| Blair D. McKeil |
2024 |
Breakwater Investments, Inc |
| Kevin E. Sprague |
2022 |
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers |
| Captain Paul C. LaMarre Jr. |
2022 |
Gaelic Tugboat Co. & Diamond Jack’s River |
| Laurence G. Pathy |
2021 |
Fednav Limited |
| Mark Ruge |
2018 |
K&L Gates |
| Captain WIlliam A. Hoey III (Posthumous) |
2015 |
Gaelic Tugboat Co. & Diamond Jack’s River Tours |
| Captain Jack Purvis |
2015 |
Purvis Marine, Ltd |
| Captain Scott F. Bravener |
2013 |
Lower Lakes Towing, Ltd. |
| Mark J. Rohn |
2011 |
Grand River Navigation Company |
| Robert F. Dorn |
2009 |
The Interlake Steamship Company |
Dewey P. Aston (Posthumous)
|
2009 |
The Interlake Steamship Company |
| Davis Helberg |
2007 |
Duluth/Seaway Port Authority |
| George J. Ryan |
2006 |
Lake Carriers’ Association |
| John G. Tanner |
2005 |
Great Lakes Maritime Academy |
| Captain F. “Skipper” Manzutti (Posthumous) |
2004 |
Manzutti Marine |
| Wesley R. Harkins |
2004 |
Fraser Shipyards, Inc. |
| Captain John P. Wellington |
1993 |
Wellington Maritime |
| Thomas Manse |
1983 |
Le Sault de Sainte Marie Historical Sites, Inc. |
| Howard F. Andrews |
1979 |
Carryore Ltd. |
| Eugene “Shine” Sundstrum |
1977 |
Soo Evening News |
| Honorable John Black Aird |
1976 |
Algoma Central Railway |
| James R. Barker |
1975 |
Moore-McCormack Resources, Inc. (Pickands Mather) |
| Christian F. Beukema |
1974 |
U.S. Steel Corporation |
| Oliver T. Burnham |
1973 |
Lake Carriers’ Association |
| Stoddard White |
1972 |
Detroit News |
| John Wellington McGiffin |
1972 |
Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd. |
| George M. Steinbrenner III |
1971 |
American Shipbuilding Company |
| Vice Admiral James A. Hirshfield |
1970 |
Lake Carriers’ Association |
| Henry G. Steinbrenner |
1967 |
Kinsman Marine Transit Company |
| Captain Thomas F. Harbottle |
1965 |
Pittsburg Steamship Co. |
| John D. Leitch |
1964 |
Upper Lakes Shipping Company |
| Merril E. Kingsbury |
1963 |
Wilson Marine Transit Company |
| Captain Robert Scott Misener |
1962 |
Scott Misener Steamship Company |
| Vice Admiral Lyndon Spencer |
1961 |
Lake Carriers’ Association |
| Commander Elmer J. Bodenlos |
1959 |
U.S. Coast Guard |
| Colonel Loren W. Olmstead |
1958 |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Alexander T. Wood |
1957 |
Wilson Marine Transit Company |
| Harold L. Gobeille |
1956 |
The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company |
| John J. Boland |
1955 |
American Steamship Company |
