Past Distinguished Nebraskans The Nebraska Society has awarded distinguished Nebraskans with the DNA since 1963. Past winners of the DNA include: 2007    The Honorable Clayton Yeutter , former Secretary of Agriculture 2006    Duane Acklie, chief counsel for Crete Carrier Corp 2005    The Honorable Bob Kerrey, United States Senator              The Honorable Hal Daub, United States House of Representatives 2004    Alexander Payne, Film Writer, Director, Producer 2003    The late Don O. Clifton, Ph.D., Chairman              James K. Clifton, Chairman and CEO, The Gallup Organization 2002    The Honorable Bill Barrett, United States House of Representatives 2000    Chip Davis, Musician 1999    The Honorable Helen Boosalis, City of Lincoln Former Mayor and Nebraska Department of Aging Director 1998    Jack McBride, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission              Ron Hull, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission 1997    The Honorable J. James Exon, United States Senator and Governor of Nebraska 1996    The Honorable Tom Osborne, United States House of Representatives              and Former Head Football Coach, UNL 1994    Lee G. Simmons, D.V.M.              Eugene T. Mahoney              Henry Doorly Zoo 1993    Peter G. Peterson, Financier, Cabinet Member, and Author 1992    Roger Lee Welsch, Author and Folk Humorist 1991    Charles Michael Harper, ConAgra, Inc., Chairman of the Board & CEO 1990    The Honorable Virginia Dodd Smith, United States House of Representatives 1989    Harold Wayne Anderson, Omaha World Herald Publisher              Marian Battey Anderson, Civic Leader 1988    Durward B. Varner, University of Nebraska Foundation Chairman 1987    The Honorable Robert Van Pelt, United States District Judge 1986    Reuben A. Snake, Jr., Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Chairman and              National Congress of American Studies President              Rose Blumkin, Nebraska Furniture Mart Founder and Chairman 1985    Lewis Lehr, 3M Company Chairman and CEO              The Honorable Frank B. Morrison, Sr., Governor of Nebraska 1984    Julie Vollertsen, United States Olympic Medalist              Lisa Rohde, United States Olympic Medalist              Jim Hartung, United States Olympic Medalist 1983    Richard E. Spelts, The First National Bank of Grand Island President and CEO 1982    The Honorable Carl T. Curtis, United States Senator 1981    The Reverend Robert P. Hupp, Father Flannagan’s Boys Home Executive Director 1980    The Honorable Robert Keith Gray, Gray and Company Chairman of the Board and CEO 1979    Willis A. Strauss, Northern Natural Gas Company Chairman of the Board and CEO 1978    Ron McDole, Washington Redskins              Pat Fischer, Washington Redskins 1977    The Honorable Roman L. Hruska, United States Senator 1976    Howard Hanson, Composer 1975    Peter Kiewit, Jr., Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc., Chairman of the Board & CEO 1974    Loren C. Eiseley, Professor of Anthropology and the History of Science, University of Pennsylvania 1973    Leo A. Daly, Leo A. Daly Company President 1972    James Keogh, Author and Editor 1971    Mrs. A. Bromley Sheldon, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, UNL 1970    General Albert C. Wedemeyer, US Air Force 1969    Edd H. Bailey, Union Pacific Railroad President 1968    Arjay Miller, Ford Motor Company, Vice Chairman of the Board 1967    V.J. Skutt, Mutual of Omaha Chairman of the Board and CEO 1966    Alfred M. Guenther, US Army 1965    Bob Gibson, Pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals              Robert S. Devaney, Head football coach, University of Nebraska 1964    Reverend Gerald T. Bergen, Omaha Archbishop 1963    Clair M. Reddig, The Association of Western Railways

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