Past Michiganians of the Year

    Every year since 1978, readers of The Detroit News have participated in nominating our Michiganians of the Year, a selection of outstanding citizens who have helped make living in this state a richer experience for the rest of us, either by their good works or by the example they set. The 12 award winners chosen by the editors of The News and profiled in this section are in good company. The following is a complete list of honorees from the last 22 years:

1978 — First Annual

Waunetta Dominic
Antal Dorati
Erma Henderson
T. John Lesinski
Jan Leventer
Darryl Rogers
Lou Whittaker

1979

Irene Auberlin
Mary Coleman
Bertha Daubendiek
David DiChiera
Thomas Hearns
Laura Heuser
Edward McNamara
Ernie Rodgers
Dr. Barnett Rosenberg
Coleman A. Young

1980

Michael Bennett
James Blanchard
John Cardinal Dearden
Emily Gail
Arthur Jefferson
Al Kaline
Lavinia Moyer
Ellen Sharp
Billy Sims
David Stockman
Ray Trombley

1981

William Agee
Dexter Bussey
Diane Edgecomb
Ernie Harwell
Lewis Hickson
Dr. Ronald Krome
Helen Milliken
John Peakes
Misha Rachlevsky
Margaret Smith
Richard Thomsen
Dr. Judith Tintinalli
John Voelker

1982

Anthony Carter
Luella Davison
Marie Farrell-Donaldson
Jim Harrison
Zalman Konikow
Robert McCabe
Carle and Ellendea Proffer
Leona Spencer
Debbie Stabenow
Peter Stroh

1983

Lisa Bonder
Stefan Humphries
Ted Hunt
Lee Iacocca
Eleanor Josaitis
Elmore Leonard
Marvin W. Murray
Bob Seger
Brewster Shaw Jr.
A. Alfred Taubman

1984

Sparky Anderson
Dave Bing
Henry Blosser
Ted Ewald
Steve Fraser
Rick Inatome
William Lucas
Ilene Moses
Mary Sinclair
Elliot Wilhelm

1985

Richard Austin
John Barfield
Peter B. Clark
Phil Marcus Esser
John Eulenberg
Evelyn Fisher
Sister Ardeth Platte
Loret Ruppe
Bo Schembechler
Isiah Thomas

1986

Stuart Dybek
Jeanne Findlater
Dennis L. Gibson Jr.
J.C. Heard
Richard Kughn
Dr. Fred Lee
Ron Mason
Shirley Muldowney
Sheri Nichols
Jerry Roe
Dr. Arthur Weaver
G. Mennen Williams
Russell Wood

1987

Don Canham
The Rev. William T. Cunningham
Dr. George Granderson
Judge Damon J. Keith
Walter J. McCarthy Jr.
George Perles
Clifford and Sandra Sasfy
Alan E. Schwartz
Archbishop Edmund C. Szoka
Irene Walt
Dr. Charles H. Wright
Dr. Vainutis K. Vaitkevicius

1988

Delores Bennett
William Field
Phyllis Todd Graham
Oscar Graves
Mike and Marian Ilitch
John W. Madden Jr.
Sue Marx and Pamela Conn
Jaqueline Miller and
Judith Hendrickson
Justin Rashid
and Wilhelm Kast
Doug Ross
Alan Trammell

1989

Sister Alice Baker
Rose Bell
Martha Bigelow
Roy and Ellen Brigman
Jim Campbell
Joe Dumars
The Rev. Eddie Edwards
Steve Fisher
Paul Ganson
Nancy Gauchey
Mickey Miners

1990

Dr. Francis S. Collins
John Concannon
Rev. Robert H. Crilley
Chuck Daly
Matel Dawson Jr.
Cecil Fielder
Gene Gonya
The Rev. Jim Holley
Milton London
Robert S. Miller Jr.
Rick Swope
Alfred H. Taylor Jr.
Jacqueline Carey Thomas
Debra White-Hunt

1991

Don H. Barden
Ruth Ann Bussey
Jeff Daniels
Wayne Fontes
Tyree Guyton
Neeme Jarvi
Randy Kowalski
Catharine A. MacKinnon
Fannie Dell Peeples
Heinz Prechter
The Rev. Edwin A. Rowe
Monte Sharobeem
Alann Steen
Virginia Steen
Jan Stevenson
Conrado S. Valle Jr.

1992

The Rev. Wendell Anthony
Bob Bauer
Leon S. Cohan
Frank Colasonti Jr.
Cary Coleman
Mary Fisher
Mildred Jeffrey
Rosa Parks
Angie Reyes
Ray Shepardson
Joseph Thompson
Carol Tighe
Bishop Ken Untener
William Washington
The Winans Family

1993

Stjepan Balog
Dr. Julius Combs
Michael Fallon
Marian Faupel
William R. Halling
Teddy Harris
The Rev. Ann Johnson
Sharon Pipe
Dick Purtan
John Rice
Jimmy Schmidt
Mark Volpe

1994

Ismael Ahmed
Kathleen Gerus
Arthur Johnson
Joyce Keller
Cardinal Adam J. Maida
Russ Mawby
William Mills
Mary Ellen Robertson
Rabbi Charles H. Rosenzveig
Ben Snyder
Fritz and Gretchen Stansell
John Thompson
Rush Yarnell

1995

Dr. Michael Busuito
W. Clark Durant III
Marcus Edwards
Gov. John M. Engler
Charlotte and David Fauman
John George
Judge Willie Lipscomb Jr.
Albert Meyer
Dr. Isaac Powell
Elizabeth Gordon Sachs
Samuel Sachs II
Dr. Andrea Sankar
Martha Jean “The Queen” Steinberg

1996

Judge Hilda Gage
Robert H. Giles
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Paul Hillegonds
Roger McCarville
Alex Montaner
Edwin Novak
Rich Odell
Lloyd Reuss
Will Robinson
Frank D. Stella
Jeanne Sterner
The Rev. Edgar Vann Jr.
John Welchli
Steve Yzerman

1997

Dr. Sandra Brown
Lloyd Carr
Renee S. Deroche
Gershwin A. Drain
Chuck Forbes
Carl F. Greene
Geraldine Lester
Dr. Melvin Lester
Myron Leven
Jerry Linenger
Harry Pearce
Dr. L. Kimberly Peoples
Art VanElslander

1998

Pamela A. Aguirre
Brenda Crane
Peter D. Cummings
Tarik Daoud
Robert J. Eaton
Juanita Hammond
David Hermelin
Kenneth Hill
Peter Karmanos Jr.
Shelley Looney
Peter McPherson
Diane Philpot

1999

Helen Barwig
Bill Beckham
Richard E. Dauch
Gerald D. Edwards
Haifa Fakhouri
Max Fisher
Steven K. Hamp
Noreen Keating
Marilyn Lundy
Brenda Rayford
Dawn Riley
Harry Simpson