2002
Thomas F. Schwartz,
Illinois State Historian
2000
Cullom Davis,
Director, The Lincoln Legal Papers
1989
Don E. Fehrenbacher,
author and teacher, for his outstanding contribution to
the advancement of Lincoln scholarship
1989
Richard N. Current,
author and teacher, for his outstanding contribution to
the advancement of Lincoln scholarship
1984
Floyd S. Barringer,
M.D., President of the Association, for his service to
the Association and to his efforts in resuming a regular
publication program resulting in The Papers of the
Abraham Lincoln Association
1972
Paul Findley,
Congressman of the 20th Illinois District, for his
untiring efforts in the creation of the Lincoln Home
National Historic Park
1971
Nelson O. Howarth,
Mayor of Springfield, for the constancy of his efforts
in preserving the Lincoln Home Area as a worthy memorial
to Abraham Lincoln
1969
George W. Bunn Jr.,
President of the Association, for his guidance of the
Association and most especially in the production of the
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
1968
Oliver J. Keller,
President of the Association, posthumously, for his
efforts in re-activating the Association and restoration
of the Old State Capitol
1967
Otto Kerner,
Governor of Illinois, for his efforts in the restoration
of the Old State Capitol
