1968 Greg Bamford, Colorado Anthony Watson, Illinois William Cobb, Nevada Ann Marie Kaminski, Nebraska Rick Sowash, Ohio Recipients of the Young American Award 1969 Michael Shearn, Texas Debra George, Wyoming Joseph Lundy, California Staff Sgt. Dwight H. Johnson, Michigan George Begay, Arizona 1970 Rodney Earl Donaldson, Texas Paul Douglas Ring, Arizona John Parker Stewart, Ohio Rex Kern, Ohio Madeline Manning Jackson, Ohio Jennifer Sue Inskeep, Kansas 1971 David Powell, Utah Craig R. Rudlin, Virginia Clayton Taylor, Oklahoma James Heath, New York Claudia Turner, South Carolina Virginia A. Stroud, Wyoming 1972 Charles Ealey, Jr. Ohio Janet Lynne Nowicki, Illinois Suzonne Elizabeth Quave, Louisiana Larry Lee Shaw, Utah Larry Simpson, Tennessee 1973 Rufus Washington, Jr., North Carolina Stephen Brady, Hawaii Robert Meldrum, Utah Larry Eisenberg, Illinois Judy Bochenski, Oregon Robert Charles Howe, Illinois
1974 Roger Henry Brown, Jr., Georgia Kenneth Beale, Jr. Pennsylvania Aaron J. Jorgensen, Minnesota Darrel Owen Pace, Ohio 1975 Graciela Trilla, New York Garth Cox, Ohio Ashby Boyle II, Utah Thomas Camp, Nebraska Stanley Roach, Oklahoma Stan Tenenbaum, New York 1976 Fredrick McClure, Texas Nancy Ann Kraemer, New York Terri Sue Hannon, Kansas John L. Dardenne, Jr., Louisiana Mary Van Lear Wright, Massachusetts Bradley E. Haddock, Kansas Angela Lea Garner, Tennessee Eileen Devine, California John E. Hayashi, Missouri Gerald R. Castellianos, Florida Dorothy Hamill, Connecticut 1977 Lee Zachary Maxey, Texas Mark Daniel Worrell, Pennsylvania David Gene McKenney, United States Air Force Academy Allen Matheson Hughes, Utah Douglas Leighton Bandow, California Richard David Thomas, Idaho Beth Susan Dochinger, Ohio Ruth Lydia Bonaparte, Oregon Robert Hoke Perkins, Jr. 1978 Kathy Howard, Oklahoma William Grau, New Jersey Joseph Rabatin, Minnesota Kenneth Allen, Nebraska Mary Beth Caruso, Massachusetts Larry Kwak, Kansas
1979 Steve Cauthen, Kentucky Catherine Lazaro, Texas Richard Preister, Nebraska Jill Sterkel, California Scott Trotter, Utah David Tulanian, California 1980 Peggy Ann Hall, Iowa Robert J. Hayashi, Missouri Mark W. Leinmiller, Georgia Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman, New York Steadman Shealy, Alabama Kerry L. Sorenson, Utah 1981 Karen L. Middleton, Wisconsin Jeffrie A. Herrmann, New York Jennifer L. Shaw, Connecticut Roger W. Slead, Missouri Davalu D. Smith, Texas Sherri L. Dalphonse, New Hampshire 1982 John Ashley Null, Kansas Timothy Michael Delorey, Florida Vincent Arnold Lazaro, Texas Cynthia Ann Reeves, Oklahoma Karl Julius Edelmann, Michigan Anthony Deh-Chuen So, Delaware 1988 Douglas C. Barnhart, Pennsylvania Ron Brooks, New Jersey Paul Gonzales, California Laura Hengehold, Ohio Anne V. Ingram, North Carolina 1990 Peter Boyer, Rhode Island John M. Garrison, Texas Hugh Herr, Pennsylvania Vick Huber, Delaware Talia Melanie McCray, Colorado
1992 Frank Bradish, Idaho Derek Y. Kunimoto, Hawaii Arthur J. Ochoa, Delaware Mark Smith, Oregon Trina R. Williams, Indiana 1993 Tracy L. Collett, Georgia Marlon Harmon, Wisconsin Hung Pham, Colorado Michael E. Plochocki, New York Joseph E. Ponzo, Massachusetts 1994 Harold Richard Davis, Jr., South Carolina Javier David Margo, Jr., Texas Lethuy Thi Nguyen, Oklahoma Jamel Oeser-Sweat, New York Roderick D. Tranum, Georgia 1995 Kevin Michael Crozier, Colorado Renee Kylene Hamel, Oklahoma Preston Hopson, III, Michigan Robert Lester Murry, Massachusetts Phillip Charles Rodriguez III, California 1996 David Quinn Gacioch, New York Joel Morales, Jr., Texas Nan-Phong Duy Phan, California Randolph Walker, Jr., Mississippi Julie Anne Waller, North Carolina 1997 Robert Edward Hugh Ferguson, Jr., Utah Christopher Todd Fullerton, Georgia Yukitoshi Murasaki, Florida Matthew John Spence, California Sabrina Martinique Thompson, North Carolina 1998 Amanda Gayle Cox, Georgia Kirk Cristman Fistick, Maryland G. Christopher Jones, Oklahoma Denise Yvette Margo, Texas Hayata Kristy Poonyagariyagorn, Oregon
1999 Justin Daniel Guerra, Missouri Erica Camille Quick, North Carolina Sylvester George Tan, Georgia Michelle Irene Towle, Minnesota John J. van Velthuyzen, Washington 2000 Julius Demarcus Jackson, Texas Carl Frederick Regelmann, New York Svati Singla, North Carolina Alison L. Smith, Minnesota Christopher Kirill Sokolov, California 2001 James W. Johnson, Pennsylvania Jason Wayne Kemp, North Carolina Hong-Ly Thi La, Maryland Cyrus Jerrerson Lawayer IV, Maryland Evan Michael Todd, Colorado 2002 Michael John Beckel, Minnesota Lindsey D. Cameron, Texas Christina Hsiung Chen, Texas Mark Alan Mallak, Florida Edward J. Walneck, Arizona 2003 Kyle James Cline, Illinois Brett Michael Patrick Klukan, Pennsylvania Katherine Ann Knuth, Minnesota Akeem Rasheed Samuels, New Jersey Jonathan P. Wilkerson, Texas 2004 Aaron Azur Allen, California Elizabeth Anne Beckel, Minnesota Evan Eugene Hunsberger, California James Steven Kleckner, Wisconsin Kevin Koo, New Hampshire 2005 Robert Kyle Alderson, Okalahoma Aubyn Cathleen Burnside, South Carolina Christopher Alan Kerzich, Illinois Melanie Alise Perry, Missouri Michael David Sekora, Pennsylvania