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