| Year | Name | Lodge |
| 1970 | Les Springer | Newton |
| 1971 | James Tait | Boone |
| 1972 | Paul Stump | Oskaloosa |
| 1973 | Paul Jones | Cedar Rapids |
| 1974 | Dr. Robert F. Deranleau | Perry |
| 1975 | Richard Froeschie | Davenport |
| 1976 | No Award Made | |
| 1977 | Harry Malloy | Marshalltown |
| 1978 | Tom Kelly | Ames |
| 1979 | H.E. “Buck” Stalcup | Storm Lake |
| 1980 | Claude Drake | Atlantic |
| 1981 | Harry Carney, Jr. | Perry |
| 1982 | Robert Moore | Fairfield |
| 1983 | Frank Edwards | Atlantic |
| 1984 | Bob Fallis | Des Moines |
| 1985 | Darwin Scheutt | Boone |
| 1986 | LeRoy Hamilton | Boone |
| 1987 | Jim Heinz | Waterloo |
| 1988 | George Goff | Davenport |
| 1989 | Bob Graff | Esatherville |
| 1990 | Ernie Riepe | Fairfield |
| 1991 | Louis Orth | Davenport |
| 1992 | Ed Stoline | Jefferson |
| 1993 | Michael Backer | Charles City |
| 1994 | Marvin “Pete” Nelson | Fairfield |
| 1995 | Mike Halpin | Boone |
| 1996 | Pete Brown | Atlantic |
| 1997 | Al Humphrey | Fort Madison |
| 1998 | Neil Crossland | Fairfield |
| 1999 | Leo Youngblut | Waterloo |
| 2000 | Ed Whisler | Cedar Rapids |
| 2000 | James Koens | Davenport |
| 2001 | Melvin G. Berlin | Red Oak |
| 2002 | Gary Hanes | Newton |
| 2003 | Richard Hoffman | Perry |
| 2004 | Verne Jarvela | Grinnell |
| 2005 | Dennis L. Wilkie | Iowa Falls |
| 2006 | Greg Osby | W. Des Moines |
| 2007 | Art Hutton | Fairfield |
| 2008 | John Ochanpaugh | Des Moines |
| 2009 | Milton Watkins | Perry |
| 2010 | Joe Hunt | Marshalltown |
| 2011 | Roger Bruce | Des Moines |
| 2012 | George Gengler | Sioux City |
| 2013 | Dennis Nelson | Creston |
| 2014 | Loren Schroeder | Sioux City |
| 2015 | Merle Chaplin | Iowa Falls |
| 2016 | Chris Davis | Fairfield |
| 2017 | Les Fister | Jefferson |
| 2018 | Jeff Koontz | Fairfield |
| 2019 | Dean Mattix | Oskaloosa |
| 2020 | Roger McQueen | Shenandoah |
| 2021 | Tom Maher | Ottumwa |
| 2022 | Kevin Curran | Fairfield |
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