1981 – Elwin Larson, Brooklyn Union Gas
1982 – Judge James Comerford, St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee
1983 – Mayor Robert Wagner
1984 – Michael Mann, AFL-CIO
1985 – Congressman Thomas Manton
1986 – Staten Island District Attorney Bill Murphy
1987 – Bill Burke – Bank of Ireland
1988 – Judge William Bellard
1989 – James Moriarty, Moriarty and Sons
1990 – Paschal McGuinness, District Council of Carpenters
1991 – Neil Walsh, Knights of St. Patrick
1992 – Robert Golden, Prudential Financial
1993 – Jim Ryan, Fox-5 TV
1994 – Bill Gallagher, NYS Court Officers
1995 – Dorothy Hayden Cudahy, radio personality
1996 – Brian O’Dwyer, NYC Human Rights Commissioner
1997 – Joe Crowley, Assemblyman from Queens
1998 – Father Colm Campbell, Diocesan Irish Apostolate
1999 – Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan
2000 – Ed Wilkinson, The Tablet
2001 – John T. Comer, NYC Board of Education
2002 – NYPD Deputy Chief Michael Collins
2003 – Frank Comerford, president of NBC
2004 – Brooklyn Bishop Thomas V. Daily
2005 –  Denis M. Hughes, New York State AFL-CIO President
2006 – No Fair
2007 – Patrick Lynch, PBA president
2008 – Michael Benn, Queens County St. Patrick’s Day Parade
2009 – Kevin Burke, Con Edison
2010 – Brendan Dugan, St. Francis College President