| Award Recipients |
Date of Presentation |
| Lawrence Welk, entertainer |
August 28, 1961 |
| Dorothy Stickney, actress |
November 2, 1961 |
| Ivan Dmitri, artist |
April 13, 1962 |
| Roger Maris, athlete |
January 4, 1964 |
| Eric Sevareid, journalist |
April 17, 1964 |
| General Harold K. Johnson, military service |
April 23, 1965 |
| Dr. Anne H. Carlsen, educator |
September 9, 1966 |
| Edward K. Thompson, journalist |
April 19, 1968 |
| Dr. Robert Henry Bahmer, archivist |
July 28, 1970 |
| Louis L’Amour, author |
May 26, 1972 |
| Bertin C. Gamble, entrepreneur |
October 20, 1972 |
| Casper Oimoen, athlete |
February 12, 1973 |
| Peggy Lee, entertainer |
May 23, 1975 |
| Harold Schafer, entrepreneur |
July 4, 1975 |
| Era Bell Thompson, journalist |
August 14, 1976 |
| Dr. Leon Orris Jacobson, physician |
October 1, 1976 |
| Elizabeth Bodine, humanitarian |
July 27, 1979 |
| Clifford "Fido" Purpur, athlete |
May 16, 1981 |
| Phyllis Frelich, actress |
April 27, 1981 |
| General David C. Jones, military service |
May 21, 1982 |
| Ronald N. Davies, judge |
June 11, 1987 |
| Phillip D. Jackson, athlete |
July 30, 1992 |
| Larry Woiwode, author |
October 23, 1992 |
| Angie Dickinson, actress |
December 2, 1992 |
| Reverend Richard C. Halverson , minister |
March 26, 1994 |
| Brynhild Haugland, legislator |
March 20, 1995 |
| Admiral William A. Owens, military service |
January 29, 1996 |
| Carl Ben Eielson, pioneer aviator |
August 26, 1997 |
| Warren Christopher, public servant |
June 20, 1998 |
| Bobby Vee, entertainer |
June 20, 1999 |
| Chester "Chet" Reiten, entrepreneur |
October 8, 2002 |
| Thomas J. Clifford, entrepreneur |
November 23, 2002 |
| Sister Thomas Welder, educator |
May 1, 2004 |
| Harry J. Pearce, business leader |
August 11, 2004 |
| William C. Marcil, business leader |
May 18, 2006 |
