Citation of Merit Recipients
| 2008 | William Riggins  |
| 2008 | Bruce Loewenberg |
| 2008 | Brett Begemann |
| 2007 | Eldon Cole |
| 2007 | Duane Dailey |
| 2007 | Charles W. (Bill) Foley |
| 2007 | Kenny Hulshof |
| 2006 | Jan Dauve |
| 2006 | Fred Ferrell |
| 2006 | Glenn Grimes |
| 2006 | Ron Plain |
| 2006 | Olan Stemme |
| 2005 | Keith G. Boyer |
| 2005 | Joseph C. Roetheli |
| 2005 | Charles H. Williams |
| 2004 | Noel R. Devisch |
| 2004 | Samuel B. Graves, Jr. |
| 2004 | Albert L. Kennett |
| 2004 | Richard L. Lee |
| 2004 | Jeff Windett |
| 2003 | Warren Dudley |
| 2003 | Alexander |
| 2003 | Neal Bredehoeft |
| 2003 | Eugene Gerke |
| 2003 | Merrill Townley |
| 2002 | Terry W. Heiman |
| 2002 | James H. Hodges |
| 2002 | Rhonda M. Ludwig |
| 2001 | Ken Legan |
| 2001 | Sidney Johnson, Jr. |
| 2001 | Dean Lindsey |
| 2001 | Don Nikodim |
| 2000 | Robert E. “Bud” Hertzog |
| 2000 | Michael J. Lybyer |
| 2000 | Ryland Utlaut |
| 1999 | John W. Letzig |
| 1999 | Gary D. Marshall |
| 1999 | Robert T. Marshall |
| 1999 | William C. Stringer |
| 1998 | John T. Hanes |
| 1998 | Donald L. Johnson |
| 1997 | Ronald E. Lemonds |
| 1997 | Edwin S. Turner |
| 1996 | Harold F. Clark |
| 1996 | Gary W. Colliver |
| 1996 | David L. Durham |
| 1995 | Harold B. Hedrick |
| 1995 | Derry G. Brownfield |
| 1995 | John D. Schaffer |
| 1994 | Ray McClure |
| 1994 | Joe Paulsmeyer |
| 1994 | John Saunders |
| 1993 | Gary Heldt |
| 1993 | Kevin B. Hicks |
| 1993 | Alvin E. McQuinn |
| 1993 | Gary Riedel |
| 1992 | Morris Burger |
| 1992 | Arlen Schwinke |
| 1992 | David Thomas |
| 1991 | Lowell Miller |
| 1991 | Lowell Mohler |
| 1991 | Dale Whiteside |
| 1990 | Larry D. Case |
| 1990 | L. Bruce Edwards |
| 1990 | Carl E. Ferguson |
| 1990 | Raymond D. Hagan |
| 1990 | Donald Hegeman |
| 1990 | H. Frank Hoffman |
| 1990 | Ralph Kampschmidt |
| 1990 | Richard Krumme |
| 1990 | John L. Mowrer |
| 1990 | William J. Newham |
| 1989 | Danita Allen |
| 1989 | Miller Carpenter |
| 1989 | Caleb Davis III |
| 1989 | Harry Herman |
| 1989 | Marvin Proffer |
| 1989 | William Sappenfield |
| 1989 | Morris Westfall |
| 1988 | Bill T. Crawford |
| 1988 | Wayne Lovelace |
| 1988 | Edward L. Nierman |
| 1988 | Marshall Pile |
| 1988 | E. Linwood Tipton |
| 1987 | Charles H. Brock |
| 1987 | Larry?Harper |
| 1987 | D.R. “Ozzie” Osbourn |
| 1987 | James L. Russell |
| 1987 | James C. Sprake |
| 1987 | John M. Yohe |
| 1986 | Zane Akins |
| 1986 | James Boillot |
| 1986 | Tom Sites |
| 1986 | G.B. Thompson |
| 1986 | Vernon Winkler |
| 1985 | Clyde H. Duncan |
| 1985 | Don Faurot |
| 1985 | Carl V. Feaster |
| 1985 | John R. Harvey |
| 1985 | Grant A. Shrum |
| 1984 | Norman A. Braksick |
| 1984 | Jewett M. Fulkerson |
| 1984 | Philip C. Gast |
| 1984 | Robert G. Gast |
| 1984 | Gary E. Hanman |
| 1984 | Jerry R. King |
| 1984 | Charles E. Kruse |
| 1984 | Allan W. Purdy |
| 1983 | John E. Brown |
| 1983 | J.W. Hackamack |
| 1983 | Brock Lutz |
| 1983 | Dan E. Miller |
| 1983 | Larry S. Murp |
| 1983 | Barbara H. Rothenberger |
| 1982 | Dale Baker |
| 1982 | H.C. “Bo” Eaton |
| 1982 | Eric Thompson |
| 1982 | Billie Joe West |
| 1981 | James H. Phillips |
| 1981 | Robert Zeysing |
| 1981 | George R. Morse |
| 1981 | Stanley A. Barber |
| 1980 | C.R. Johnston |
| 1980 | Maurice C. Springer |
| 1980 | Marion F. Brink |
| 1979 | Sidney B. Johnson Sr. |
| 1979 | F. Aloysius Wood |
| 1979 | Don W. Schooler |
| 1979 | Kenneth R. Heath |
| 1978 | Roger Lee Alewel |
| 1978 | James V. Dunlap Jr. |
| 1978 | George Logan (Loesing) |
| 1978 | S.H. Wittwer |
| 1977 | M.R. “Dick” Irwin |
| 1977 | Lloyd Glaves |
| 1977 | Hal R. Taylor |
| 1976 | Paul Tinsley |
| 1976 | J.C. Miller |
| 1976 | Leon McCorkle |
| 1976 | Ruben Edwards |
| 1975 | Roy D. Hockensmith |
| 1975 | Stuart L. Spradling |
| 1975 | Maurice Happel |
| 1975 | M.E. Ensminger |
| 1974 | Everett Forkner |
| 1974 | J. Delbert Wells |
| 1974 | Robert D. Partridge |
| 1973 | Joseph R. “Bob” Bartels |
| 1973 | Robert Neal Perry |
| 1973 | Carl Humphrey |
| 1973 | Kenneth L. Turk |
| 1972 | Earl Lasley |
| 1972 | Howard A. Cowden |
| 1972 | J.O. Martin |
| 1971 | E.A. Jaenke |
| 1971 | Roy Lee Lovvorn |
| 1971 | Jerry Litton |
| 1970 | Ovid Bay |
| 1970 | Harold E. Myers |
| 1970 | H.G.E. “Herb” Fick |
| 1969 | J. Carl Dawson |
| 1969 | R. Marlin Perkins |
| 1969 | William B. House |
| 1968 | Homer Young |
| 1968 | Harold W. Thieman |
| 1968 | George M. Browning |
| 1967 | Darryl Francis |
| 1967 | Wendell Holman |
| 1967 | Estil E. Schnetzler |
| 1966 | J.E. Rutter |
| 1966 | Frederick N. Andrews |
| 1966 | Flint McRoberts |
| 1965 | Frank Stonner |
| 1965 | Joseph C. Stephens |
| 1965 | C.W. Sheppard |
| 1965 | L.E. Casida |
| 1964 | Frank Richards |
| 1962 | Cordell Tindall |
| 1961 | Warren W. Fuqua |
| 1960 | John Sam Williamson |
| 1959 | John Fehsenfeld |
| 1958 | G.B. Thorne |
| 1957 | Ray E. Miller |
| 1956 | True D. Morse |
| 1955 | D. Howard Doane |