ABC AWARD
PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS
1983: Dr. Karl Menninger, Menninger Foundation
1984: Kansas Governor John Carlin
1985: Martin Umansky, KAKE TV
1986: Art Gunter, Pizza Hut
1987: Dr. Sandi Terril, co-founder ConfidenceTask Force
1988: Southwestern Bell Foundation
1989: The Kansas Bankers Association
1990: The Wesley Foundation
1991: Ewing Kauffman Foundation
1992: Southwestern Bell Foundation
1993: Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker
1994: Nelson Hartman, Kansas State High School Activities Association
1995: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas
1996: Barbara Long, Topeka Public Schools
1997: Dale Dennis, Kansas State Department of Education
1998: The General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Kansas
1999: Mildred McMillon, Kansas State Board of Education
2000: Dr. Andy Tompkins, Kansas Commissioner of Education
2001: Security Benefit Group of Companies
2002: I.B. “Sonny” Rundell, Kansas State Board of Education Chairman
2003: Robert Gast, Kansas State Department of Education
2004: Dr. Robert Haderlein, Kansas Association of School Boards
2005: Dr. Max Heim, Kansas Association of School Boards Field Service Specialist
2006: Kansas Action for Children, Inc.
2007: Honorable Terry L. Bullock, Retired Shawnee County District Court Judge
2008: Kansas Bankers Association
2009: Veryl Peter, Kansas State Department of Education
2010: John W. Koepke, Kansas
Association of School Board Executive Director
2011: Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson
2012: Sue Storm, Kansas State Board of Education member
2013: Senator Steve Morris
2014: Dr. Diane DeBacker, former Kansas Commissioner of Education
2015: Gene Williams, KTWU Television
2017: Charles Volland, former Chair - Confidence In Kansas Public Education Task Force
2018: Gary Musselman
2019: Chief Justice Lawton Nuss
2020: Cindy Couchman - Buhler USD
2020: Cory Gibson -Valley Center USD
2020: Dyane Smokorowski -Wichita School District USD
2020: Shannon Ralph - Gardner Edgerton High School
2020: Tabatha Rosproy - Winfield Early Learning Center
2021: Dr. Lee Norman - Kansas Secretary of Health
PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS
1983: Dr. Karl Menninger, Menninger Foundation
1984: Kansas Governor John Carlin
1985: Martin Umansky, KAKE TV
1986: Art Gunter, Pizza Hut
1987: Dr. Sandi Terril, co-founder ConfidenceTask Force
1988: Southwestern Bell Foundation
1989: The Kansas Bankers Association
1990: The Wesley Foundation
1991: Ewing Kauffman Foundation
1992: Southwestern Bell Foundation
1993: Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker
1994: Nelson Hartman, Kansas State High School Activities Association
1995: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas
1996: Barbara Long, Topeka Public Schools
1997: Dale Dennis, Kansas State Department of Education
1998: The General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Kansas
1999: Mildred McMillon, Kansas State Board of Education
2000: Dr. Andy Tompkins, Kansas Commissioner of Education
2001: Security Benefit Group of Companies
2002: I.B. “Sonny” Rundell, Kansas State Board of Education Chairman
2003: Robert Gast, Kansas State Department of Education
2004: Dr. Robert Haderlein, Kansas Association of School Boards
2005: Dr. Max Heim, Kansas Association of School Boards Field Service Specialist
2006: Kansas Action for Children, Inc.
2007: Honorable Terry L. Bullock, Retired Shawnee County District Court Judge
2008: Kansas Bankers Association
2009: Veryl Peter, Kansas State Department of Education
2010: John W. Koepke, Kansas
Association of School Board Executive Director
2011: Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson
2012: Sue Storm, Kansas State Board of Education member
2013: Senator Steve Morris
2014: Dr. Diane DeBacker, former Kansas Commissioner of Education
2015: Gene Williams, KTWU Television
2017: Charles Volland, former Chair - Confidence In Kansas Public Education Task Force
2018: Gary Musselman
2019: Chief Justice Lawton Nuss
2020: Cindy Couchman - Buhler USD
2020: Cory Gibson -Valley Center USD
2020: Dyane Smokorowski -Wichita School District USD
2020: Shannon Ralph - Gardner Edgerton High School
2020: Tabatha Rosproy - Winfield Early Learning Center
2021: Dr. Lee Norman - Kansas Secretary of Health
