Oration Past Speakers
1941 Dr. I.S. Rardin
1942 Dr. Allen Whipple
1943 Dr. A.C. Ivy
1945 Dr. John J. Morton
1946 Dr. R.B. Meier
1947 Dr. Fred Wharton Rankin
1948 Dr. Alfred Blalock
1949 Dr. Evarts A. Graham
1950 Dr. Paul B. Magnuson
1951 Dr. Champ Lyons
1952 Dr. William Rienhoff, Jr.
1953 Dr. Paul W. Schaffer
1954 Dr. Robert Moore
1955 Dr. Mark Ravich
1956 Dr. Owen Wagensteen
1957 Dr. William Longmire
1958 Dr. Joe V. Meigs
1959 Dr. Kennedy Gilcrest
1960 Dr. Bronson Ray
1961 Dr. Daniel Riordan
1962 Dr. Danley Slaughter
1963 Dr. James D. Martin, Jr.
1964 Dr. J. Englebert Dunphy
1965 Dr. Reed Nesbitt
1966 Dr. Oscar Creech, Jr.
1967 Dr. Eugene Bricker
1968 Col. Charles Metz, Jr.
1969 Dr. Duane Carr
1970 Dr. George Zuidema
1971 Dr. David Sabiston, Jr.
1972 Dr. Felix Rutledge
1973 Dr. Harwell Wilson
1974 Dr. Jesse E. Thompson
1975 Dr. Kenneth Walton
1976 Dr. James Hardy
1977 Dr. William ReMine
1978 Dr. Earle Peacock, Jr.
1979 Dr. Arlie Mansberger, Jr.
1980 Dr. Rupert Turnbull, Jr.
1981 Dr. Judson Randolph
1982 Dr. William Analyan
1983 Dr. Warren Zapol
1984 Dr. G. Tom Shires
1985 Dr. J. William Fielding
1986 Dr. Philip Deveral
1987 Dr. Charles Drake
1988 Dr. David B. Skinner
1989 Dr. Norman Shumway
1990 Dr. Paul Ebert
1991 Dr. Keith Kelly
1992 Dr. James Mark
1993 Dr. Blake Cady
1994 Dr. Alan Retik
1995 Dr. Lowell Gill
1996 Dr. Phillip Arnold
1997 Dr. Raymond Morgan
1998 Dr. Ira Kodner
1999 Dr. Berkley Rish
2000 Dr. Clyde F. Barker
2001 Dr. William Frist
2002 Dr. Achilles Demetriou
2003 Lt. Gen. Paul K. Carlton, Jr.
2004 Dr. Clifton Meador
2005 Governor Phil Bredeson
2006 Dr. Dempsey Springfield
2007 Dr. Charles Ferguson
2008 Dr. Donald Meier
2009 Dr. Francis Delmonico
2010 Dr. Alan Wittgrove
2011 Dr. Hrayr Shahinian
2012 Dr. Denis O’Day
2013 Dr. William Richards
2014 Governor Bill Haslam
2015 Dr. Frederick L. Greene
2016 Dr. Robert A. Guyton
2017 Dr. James A. O’Neill, Jr.
2018 Dr. Alen Sills