- 1950 – Dr. Guy S. Lunsford
- 1951 – Mildred Selman
- 1951 – Charles L. Tinsley
- 1954 – Dr. Herbert G. Schenck
- 1955 – Janie F. Morris
- 1961 – Louva G. Lenert
- 1964 – Dr. Thomas F. Sellers, Sr
- 1965 – Mayola S. Carter
- 1966 – Annie J. Taylor
- 1975 – Dr. John Venable
- 1975 – Calvin Buchanan
- 1976 – Dr. T. O. Vinson
- 1976 – Dr. Robert J. Walker
- 1978 – A. Faegin Parrish
- 1978 – Laura E. Bramblett
- 1978 – Myrtle F. Tomlin
- 1978 – Dr. John E. McCroan, Jr.
- 1984 – David Clark
- 1984 – Louise Clark
- 1985 – Dr. Wilbur D. Lundquist
- 1986 – Dr. William A. Mason
- 1987 – Dr. Douglas Skelton
- 1988 – Ruth B. Melber, M.A.
- 1989 – Maggie M. Kline, M.A.
- 1990 – Rex Poole
- 1991 – Bill Mahaffey
- 1991 – Eugenia (Mickie) Mobley
- 1992 – Harry L. Carr
- 1993 – Dr. James C. Crutcher
- 1994 – Dr. Norman B. Pursley
- 1994 – Audrey Hollingsworth
- 1996 – Dr. Joseph Wilbur
- 1996 – Marie Edmondson
- 1997 – Barbara Shurling
- 1998 – E. Joseph Alderman,DDS
- 1998 – Dee Cantrell, PNC, PhD
- 1999 – Ecleamus L. Ricks, MPH
- 1999 – Margaret J. Park
- 2000 – Margaret Bean, BSN,MS,MN
- 2001 – Patricia H. Southwell
- 2002 – Marie Dobbs Barnes
- 2002 – RussToal, MPH
- 2003 – Pamela K. Thompson
- 2003 – Kathy Miner
- 2004 – Nova Jane McCombs, MSN
- 2004 – Carol C. Smith, RN, BSN
- 2005 – J. Paul Newell, MD
- 2005 – Paul J. Wiesner, MD
- 2006 – Ted Holloway, MD
- 2006 – Rosemarie B. Newman
- 2007 – William C. Fields, MBA
- 2007 – Michael E. Chaney
- 2008 – J. Ferrell Curlee
- 2008 – Lynne D. Feldman, MD,MPH
- 2009 – Janelle R. Knight, MSA
- 2009 – Kathleen E. Toomey, MD
- 2011 – Gary Nelson, PhD
- 2012 – Regina Abbott, MPA
- 2012 – Robert V. Taylor
- 2013 – Christy Sims, RN, APRN, WHNP-BC
- 2014 – Lisa Carlson, MPH, CHES
- 2014 – C. Todd Jones
- 2015 – Governor Nathan Deal
- 2015 – Olivia Mallichek
- 2017 – Diane Weems, MD
- 2017 – C. Wade Sellers, MD, MPH
- 2020 – Ronald J. Boone
- 2022 – David N. Harvey, MD
- 2023 – Lawton C. Davis, MD