| Year | Name | Club | Rotary International Theme | District |
| 2007-08 | Eldon T. Leemhuis | Ottawa Sunrise | Rotary Shares | 6420 |
| 2006-07 | Patricia Burch | Rochelle | Lead the Way | 6420 |
| 2005-06 | Anita Papich | Loves Park | Service About Self | 6420 |
| 2004-05 | Robert L. Newlon | Oregon | Celebrate Rotary | 6420 |
| 2003-04 | Fred J. Luckenbill | Rock Island | Lend a Hand | 6420 |
| 2002-03 | Donald Clayberg | Sycamore | Sow the Seeds of Love | 6420 |
| 2001-02 | Capt. Jack Morehead | Galena | Mankind is our business | 6420 |
| 2000-01 | Nelda Pitelka | Sandwich | Create Awareness Take Action | 6420 |
| 1999-2000 | George R. Partlo | Harvard | Act with Consistency, Credibility, Continuity | 6420 |
| 1998-99 | Melvin Sparlin | Loves Park | Follow Your Rotary Dream | 6420 |
| 1997-98 | Raymond L. Den Adel | Rockford | Show Rotary Cares | 6420 |
| 1996-97 | Charles R. Engel | Rochelle | Build the Future with action and vision | 6420 |
| 1995-96 | Bennett Litherland | Rock Island | Act with Integrity Serve with Love Work for Peace | 6420 |
| 1994-95 | Stuart B. Smith | Loves Park | Be a Friend | 6420 |
| 1993-94 | H. Keith Speckman | River Cities | Believe in What You Do - Do What You Believe in | 6420 |
| 1992-93 | Richard S. Roeing | Sterling | Real Happiness is Helping Others | 6420 |
| 1991-92 | Paul E. Kerr | Moline | Look Beyond Yourself | 6420 |
| 1990-91 | Robert I. Smith | Sycamore | Honor Rotary with Faith and Enthusiasm | 642 |
| 1989-90 | Dr. E. Jed Johnson | Marseilles | Enjoy Rotary! | 642 |
| 1988-89 | William A. Welk | Savanna | Put Life into Rotary - Your Life | 642 |
| 1987-88 | Curtis T. Gruenau | Freeport | Rotarians - United in Service - Dedicated to Peace | 642 |
| 1986-87 | Kent A. Mallquist | Rockford | Rotary Brings Hope | 642 |
| 1985-86 | Fred Houlton | Rock Island | You are the Key | 642 |
| 1984-85 | Roscoe Haas | Freeport | Discover a New World of Service | 642 |
| 1983-84 | Dr. Mahmood Butt | Cherry Valley | Share Rotary - Serve People | 642 |
| 1982-83 | James Forster | DeKalb | Mankind is One-Build Bridges of Friendship Throughout the World | 642 |
| 1981-82 | Leonard Carmichael | Rochelle | World Understanding and Peace Through Rotary | 642 |
| 1980-81 | George C. Smith | Polo | Take Time to Serve | 642 |
| 1979-80 | DeWitt Osgood | DeKalb | Let Service Light the Way | 642 |
| 1978-79 | Harold Buck | Savanna | Reach Out | 642 |
| 1977-78 | Alvar T. Berghult | East Moline | Serve to Unite Mankind | 642 |
| 1976-77 | Charles O. Austin, Jr. | Rock Island | I Believe in Rotary | 642 |
| 1975-76 | John R. Doak | Freeport | To dignify the human being | 642 |
| 1974-75 | Russell Helander | Toluca | Renew the Spirit of Rotary | 642 |
| 1973-74 | Edwin C. Greenway | East Moline | A Time for Action | 642 |
| 1972-73 | Leland S. Baker | LaSalle | Let's take a new look - and act | 642 |
| 1971-72 | Harley W. Mullins | Rockford | Good will begins with you | 642 |
| 1970-71 | Albert Brown | Moline | Bridge the Gaps | 642 |
| 1969-70 | Merle Burke | Ottawa | Review and Renew | 642 |
| 1968-69 | Hollis R. Hillstrom | Sycamore | Participate! | 642 |
| 1967-68 | J. Turner Mills | Varna | Make Your Rotary Membership Effective | 642 |
| 1966-67 | Byron O. Cully | Freeport | A Better World Through Rotary | 642 |
| 1965-66 | Lee O. Dawson | East Moline | Action, Consolidation and Continuity | 642 |
| 1964-65 | Ernie L. Swarts | Rockford | Live Rotary | 642 |
| 1963-64 | Monte Hance | Rock Island | Meeting Rotary's Challenge in the Space Age | 642 |
| 1962-63 | Leo K. Sabien, Sr. | Belvidere | Kindle the Spark Within | 642 |
