| 2011 |
Irwin Jacobs
Co-founder, Qualcomm, Inc. |
| 2010 |
Richard Adkerson
President & CEO, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. |
| 2009 |
Alan Mulally
President & CEO, Ford Motor Co. |
| 2008 |
Michael Ahearn
Chairman & CEO, First Solar |
| 2007 |
Richard M. Kovacevich
Chairman, Wells Fargo & Company |
| 2006 |
Brian Walker
President and CEO, Herman Miller |
| 2005 |
Meg Whitman
CEO, eBay |
| 2004 |
Howard Schultz
Chairman and Chief Global Strategist, Starbucks Coffee Company |
| 2003 |
Michael Dell
Chairman and CEO, Dell Inc. |
| 2002 |
Philip L. Francis
Chairman and CEO, PETsMART, Inc. |
| 2001 |
Bruce T. Halle
Owner and Founder, Discount Tire Company, Inc. |
| 2000 |
Roy A. Vallee
Chairman and CEO, Avnet, Inc. |
| 1999 |
Michael Bonsignore
Chairman and CEO, Honeywell |
| 1998 |
Lawrence A. Bossidy
Chairman and CEO, AlliedSignal Inc |
| 1997 |
Roberto C. Goizueta
Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company |
| 1996 |
Dr. Craig R. Barrett
President, Intel Corporation |
| 1995 |
George M. C. Fisher
Chairman, President and CEO, Eastman Kodak Co. |
| 1994 |
Herb Kelleher
Chairman, President and CEO, Southwest Airlines. |
| 1993 |
C. Michael Armstrong
Chairman and CEO, Hughes Aircraft Corporation |
| 1992 |
John McCoy
Chairman and CEO, Banc One Corporation |
| 1991 |
Peter Ueberroth
The Contrarian Group |
| 1990 |
Mike Quinlan
Chairman and CEO, McDonald’s Corporation |
| 1989 |
William Dillard
Chairman and CEO, Dillard Department Stores |
| 1988 |
David M. Roderick
Chairman and CEO, USX |
| 1987 |
Edmund B. Fitzgerald
Chairman of Northern Telecom Ltd. |
| 1986 |
Charles M. Harper
Chairman and CEO, ConAgra, Inc. |
| 1985 |
James D. Robinson, III
Chairman and CEO, American Express |
| 1984 |
Robert W. Galvin
Chairman and CEO, Motorola |
| 1983 |
Dr. Andrew S. Grove
President, Intel Corporation |