Rylander Award Past Winners
Past Winners of the R. Lynn Rylander Award
2021 GEN Joseph Votel, USA (Ret)
2020 Honorable Michael Vickers
2019 Honorable James F. Geurts
2018 ADM Eric T. Olson, USN (Ret)
2017 LTG John Mulholland, Jr., USA (Ret)
2016 Col Thomas E. “Tim” Davidson, USAF (Ret)
2015 LTG Frank Kearney, USA (Ret)
2014 The Honorable Thomas W. O’Connell
2013 Mr. James W. Cluck
2012 LtGen Dennis J. Hejlik, USMC (Ret)
2011 Gen Charles R. Holland, USAF (Ret)
2010 GEN Peter Schoomaker, USA (Ret)
2009 GEN Bryan “Doug” Brown, USA (Ret)
2008 Gen Norton A. Schwartz, USAF
2007 The Honorable James R. Locher, III
2006 MG Kenneth R. Bowra, USA (Ret)
2005 CPT Wade Y. Ishimoto, USA (Ret)
2004 COL Fred B. Raines, USA (Ret)
2003 Col John T. Carney, Jr., USAF (Ret)
2002 MG Richard A. Scholtes, USA (Ret)
2001 The Honorable H. Allen Holmes
2000 The Honorable Noel C. Koch
1999 LTG Samuel V. Wilson, USA (Ret)
1999 MG Joseph C. Lutz, USA (Ret) (Posthumous)
1998 LTG William P. Yarborough, USA (Ret)
1997 The Honorable John O. Marsh, Jr.
1997 RADM Irve C. Le Moyne, USN (Posthumous)
1997 COL George T. Talbot, USA (Ret) (Posthumous)
1996 GEN Robert C. Kingston, USA (Ret)
1995 COL John M. Collins, USA (Ret)
1994 The Honorable Earl Hutto
1993 BG Richard W. Potter, Jr., USA (Ret)
1992 MG William C. Moore, USA (Ret)
1991 COL Albert A. DeProspero, USA (Ret)
1990 Gen Alfred M. Gray, USMC (Ret)