| 1961-62 | James S. Dorathy | Sterling | Act, Aim for action, Communicate for Understanding, Test for Leadership | 642 |
| 1960-61 | Roy W. Cross | Ottawa | You are Rotary - Live It! Express It! Expand It! | 642 |
| 1959-60 | J. Harold Grove | Rock Island | Vitalize! Personalize! Build Bridges of Friendship! | 642 |
| 1958-59 | Dr. Emery J. Fenwick | Sycamore | Help Shape the Future | 642 |
| 1957-58 | C. Don Furlscher |
Moline | Enlist-Extend-Explore-Serve | 642 |
| 1956-57 | Herman H. Cortelyou | DeKalb | Keep Rotary simple-More Rotary in Rotarians-Learn More About Each Other | 213 |
| 1955-56 | Fred G. Garrels | Lacon | Develop our Resources | 213 |
| 1954-55 | John R. Abbott | Walnut | Glean from the past and act-Share with others-Build with Rotary's 4-Way Test-Serving youth-International Good Will-Good Rotarians are good citizens | 213 |
| 1953-54 | Elmer H. Schirmer | Freeport | Rotary is Hope in Action | 213 |
| 1952-53 | Lyle W. Wilcox | Sterling | 213 | |
| 1951-52 | Wayne Walker | Chicago | 213 | |
| 1950-51 | Otto Schweinberger | Moline | In club service we must beget our heirs- In vocational service honesty is still the best policy-In community service we can plan for the future-In International service we must reexamine our world- and finally we can extend the influence of Rotary. | 213 |
| 1949-50 | Dr. Roy A. Palmer | Ottawa | 1. Each new member admitted into a Rotary club to be adequately informed about his duties and obligations BEFORE his induction - properly introduction to the club - and effectively assimilated into the work of the club during the first year. 2. A better understanding and application of the principles of Vocational Service as set forth in SERVICE IS MY BUSINESS. 3. A contribution to world understanding and peace through an intensification of our international service program. 4. An outstanding district conference in every district. | 213 |
| 1948-49 | Lloyd Hollister | Wilmette | 147 | |
| 1947-48 | Bert M. Gibbs | Princeton | 147 | |
| 1946-47 | William T. Stevenson | Rock Island | 147 | |
| 1945-46 | John L. Brearton | Savanna | 147 | |
| 1944-45 | Frank M. Stager | Sterling | 147 | |
| 1943-44 | Francis J. Budinger | Wilmette | 147 | |
| 1942-43 | Arthur W. Wood | Moline | 147 | |
| 1941-42 | Herbert J. Taylor | Chicago | 147 | |
| 1940-41 | F. Wayne Graham | Morris | 147 | |
| 1940-41 | Mannel Hahn | Winnetka | 147 | |
| 1939-40 | Norman E. Sleezer | Freeport | 147 | |
| 1938-39 | David E. Walker | Evanston | 147 | |
| 1937-38 | Richard E. Vernor | Chicago | 147 | |
| 1936-37 | John A. Mayhew | Kankakee | 40 | |
| 1935-36 | William A. Michael | Chicago Hts. | 40 | |
| 1934-35 | W. M. Phillips | Rock Island | 40 | |
| 1933-34 | Will C. Robb | Maywood | 40 | |
| 1932-33 | Charles W. Kent | Streator | 40 | |
| 1931-32 | William V. MacGill | Chicago | 40 | |
| 1930-31 | Norval F. Foltz | Cicero | 40 | |
| 1929-30 | G. Bruce Machen | Savanna | 40 | |
| 1928-29 | Humphrey J. Randall | Morrison | 40 | |
| 1927-28 | Andrew H. Anderson | Streator | 40 | |
| 1926-27 | Charles W. Ward | Evanston | 40 | |
| 1925-26 | Harry F. Kelly | Ottawa | 40 | |
| 1924-25 | John Casto | East Moline | 40 | |
| 1923-24 | Henry Edward Rompel | Ottawa | 40 | |
| 1922-23 | Emerit E. Baker | Kewanee | 19 | |
| 1921-22 | Charles A. Taylor | Harrisburg | 12 | |
| 1920-21 | E.C. Fisher | Rock Island | 12 | |
| 1919-20 | James O. Craig | Chicago | 12 | |
| 1918-19 | J. Stanley Brown | Joliet | 12 | |
| 1917-18 | Percival G. Rennick | Peoria | 8 | |
| 1916-17 | Frank P. Manley | Indianapolis | 8 | |
| 1915-16 | Herbert C. Master |
Chicago | 8 | |
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