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1890s
William B. Baum
Mayor, Saginaw
1899
1900s
George R. Perry
Mayor, Grand Rapids
1900-03
John F. Bible
Mayor, Ionia
1903-05
Edwin F. Sweet
Mayor Grand Rapids
1905-06
David E. Heineman
Alderman, Detroit
1906-08
Lawton T. Hemans
Mayor, Mason
1909-10
1910s
William L. Walz
Mayor, Ann Arbor
1911-12
Charles W. Giddings
Mayor, St. Louis
1912-13
J. Gottlieb Reutter
Mayor, Lansing
1913-14
A. J. Johnson
Mayor, Pontiac
1914-15
Frank P. S. Kelton
Mayor, Bay City
1915-16
James W. Marsh
Mayor, Battle Creek
1916-17
E. J. Johnson
Alderman, Flint
1917-18
John F. Bell
Alderman, Lansing
1918-19
D. E. Newcombe
City Clerk, Flint
1919-20
1920s
James H. Lee
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Detroit, 1920-21
Ganson Taggart
City Attorney
Grand Rapids, 1921-22
E. P. Stephan
Mayor, Holland
1922-23
Fred Harris
City Manager, Escanaba
1923-24
John H. Farley
City Attorney, Flint
1924-25
J. Arthur Dratz
City Commissioner, Muskegon
1925-27
Alvah P. Cady
City Attorney, Benton Harbor
1927-29
Laird J. Troyer
Mayor, Lansing
1929-31
1930s
Earnest C. Brooks
Mayor, Holland
1931-32
George L. Lusk
City Manager, Bay City
1932-33
Fremont Evans
City Attorney, St. Joseph
1933-35
George H. Sandenburgh
Ann Arbor
1935-37
Kenneth J. McCarren
Member, Detroit Board of Assessors
1937-38
Richard L. Cook
Mayor, Grand Haven
1938-1940
1940s
W. W. Richards
City Commissioner, Muskegon
1940-41
Herman G. Crow
City Manager, St. Joseph
1941-42
J. H. Witherspoon
Commissioner of Police, Detroit
1942-43
George C. Higgins
Mayor, Port Huron
1943-44
Douglas P. Turnbull
City Auditor, Kalamazoo
1944-45
Ralph W. Crego
Mayor, Lansing
1945-46
Jay F. Gibbs
City Manager, Ferndale
1946-48
Herbert A. Kurrasch
Mayor, Alpena
1948-49
William V. Bailey
Mayor, Battle Creek
1949-51
1950s
Henry J. DeVette
City Commissioner, Muskegon
1951-52
David V. Addy
Budget Director, Detroit
1952-53
Claude E. Porter
Mayor, Adrian
1953-54
Bruce D. Garbutt
Mayor, Ferndale
1954-55
Claude VerDuin
Mayor, Grand Haven
1955-56
David R. Calhoun
Mayor, Huntington Woods
1956-58
Glenn S. Allen, Jr.
Mayor, Kalamazoo
1958-59
Don K. Gothro
Mayor, Grayling
1959-60
1960s
Robert Visscher
Mayor, Holland
1960
Philip L. Reno
Village President, Wayland
1961
John M. Patriarche
City Manager, East Lansing
1961-62
William G. Kirby
Councilman, Grosse Pointe Farms
1962-63
Hilding G. Carlson
City Commissioner, Muskegon
1963-64
N. G. “Ance” Damoose
City Manager, Battle Creek
1964-65
Stewart G. Franke
Mayor, Saginaw
1965-66
Gordon L. Thomas
Mayor, East Lansing
1966-67
Chris H. Sonneveldt
Mayor, Grand Rapids
1967-68
William H. Taylor
Mayor, Pontiac
1968-69
Michael M. Glusac
Mayor, Highland Park
1969-70
1970s
Frederick R. Brydges
Mayor, Battle Creek
1970-71
Gordon R. Bryant
Mayor, Huntington Woods
1971-72
Thomas K. Eardley
Mayor, Wyoming
1972-73
Walter Bezz
Mayor, East Detroit
1973-74
Edward H. McNamara
Mayor, Livonia
1974-75
Ernest C. Browne, Jr.
Councilmember, Detroit
1975-76
Charles E. Palmer
Mayor, Clawson
1976-77
James R. Haley
Councilmember, Harper Woods
1977-78
George D. Goodman
Mayor, Ypsilanti
1978-79
Patricia M. Guenther
City Commissioner, Kalamazoo
1979-80
1980s
Jean Andrew Anderson
Councilmember, Hancock
1980-81
James C. Robertson
Mayor, Gladwin
1981-82
Robert L. Bovitz
Mayor, Trenton
1982-83
George S. Freeman
Mayor, Grosse Pte. Woods
1983-84
Sylvester Joe Stephens
Councilmember, Saginaw
1984-85
Marjorie A. Boon
Mayor, Grand Haven
1985-86
Merrill S. Bailey
Mayor, Norton Shores
1986-87
Thomas L. Werth
Councilmember, Rochester
1987-88
Gail Kaess
Councilmember, Grosse Pointe Farms
1988-89
Harold Easton
Mayor, Tecumseh
1989-90
1990s
Woodrow Stanley
Mayor, Flint
1990-91
David Eberhard
Councilmember, Detroit
1991-92
Ben Marks
Councilmember, Farmington Hills
1992-93
Alan Israel
Mayor, Milan
1993-94
Patricia A. Lockwood
Mayor, Fenton
1994-95
William E. Lynn
Mayor, Sault Ste. Marie
1995-96
Michael A. Guido
Mayor, Dearborn
1996-97
Susan Bess
Village President, Ortonville
1997-98
Nancy Crandall
Mayor, Norton Shores
1998-99
Ingrid B. Sheldon
Mayor, Ann Arbor
1999-2000
2000s
Charles Smiley
Mayor, Burton
2000-01
Robert Slattery
Mayor, Mt. Morris mayor
2001-02
Kate Lawrence
Mayor, Brighton
2002-03
James L. Sinclair
Councilmember, Rogers City
2003-04
Margene Scott
Councilmember, Madison Heights
2004-05
Michael Matheny
Mayor, Grand Blanc
2005-06
Vicki Barnett
Mayor, Farmington Hills
2006-07
Deb Doyle
Mayor, Durand
2007-08
Robin Beltramini
Councilmember, Troy
2008-09
Jeff Jenks
Mayor Pro Tem, Huntington Woods
2009-10
2010s
Carol Shafto
Mayor, Alpena
2010-11
Karen Majewski
Mayor, Hamtramck
2011-12
David Lossing
Mayor, Linden
2012-13
Jacqueline Noonan
Mayor, Utica
2013-14
Dick Bolen
Mayor Pro Tem, Wakefield
2014-15
Nathan Triplett
Mayor Pro Tem, East Lansing
Sept.-Nov., 2015
Jack O’Reilly
Mayor, Dearborn
2015-16
Rosalynn Bliss
Mayor, Grand Rapids
2016-17
Catherine Bostick-Tullius
Commissioner, Lapeer
2017-18
Melanie Piana
Councilmember, Ferndale
2018-19
Brenda F. Moore
Mayor Pro Tem, Saginaw
2019-20
2020s
William Wild
Mayor, Westland
2020-21
Monica Galloway
Councilmember, Flint
2021
Barbara A. Ziarko
Councilmember, Sterling Heights
2021-23
Robert Clark
Mayor, Monroe
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