2012

• Everett Alvarez, Jr.
• John Paul DeJoria
• J. David Power III
• Mark Russell

2011

• Lloyd V. "Beau" Bridges III
• Jeffrey L. Bridges
• Lloyd V. Bridges, Jr.*
• Gerald F. "Jerry" Coleman
• Robert W.A. "Bob" Feller*
• Brian P. Lamb

2010

• William H. Cobsby, Jr., Ph.D
• Eddie LeBaron
• Lanier Phillips

2009

• Yogi Berra
• Leonard Lauder
• Fred Smith

2008

Lone Sailor Award

• A. G. Lafley
• John McConnell*
• Arnold Palmer

Naval Heritage Award

• Hon. Norm Dicks

2007

Lone Sailor Award

• Tom Benson
• Morgan L. Fitch, Jr., Esq.
• Stan Musial
• Senator John W. Warner, Jr.

2006

Lone Sailor Award

• Adm. William J. Crowe, USN (Ret.)
• Arnold "Red" Auerbach

Naval Heritage Award

• Senator Daniel Inouye

2005

Lone Sailor Award

• Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, USNR (Ret.)*
• Senator John McCain

Naval Heritage Award

• Representative Ike Skelton

2004

Lone Sailor Award

• Benjamin Bradlee
• Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret.)

2003

Lone Sailor Award

• Captain Dan A. Carmichael, USNR (Ret.)
• Joseph F. Cullman III
• Captain James A. Lovell, Jr., USN (Ret.)

2002

Lone Sailor Award

• Gordon M. Bethune
• Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld
• Representative Floyd D. Spence *
• Representative Bob Stump

Naval Heritage Award

• Clive Cussler

2000

Lone Sailor Award

• Nickolas Davatzes
• Honorable Robert M. Morganthau
• President Theodore Roosevelt *
• Honorable John C. Whitehead

1999

Lone Sailor Award

• Charles Francis Adams IV
• Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., USN (Ret.)
• President John F. Kennedy *
• Senator John F. Kerry

1998

Lone Sailor Award

• Eddie Albert
• Ambassador John Gavin
• Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN (Ret.) *
• Esther L. Snyder

Naval Heritage Award

• President Ronald W. Reagan
• John Wayne

1997

Lone Sailor Award

• Ernest Borgnine
• Captain Winifred Quick Collins, USN (Ret.)
• Senator Robert Kerrey
• Austin H. Kiplinger
• Edmund W. Littlefield
• Henry Trione
• Jonathan Winters

Naval Heritage Award

• Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher
• Ambassador Paul H. Nitze

1996

Lone Sailor Award

• Dr. Robert Ballard
• Roger T. Staubach
• Dr. Kathryn Sullivan

Naval Heritage Award

• Bob Hope

1995

Lone Sailor Award

• President Richard M. Nixon *

Naval Heritage Award

• Senator Margaret Chase Smith

1994

Lone Sailor Award

• Tony Curtis
• Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
• Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., USN (Ret.)

1993

Lone Sailor Award

• James A. Michener
• Allen E. Murray
• Harold A. Poling
• Rear Admiral William Thompson, USN (Ret.)

1992

Lone Sailor Award

• President Gerald R. Ford
• Honorable H. Lawrence Garrett, III

1991

Lone Sailor Award

• Admiral Arleigh Burke, USN (Ret.)
• President George Herbert Walker Bush
• Honorable William S. White

1989

Lone Sailor Award

• Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, USN (Ret.)

1987

Lone Sailor Award

• Herman Wouk

* The recipient received the award posthumously.