2019 Sherman Smith Former NFL Player and Super Bowl Coach 2018 Mart Green Board Chair, Hobby Lobby 2017 John Aden Retired Walmart Executive 2016 J. Frank Harrison, III Chairman & CEO, Coca-Cola Consolidated 2015 Brig Sorber CEO, Two Men and a Truck International, Inc. 2014 Bob Doll Chief Equity Strategist & Senior Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 2013 Mark Whitacre COO & Chief Science Officer, Cypress Systems, Inc. 2012 John Beckett Chairman, R. W. Beckett Corporation 2011 Jeff Kemp Former NFL Quarterback; President, Stronger Families 2010 David Barton Author and Historian 2008 Russell O'Quinn Test Pilot 2007 Denis Beausejour Proctor and Gamble Executive 2006 Don Mitchell Automobile Manufacturer and Consultant 2005 Ron Blue CPA and Author 2004 Senator Bill Armstrong Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives; Former U.S. Senator 2003 Maj. Gen. Robert Van Antwerp Commanding General, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 2002 Fritz Klumpp Former U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot and Delta Airlines Pilot 2001 Jim Dawson Former President, Zebco, Inc. and Brunswick Outdoor Recreation Group 2000 Bobby Richardson Former New York Yankee Baseball Player 1999 Gen. Charles Duke Astronaut; Retired U.S. Air Force 1998 Norm Miller Chairman, Interstate Battery System of America, Inc. 1997 Hugh Jacks Former President, BellSouth Services 1996 Ron Blue CPA and Author 1995 Cal Thomas Broadcaster; Nationally Syndicated Newspaper Columnist; Author 1994 Bill Kanaga Former Chairman, Arthur Young & Company / Ernest & Young 1993 Pat Morley Author and Speaker 1992 Ted Sprague Convention and Tourism Consultant, Marietta, Georgia 1991 Col. Nimrod McNair Retired Pilot, U.S. Air Force; Chairman & Founder, Executive Leadership Foundation 1990 Don Mitchell Director of Quality Network, General Motors Corporation 1989 Kyle Rote, Jr. Owner, Athletic Resource Management, Inc. 1988 Adolph Coors, IV Heir to Coors Brewing Firm 1987 Gen. Dick Abel Director of Legislative and Public Affairs, U.S. Olympic Committee 1986 Hugh Jacks President, BellSouth Services 1985 Bob Vernon Assistant Chief Director, Office of Special Services, Los Angeles Police Department 1984 Paul Johnson President, Paul H. Johnson, Inc. 1983 Roosevelt Grier Former NFL All-Pro Tackle; Founder & Chairman, Giant Step 1982 L.B. Braz Pryor National Vice President of Sales, Cadillac Division of General Motors Corporation 1981 Bobby Richardson Former New York Yankee Baseball Player 1980 Senator Bill Armstrong Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives; Current U.S. Senator 1979 Elridge Cleaver Author and Speaker 1978 Chuck Colson Former Presidential Special Counsel; Founder, Prison Fellowship
