Past Citizens of the Year

1949: Robert “Bob” Murphy

1950: Harry Welch

1951: Robert Callis

1952: Myford Irvine

1953: O.W. “Dick” Richards

1954: Dora O. Hill

1955: Joseph A. Beek

1956: Edward Milum, M.D.

1957: J.L. “Les” Steffensen and James “Jim” Edwards

1958: William “Bill” Spurgeon

1959: David Nielsen, M.D.

1960: Gerald Lynch

1961: Carroll Beek

1962: Paul A. Palmer

1963: Dr. Basil H. Peterson

1964: Robert Reed

1965: Isabel Pease

1966: Theodore Robins

1967: John Murdy

1968: Judge Robert Gardner and Walter Longmoor

1969: A. Vincent Jorgenson

1970: Fred Schope

1971: John Macnab and Doreen Marshall

1972: John Lawson

1973: Phil Tozer

1974: George Hoag

1975: Richard “Dick” Stevens

1976: Ray Watson

1977: Arvo Haapa

1978: Robert Wynn

1979: T. Duncan Stewart

1980: Robert Shelton

1981: William P. Ficker and Bill Banning

1982: Harry Babbitt

1983: J. Peter Barrett

1984: William D. Lusk

1985: Charley Hester

1986: Jackie Heather

1987: Bob McCurdy

1988: Hans Prager

1989: Bill Hamilton

1990: Paul Salata

1991/92: Jim Dale

1992/93: Art Gronsky

1993/94: Bob Robins

1994/95: Michael Stephens

1995/96: Lucille Kuehn

1997: Rush N. Hill, II

1998: Marian Bergeson

1999: Clarence “Bus” Turner

2000: Thomas C. Edwards

2001: Dayna Pettit

2002: Bill Grundy

2003: Scott Paulsen

2004: Bill Ring

2005: Seymour Beek

2006: Dennis O’Neil

2007: Evelyn Hart

2008: Lula Halfacre

2009: Norm Loats Ed.D.

2010: Ralph Rodheim

2011: Tom Johnson