| Name |
Company/University |
Year Awarded |
| W.L. Burlison |
University of Illinois |
1957 |
| George H. Dungan |
University of Illinois |
1957 |
| J.C. Hackleman |
University of Illinois |
1957 |
| C.M. Woodworth |
University of Illinois |
1957 |
| Benjamin Koehler |
University of Illinois |
1958 |
| O.T. Bonnett |
University of Illinois |
1962 |
| A.L. Lang |
University of Illinois |
1970 |
| William Stack |
Pfister Associated Growers |
1970 |
| Fred Bergmann |
Bergmann-Taylor Seeds Inc. |
1974 |
| Harold Goodwin |
Funk Bros. Seed Company |
1972 |
| Berniece R. Michael |
Illinois Crop Improvement |
1973 |
| M.L. Mosher |
University of Illinois |
1974 |
| W.O. Scott |
University of Illinois |
1975 |
| Richard Benard |
University of Illinois |
1977 |
| George Keith |
Illinois Crop Improvement |
1979 |
| C.M. Brown |
University of Illinois |
1979 |
| Floyd Ingersoll |
IFSI |
1981 |
| Leo Windish |
Windish Seed House |
1982 |
| Carlin Morton |
Roy A. Morton & Sons |
1985 |
| Hugh Morrison |
Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co. |
1986 |
| Katherine F. Clark |
Illinois Crop Improvement |
1986 |
| Don W. Graffis |
University of Illinois |
1989 |
| James B. Sinclair |
University of Illinois |
1990 |
| Richard E. Ford |
University of Illinois |
1992 |
| W. Lynn Griffith |
Griffith Seed Co. |
1993 |
| Theodore Sommer |
Sommer Bros. Seed Co. |
1994 |
| Fred Schneider |
Schneider Seeds |
1995 |
| James R. Shearl |
Illinois Crop Improvement |
1998 |
| Daryl Rolland |
Dekalb Genetics Corp./Monsanto |
2000 |
| Cecil D. Nickell |
University of Illinois |
2003 |
| Gene Swartz |
Wilken Seed Grains, Inc. |
2007 |
| Lester Thorp |
Thorp Syngenta |
2009 |
| Chuck Simmons |
Bio-Plant Research, Ltd. |
2011 |
| Tom Hunsley |
GROWMARK |
2013 |
| Don Bergfield |
Parkland College |
2017 |
| Emerson Nafziger |
University of Illinois |
2018 |
| Richard Denhart |
Illinois Seed Trade Assn. |
2022 |
| Brian Diers |
University of Illinois |
2022 |
