Edward S. Buckler
2023
Alison Van Eenennaam
2022
Ismahane Elouafi
2021
Julie Borlaug
2020
Ertharin Cousin
2019
Robert Paarlberg
2018
Nina Fedoroff
2017
Roger Thurow
2016
Sanjaya Rajaram
2015
Kenneth Quinn
2014
Daniel Hillel
2012
Jo Luck
2011
Jean Kinsey
2010
Philip Nelson
2009
Ruth Reck
2008
Eric Larson
2007
Pedro Sanchez
2006
Judith Stern
2005
Mark Drabenstott
2004
Dennis Avery
2003
Seth Carus
2002
Michael J. Phillips
2001
William Kirk
2000
Zell Miller
1999
Previous Guest Speakers
1998 - Joseph D. Coffey
1997 - Jerry D. Caulder
1996 - Robert L. Thompson
1995 - F.J. Francis
1994 - Wayne A. Boutwell
1993 - Theodore L. Hullar
1992 - Charles M. Harper
1991 - Glenn T. Seaborg & Charles E. Hess
1990 - G. Edward Schuh
1989 - E.T. York
1988 - Jimmy Carter
1987 - Russell G. Mawby
1986 - Earl L. Butz
1985 - Theodore W. Schultz
1984 - Norman E. Borlaug
1983 - John R. Schmidt
1982 - Nyle C. Brady
1981 - Emory O. Cunningham
1979 - D.W. Brooks
1978 - Milton L. Scott
1977 - Earl O. Heady
1976 - Glenn W. Burton