| 2020/21 |
David Warner |
Buttonwillow Water District |
| 2019 |
Alan Tandy |
City of Bakersfield |
| 2018 |
Cheryl Wegman |
Council Member City of Wasco |
| 2017 |
Tom Weil |
City of California City |
| 2017 |
Phil Smith |
City of Tehachapi |
| 2017 |
Les Clark Jr. |
IOPA, City of Taft |
| 2016 |
Stephen W. Schilling |
Clinica Sierra Vista |
| 2016 |
Fred & Barbara Holmes |
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| 2015 |
Dr. Ronald M. Kean |
Professor Emeritus of Music, Bakersfield College |
| 2014 |
David Cothrun |
Former President of Taft College |
| 2013 |
John Guinn |
City Manager, Shafter |
| 2012 |
Garry Nelson |
Mayor, Shafter |
| 2012 |
Steven P. Morgan |
Councilmember, Ridgecrest |
| 2012 |
Chuck Michel |
Golden Empire Transit District |
| 2011 |
Ken McMinn |
Police Chief, Taft |
| 2011 |
Ronald E. Brummett |
(Retired) Kern Council of Governments |
| 2011 |
Bruce Auld |
Bruce Auld Consulting |
| 2010 |
Irma Carson |
Bakersfield |
| 2010 |
Cathy Hansen |
Mojave Transportation Museum Foundation |
| 2010 |
Patricia Farris |
The News Review |
| 2009 |
Michael D. Avery |
Ridgecrest |
| 2009 |
James Movius |
Bakersfield |
| 2009 |
William Rector |
Chief, Bakersfield Police Department |
| 2009 |
Jan Bennett |
Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce |
| 2008 |
Dr. Pierre Saint-Amand |
Ridgecrest |
| 2008 |
Donna & Duane Pockrandt |
Ridgecrest |
| 2007 |
Harvey M. Rose |
Ridgecrest |
| 2007 |
Bob Jasper |
Ridgecrest |
| 2007 |
David Mechtenberg |
Ridgecrest |
| 2006 |
Walt Heisey |
Bakersfield |
| 2006 |
Bill Wilbanks |
Kern County General Services Division |
| 2006 |
Larry Pennell |
City Manager, Wasco |
| 2005 |
Randall E. Scott |
Air Force Flight Test Center |
| 2005 |
Bill Cooper & Rich O’Neil |
Kern River Parkway Foundation |
| 2005 |
Barbara Patrick |
Kern County Board of Supervisors |
| 2004 |
Art Armendariz |
Delano |
| 2004 |
Thomas H. Clark |
Manager, Kern County Water Agency |
| 2004 |
Jack Hardisty |
Community Service Director, Bakersfield |
| 2004 |
Eric Matlock |
Chief, Bakersfield Police Department |
| 2004 |
Scott E. Jones |
CAO, County of Kern |
| 2004 |
Lloyd Norton |
Engineer, Kern County Roads Department |
| 2003 |
Gene Bogart |
Bakersfield |
| 2003 |
Dale Hawley |
Kern Transportation Foundation |
| 2003 |
Dale Mills |
Kern Transportation Foundation |
| 2003 |
Mark Salvaggio |
Bakersfield |
| 2002 |
Carl Sparks |
(Retired) Kern County Sheriff |
| 2002 |
Norma Robinson |
Taft |
| 2002 |
Dan Clark |
(Retired) Kern County Fire Chief |
| 2001 |
Dan Sabovich |
Manager, East Kern Airport District |
| 2001 |
Roger Taylor |
(Retired) Planning Division Chief, Kern Council of Governments |
| 2001 |
Bernice Bonilla |
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| 2000 |
Jess Ortiz |
Arvin |
| 2000 |
Kelcy Owens |
Tehachapi |
| 2000 |
Pat DeMond |
Bakersfield |
| 2000 |
Bob Colston |
Colston Construction |
| 2000 |
Kenneth Kelley |
Ridgecrest |
| 2000 |
Antonio Anthony |
Tehachapi |
| 1999 |
Steve Ruggenberg |
(Retired) General Manager, Golden Empire Transit |
| 1999 |
Steve Brummer |
(Retired) Chief, Bakersfield Police Department |
| 1999 |
Thomas N. Jones Ed. D. |
(Retired) Superintendent, Kern High School District |
| 1999 |
Jay Sprague |
California City |
| 1999 |
Robert O. Price |
Mayor, Bakersfield |
| 1998 |
Howard Auld |
Ridgecrest |
| 1998 |
Melvin McLaughlin |
Wasco |
| 1998 |
John W. (Bill) Kytola |
Taft |
| 1998 |
James C. Young |
Kern Community College District |
| 1997 |
Lee Anderson |
(Retired) Community Services Manager, Bakersfield |
| 1997 |
Ed Moss |
Commercial Trade Bureau |
| 1997 |
Helen Howard |
Wasco |
| 1997 |
Donald G. Burkett |
Mayor Pro-tem, Arvin |
| 1996 |
Dr. Ken Secor, P.E. |
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| 1996 |
Nary Katherine Shell |
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| 1996 |
Fred W. Andrew |
Andrew Williamson Sales Co. |
| 1996 |
Anita Bogan |
California City Resident |
| 1996 |
Rayburn S. Dezember |
Wells Fargo Bank |
| 1996 |
Joel Heinrichs |
County of Kern |
| 1996 |
Bill L. Williams |
Ed. D. Superintendent, Panama Buena Vista School District |
| 1995 |
Pauline Larwood |
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| 1995 |
Tom McCarthy |
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| 1994 |
Richard H. Moser |
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| 1994 |
Dwight Ensor |
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| 1994 |
Dale Mills |
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| 1993 |
Dr. William Hagen |
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| 1993 |
Paul Erickson |
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| 1993 |
Fred Starrh |
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| 1992 |
Kelcy Owens |
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| 1992 |
Stan Wilson |
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| 1992 |
Dale Hawley |
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| 1991 |
Dolores Robinson |
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