|
2007 |
Lt. General Steven Blum,
Chief of the National Guard Bureau |
|
2006 |
Lieutenant
General Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (Acting),
National Intelligence Directorate |
|
2005 |
Lieutenant General
Russel L. Honore, Commanding General,
First U.S. Army |
|
2004 |
Lieutenant General John R. Vines, Commanding General XVIII
Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg |
|
2003 |
Lieutenant General Joseph R. Inge, Commanding General,
First U.S. Army |
|
2002 |
Adm. Robert J. Natter, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic
Fleet |
|
2001 |
Hon. Dr. Leo S. Mackay, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Veterans
Affairs |
|
2000 |
Gen. John Handy, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force |
|
1999 |
Gen. Richard A. Chilcoat, President, National Defense
University |
|
1998 |
Adm. I. Joseph Lopez, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval
Forces, Europe and Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Southern Europe |
|
1997 |
Hon. John J. Hamre, Deputy Secretary of Defense |
|
1996 |
Gen. Henry H. Shelton, Commander in Chief, U.S. Special
Operations Command |
|
1995 |
Adm. Leighton W. Smith, Jr., Commander in Chief, Allied
Forces, Southern Europe |
|
1994 |
Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force |
|
1993 |
Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, Commander, U.S. Army Forces Command |
|
1992 |
Gen. Carl E. Mundy, Jr., Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps |
|
1991 |
Lt. Gen. Charles Horner, Commander, Ninth Air Force |
|
1990 |
Gen. Colin Powell, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
|
1989 |
VADM Roger F. Bacon, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S.
Atlantic Fleet |
|
1988 |
Hon. James F. McGovern, Under Secy. of the Air Force |
|
1987 |
Gen. Arthur E. Brown, Jr., Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army |
|
1986 |
Adm. William J. Crowe, Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
|
1985 |
Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force |
|
1984 |
Gen. John Vessey, Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
|
1983 |
Hon. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense |
|
1982 |
Hon. John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy |
|
1981 |
Hon. John 0. Marsh, Jr., Secretary of the Army |
|
1980 |
Gen. Edward C. Meyer, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army |
|
1979 |
Gen. James E. Hill, Commander, NORAD |
|
1978 |
Gen. Lew Allen, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force |
|
1977 |
Gen. Louis H. Wilson, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps |
|
1976 |
Gen. George S. Brown, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and
Gen. Bernard W. Rogers, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army |
|
1975 |
Hon. John L. McLucas, Secy. of the Air Force |
|
1974 |
Hon. Howard H. (Bo) Calloway, Secretary of the Army |
|
1973 |
Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army |
|
1972 |
Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., Chief of Naval Operations |
|
1971 |
Hon. Robert C. Seamans, Secretary of the Air Force and Hon.
John Chaffee, Secretary of the Navy |
|
1970 |
Gen. Jack Catton, Commander, Military Airlift Command |
|
1969 |
Hon. Stanley B. Resor, Secretary of the Army |
|
1968 |
Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Chief of Naval Operations |
|
1967 |
Lt. Gen. John L. Throckmorton, Commanding General, Third
U.S. Army |
|
1966 |
Gen. John P. McConnell, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force |
|
1965 |
Gen. Hugh P. Harris, Commander. U.S. Continental Command |
|
1963 |
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway |
|
1962 |
Hon. Fred Korth, Secretary of the Navy |
|
1961 |
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, Military Advisor to the President |
|
1960 |
Gen. Clark L. Ruffner, U.S. Military Representative to NATO |
|
1959 |
Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Naval Operations |
|
1958 |
Governors Ernest Vandiver of Georgia, E. F. Hollings of
South Carolina and John Patterson of Alabama |
|
1957 |
Dr. Marvin Franklin, President, Methodist Bishops of
America |
|
1956 |
Gen. Mark Clark, President of The Citadel |
|
1955 |
Hon. Donald A. Quarles, Secretary of the Air Force |
|
1954 |
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps |
|
1953 |
Hon. Robert B. Anderson, Deputy Secretary of Defense |
|
1952 |
Hon. Thomas K. Finletter, Secretary of the Air Force |
|
1951 |
Hon. Dan A. Kimball, Secretary of the Navy |
|
1950 |
Hon. Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy |
|
1949 |
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army |
|
1948 |
Hon. Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army. |
|
1947 |
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. |
