| Year | Name | Organization/Title |
| 2008 |
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| 2007 |
Ray Crenshaw |
Community Leader and Activist |
| 2006 |
Ryan Sattler |
Founder, York County Community Against Racism |
| 2005 |
Michael Helfrich |
Codorus Creek Improvement Project |
| 2004 |
Gordon Freireich |
President, The Newton Group |
| 2003 |
Daniel P. Elby |
Executive Director, Alternative Rehabilitative Communities, Inc. |
| 2002 |
Jonathan Liss, MD |
Chair, Jewish Community Relations Council |
| 2001 |
C. William Dize |
Architect (Deceased) |
| 2000 |
Charlie Lehman |
Retired |
| 1999 |
Jerri Zimmerman |
York Community Activist |
| 1998 |
Florence Jolly |
York County Court Appointed Special Advocate |
| 1997 |
Marty Hodges |
Crispus Attucks Youth Against Drugs |
| 1996 |
Arthur Glatfelter |
Glatfelter Insurance Group |
| 1995 |
Rev. Joan Maruskin |
Efforts in the Chinese Refugees |
| 1994 |
Dr. Luther B. Sowers |
Retired |
| 1993 |
Rabbi Irwin Goldenberg |
Temple Beth Israel |
| 1992 |
Thomas Westerman Wolf |
The Wolf Organization |
| 1991 |
Allan Dameshek |
County Administrative Offices |
| 1990 |
Thomas C. Norris |
President P.H. Glatfelter Company |
| 1989 |
Delilah Rumberg |
Executive Director, Access-York |
| 1988 |
Robert Hollis |
Community Leader & Associate Director and Day Care Administrator of Crispus Attucks |
| 1987 |
Father Bernard Pistone |
Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen & HIspanic Housing Counsel |
| 1986 |
Robert Simpson |
Community Leader and Director of Crispus Attucks Community Center |
| 1985 |
Rev. Carl Scott & John Oldfield |
Co-captains of York City Police Chaplain's Corps |
| 1984 |
Jo Barnett |
Realtor Watch |
| 1983 |
Joseph Jenkins |
Scouting |
| 1982 |
Susan Ruth |
President of the Rape & Victim Assistance Center |
| 1981 |
Norman J. Laws |
York Recreation Community Youth Worker |
| 1980 |
Rev. William Shade |
Director of Team Encounter |
| 1979 |
Nellie L. Stein |
Women's Bureau of York Chamber |
| 1978 |
Clariece B. Schell |
Better Community Organization of South West York |
| 1977 |
Joseph Sperling |
Executive Director, Jewish Community Center |
| 1976 |
Harry McLaughlin |
Reporter, Harrisburg Patriot News |