 Max E. Butler Unit Lodge No. 520 *
2012 Jack H. Smeltzer Dubuque Lodge No. 3
2013 Ben H. Ploof Little Sioux Lodge No. 521 *
2014 Ronald C. Hicks Pioneer Lodge No. 22 *
2015 Carl E. Graham Trinity Lodge No. 208 *
2016 Danny N. Middleton King David Lodge No. 407
2017 Donnie A. Drennan Pymosa Lodge No. 271
2018 Donald D. Lynk Marshall Lodge No. 108
2019 Robert C. Pedrick Celestial Lodge No. 413
2020 Gregg A. Kruse Iowa City Lodge No. 4
2021 Bruce S. Kamer Lyons Lodge No. 93
2022 Charles (Chod) L. Cremer Camanche Lodge No. 60
2023 Dwayne A. Feight South Gate Lodge No. 657