| 1953 |
William G. Scarlett, Jr. |
William G. Scarlett & Co. |
| 1954 |
Frederick C. Hart |
Chas. C. Hart Seed Company |
| 1955 |
Russell R. Billings |
Stanford Seed Company |
| 1956 |
Lee Patten |
Lee Patten Seed Company |
| 1957 |
Elmer R. Townsend |
Whitney Seed Company |
| 1958 |
William R. Somrs |
F.H. Woodruff & Sons |
| 1959 |
William R. Herron |
Seabord Seed Company |
| 1960 |
Robert A. Russell |
J & L Adikes, Ink. |
| 1961 |
George J. Wagner |
Garfield-Williamson Seed Company |
| 1962 |
Alan F. Mock |
Mock Seed Company |
| 1963 |
J. Paul Klinger |
Philadelphia Seed Company |
| 1964 |
Stephen C. Hart |
Chas. C. Hart Seed Company |
| 1965 |
William S. Evans |
William G. Scarlett & Co. |
| 1966 |
Fed C. Parrott |
Lee Patten Seed Company |
| 1967 |
Harold Doellinger |
O.M. Scott & Sons |
| 1968 |
John C. Vaughan |
Vaughan's Seed Company |
| 1969 |
Kenneth G. Beachley |
Beachley-Hardy Seed Company |
| 1970 |
Lyman G. Schermerhorn, Jr. |
W. Atlee Burpee Seed Company |
| 1971 |
William B. Hardy |
Beachley-Hardy Seed Company |
| 1972 |
Peter S. Loft |
Loft's Pedigree Seeds, Inc. |
| 1973 |
William I. Jeffers |
Oliger Seed |
| 1974 |
William A. Feury |
The Terre Company of NJ, Inc. |
| 1975 |
George A. Beans |
Stanford Seed Company |
| 1976 |
Alvin M. Sweeney |
Sweeney Seed Company |
| 1977 |
J. Strickland Newsom, Jr. |
Vaughan-Jacklin Company |
| 1978 |
John Zajac |
Garfield-Williamson Seed Company |
| 1979 |
John Morrissey |
Loft's Pedigree Seeds, Inc. |
| 1980 |
Charles Kindsvater |
Otis T. Twilley Seed Company |
| 1981 |
Don Gruenbaum |
O.M. Scott & Sons |
| 1982 |
Robert Wetsel |
Wetsel Seed Company |
| 1983 |
Charles Walkiewicz |
Vaughan's Seed Company |
| 1984 |
Jonathan Burpee |
W. Atlee Burpee Seed Company |
| 1985 |
Wiiliam Feury, Jr. |
The Terre Company of NJ, Inc. |
| 1986 |
Chrisopher Valentine |
Seabord Seed Company |
| 1987 |
James C. Harris |
Chas. C. Hart Seed Company |
| 1988 |
Harry W. Hurst, III |
Meyer Seed Company |
| 1989 |
Donald P. Wertman |
Seedway, Inc. |
| 1990 |
George Rosenberg |
Vaughan's Seed Company |
| 1991 |
Frank Welch |
Beachley-Hardy Seed Company |
| 1992 |
Jeanne L. Ritchey |
Loft Seed Company |
| 1993 |
William M. Carey |
Robson Corporation |
| 1994 |
John Sutherland |
Stanford Seed Company |
| 1995 |
Brad Wetsel |
Wetsel Seed Company |
| 1996 |
Kathleen L. Gillespie |
AgroBioTech, Inc. |
| 1997 |
Richard Chamberlin |
Harris Seeds (Garden Trends, Inc.) |
| 1998 |
Mary Beth Menard |
L.D. Oliver Seed Company |
| 1999 |
Charles H. Hart |
Chas. C. Hart Seed Company |
| 2000 |
Joseph Butwin |
Stokes Seed Company |
| 2001 |
William Dunn |
Seed Research of Oregon |
| 2002 |
Mark Willis |
Harris Seeds (Garden Trends, Inc.) |
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Stephanie Breckenridge |
Ernst Seeds, Inc. |
| 2014 |
Doug Rohrer |
P.L. Rohrer and Bros., Inc. |
| 2015 |
Murray Wingate |
Lebanon Seabord Corp. |
| 2016 |
Nikki Hindle |
Ernst Seeds, Inc. |
| 2017 |
Steve Hardy |
L.D. Oliver Seed Company |
| 2018 |
Jason McMillan |
Newsom Seed, Inc. |
| 2019 |
Jon Straughn |
Chesapeake Valley Seed |
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Zenon Lis |
Burlingham Seeds |
| 2022 |
Mark Laube |
Oliger Seed |
