Congratulations to these outstanding individuals
| 2008 | Kevin P Richard | Chief Operating Officer, Mohawk Fine Papers |
| 2006 | Robert Strenge | Vice President of Packaging & Newsprint, Boise Paper (DeRidder, LA) |
| 2005 | Patrick J Moore | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Smurfit-Stone Container (St. Louis, MO) |
| 2004 | Richard Hanson | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Weyerhaeuser Company |
| 2003 | Thomas M. Herlihy | Executive Vice President Green Bay Packaging, (Green Bay, WI) |
| 2002 | Willis Potts | VP & General Manager, Inland Paperboard & Packaging (Rome, GA) |
| 2001 | William N. Wandmacher | VP & General Manager, Containerboard Mill and Forest Resources Division, Smurfit-Stone Corporation |
| 2000 | Serge Sorokin | VP & Oper. Mgr. Champion International (Sartell) |
| 1999 | Pete Correll | Chairman/CEO & President Georgia-Pacific Corp. |
| 1998 | John Wasserlein | President & COO Fraser Papers, Inc. |
| 1997 | Harold Wright | Sr. VP & Gen. Mgr. Stone Container |
| 1996 | Louis Grissom | VP & Gen. Mgr. International Paper (Riegelwood, NC) |
| 1995 | Steve Rogel | President & COO Willamette Industries |
| 1994 | Gene Cartledge | CEO, Union Camp Corp. |