Arkansas Governor's Conference on Tourism and Outdoor Recreation
Past Henry Award Recipients
Tourism Hall of Fame
1982 Coy Theobault, Jimmy Driftwood, Ovid Switzer
1983 J.A. “Sonny” West
1984 Flave Carpenter and Dave Bird
1985 Dr. Bessie B. Moore & Louis Oberste
1986 William E. Henderson and Ernie Deane
1987 Les Green and Floyd Miles
1988 Al Pollard and Louis “Grandpa” & Ramona Jones
1989 Maurice Lewis
1990 Lee Zachary and Ken Bowen
1991 Leo Rainey
1992 Jim Gaston and Carl Garner
1993 Jo Luck Cargile and Dean Murphy
1994 Hank Walters
1995 Cone Magie and Bernie Jungkind
1996 Al Wiederkehr and Jim DeVito
1997 Senator David Pryor
1998 Buddy Hoelzeman and Gay Rush
1999 Tyler Hardeman and Ted Mullenix
2000 Dr. Neil Compton and Senator Dale Bumpers
2001 Lou Vitale and Donna Baker
2002 Barry Travis and Billy Dooly
2003 “Sunshine” Sonny Payne and J. E. Dunlap
2004 Roger Giddings and Bud Shamburger
2005 Mary Lou Davenport and Dale Christy
2006 C. Dennis Schick and Horst Fischer
2007 Marilyn Heifner and Parker Westbrook
2008 Marvin Peterson and Janie Glover
2009 Craig Ogilvie and Wayne Thompson
2010 Ness Sechrest and Bobbie Heffington
2011 Carolyn Joyce and Dr. Ruth Hawkins
2012 Nancy Clark and Shelby Woods
2013 Richard W. Davies
2014 Ernest & Cathy Cunningham
2015 Joe David Rice and Greg Butts
2016 Bill Worthen and Montine McNulty
2017 Chuck Haralson and Ken Smith
2018 Cathy Drew and Mike Mills
2019 Bill Barnes and Robert Moore
2020 Renee Robison and Wayne Woods
2021 NA/No awards
2022 Bill Ott and Louis Cella
2023 Ben Freuhauf and Paula Miles
2024 Karen Trevino and Marcel Hanzlik
2025 Alice Walton and Joe DeVito
2026 Steve Arrison
Tourism Person of the Year
Griffith, Bob
Griffith, Kalene
Hall, Gretchen
Hawkins, Ruth
Hays, Patrick Henry
Jackson, Eric
Keeping, Troy
Koeth, Maryl
Kumpruis, Dr. Dean
Lewis, Maurice E.
Lindsey, Billy
Matteson-Yeargan, Donna Kay
McNulty, Montine
Moore, Ross
Moyer, Jack
Murphy, Madison
Purvis, Bob
Ralston, John
Rice, Jim
Rutherford, Skip
Shamburger, Jim
Shaw, J. R.
Sims, Norma
Theobalt, Coy
Thompson, Wayne
Travis, Barry
Trevino, Karen
Walton, Alice
Walton, Tom
Woods, Shelby
Woods, Wayne
Yeargan, Charles
Zachary, Lee