Milwaukee Press Club

Headliner Award

Since 1957 the Milwaukee Press Club has honored Wisconsin leaders each year with its Headliner award. The list of winners is a who's who of Wisconsin greats – from the worlds of politics, business, sports, religion, entertainment and the media. The Headliner award is presented each spring at the Gridiron banquet, which also honors winners of the club's Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism competition and a Sacred Cat. The Press Club's board of governors and the Gridiron Committee collaborate in the selection of a Headliner.

Headliner Honorees

1957 - Harold S. Vincent
1958 - George F. Kasten
1959 - Edmund Fitzgerald
1960 - S. Lloyd Niemeyer
1961 - Eliot Fitch
1962 - Albert S. Puelicher
1963 - Irwin Maier
1964 - Leo Tiefenthaler
1965 - Robert A. Uihlein, Jr.
1966 - Walter H. Bender
1967 - Howard J. Tobin
1968 - George A. Parkinson
1969 - James A. Lovell
1970 - Hazel Maxwell and Harold Morgan
1971 - Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley and Donald C. Slichter
1972 - Norman N. Gill
1973 - Francis E. Ferguson
1974 - Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J.
1975 - Arnold D. K. Mason
1976 - Robert V. Krikorian
1977 - Warren P. Knowles
1978 - Harry C. Bockel
1979 - Allen H Selig
1980 - Catherine B. Cleary
1981 - Albert A. Silverman
1982 - Max Karl
1983 - Ben Barkin
1984 - Paul E. Hassett
1985 - Ben Marcus and Stephen H. Marcus
1986 - Charles McNeer
1987 - Archbishop Rembert Weakland
1988 - T. Michael Brophy
1989 - Mitchell Fromstein
1990 - Lindy Infante
1991 - Les Aspin
1992 - Howard Fuller
1993 - Jane and Lloyd Pettit
1994 - Pat Richter, Bonnie Blair and Dan Jansen
1995 - Allen H. Selig
1996 - Mike Holmgren
1997 - Jacquelyn Mitchard
1998 - Janine Geske
1999 - Roger Fitzsimonds
2000 - Andreas Delfs
2001 - Russell Bowman, Christopher Goldsmith, Jack Pelisek
2002 - Tom Crean, Bruce Pearl
2004 - Dr. Zorba Paster, Tom Clark
2005 - Michael Cudahy
2006 - Bob Reitman, Sister Joel Read
2007 - Sheldon Lubar