1971----Dora Ruth Parks - West Virginia Library Commission
1972----Olive Lewis - Parkersburg High School/Wood County
1973----Margaret Seidel Bobbitt - Marshall University
1974----Josephine Lehman Rosier - Fairmont State College
1975----Virginia Taylor Perry - West Virginia University
1976----Esther Powers - Marion County Schools/Fairmont State College
1977----E. Frances Jones - West Virginia Library Commission
1978----Elliott Horton - Morgantown Public Library
1979----Frederic J. Glazer - West Virginia Library Commission
1980----R. David Childers - West Virginia Library Commission
1981----David M. Gillespie - Glenville State College
1982----Jane Brugger - Marshall University
1983----George H. Campbell -
1984----Barbara Bonfili - Morgantown High School Library
1985----Judy K. Rule - Cabell County Public Library
1986----West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs
1987----Harold B. Shill - West Virginia University/Evansdale Library
1988----Merle A. Moore - Clarksburg-Harrison County Public Library
1989----Ellen Wilkerson - Trustee/Hamlin Public Library
1990----Shirley Smith - West Virginia Library Commission
1990----Donna Calvert - West Virginia Library Commission
1991----Charles A. Julian - West Virginia Northern Community College
1992----Mildred Moyers - West Virginia University/Wise Library
1993----Josephine Fidler - Marshall University/Drinko Library
1994----Tom Brown - Concord College & Bluefield State College
1995----Martha Mae Danzig - Lewis County High School Library
1996----Yvonne Farley - Kanawha County Public Library
1997----Peggy Bias - Putnam County Public Library
1998----Judith Prosser - West Virginia Library Commission
1999----Karen Goff - West Virginia Library Commission
2000----Jo Ann Calzonetti - West Virginia University/Evansdale Library
2001----Rich Young - West Virginia Library Commission
2002----Judith Duncan - Kanawha County Public Library
2003----Linda Heddinger - South Charleston Public Library
2004---Elizabeth A. Gunnoe - Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library
2005----Steve Christo
2006----Myra Ziegler