Outstanding Kansas Citian Award

The Native Sons created the "Outstanding Native Kansas Citian of the Year" award in 1973. Later, this was shortened to the "Outstanding Kansas Citian" award that endures still today.

For information of this year's OKC Gala, please visit https://nsdkc.org/okc_gala.

Past Outstanding Kansas Citians

2023
Dr. Matthew Naylor, PhD.

2022
Mark McHenry
John Sherman

2021
Ed Eilert
Richard B Myers

2020
Canceled
Due to COVID

2019
George Guastello

2018
Cliff Illig

2017
Alvin Brooks

2016
Frank White, Jr.

2015
Kay Barnes

2014
Larry Moore

2013
George Brett

2012
Marilyn Maye

2011
Julia Irene Kauffman

2010
Thomas A. McDonnell

2009
John A. Dillingham

2008
Terry and Peggy Dunn

2007
Jonathan Kemper

2006
Jeanette Nichols

2005
Carol Marinovich

2004
Jim & Virginia Stowers

2003
Barnett & Shirley Helzberg

2002
Mary Shaw Branton

2001
Buck O'Neil
Carl DiCapo

2000
Whitney and Day Kerr

1999
Dr. Felix N. Sabates

1998
Dr. Bruce Prince-Joseph

1997
Drue Jennings

1996
Jerry Cohen

1995
Anita B. Gorman

1994
Roy Ranck

1993
William Clarkson

1992
Jane Flynn

1991
Henry Bloch

1990
Walt Bodine

1989
David Stanley

1988
Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.

1987
Michael Burke

1986
Ewing Kauffman

1985
Vic Swyden

1984
Jay Dillingham

1983
Richard Bloch

1982
Tom Watson

1981
Crosby Kemper, Jr.

1980
Ilus Davis

1979
William Dunn

1978
Charles Wheeler

1977
Miller Nichols

1976
Lester Milgram

1975
Crosby Kemper, Sr.

1974
John Ayres
Donald Hall
Richard Berkley
Ewing Kauffman

1973
Clarence Kelley